GlobalGov — Government Contracts, Tenders & Procurement

Full-text search over government procurement records (solicitations, tenders, RFPs, grants) from 193 countries, whatever language they were published in. Returns up to 20 relevance-ranked results per page with id, title, agency, country_code, value_usd, deadline, status, category, slug and a text snippet. Use the id (always present) — or the slug when set — with get_solicitation for the full record. Terms are matched with OR and ranked by relevance, so a multi-word query ('private 5G network defence') returns the best-matching open opportunities rather than only exact all-term matches. By default results are limited to OPEN-for-bidding opportunities (not-yet-closed status, and either a future deadline or a recently published notice); pass open_only=false to include awarded/closed history, or closing_within_days=N to return only records with a real future deadline inside the next N days (a 'closing soon' query). Access tiers: the FREE tier returns 15 results/page, up to 3 pages deep, ~30 searches per visitor per 24h (each free response carries free_tier=true, searches_remaining, and an upgrade_hint; when the daily cap is spent the tool returns an honest free_tier_limit_reached result with reset_at, not an empty list). Authenticated API-plan callers get full results (20/page), unlimited pagination depth, and are governed by the per-key hourly limit instead of the daily budget. get_solicitation and get_related_solicitations are also FREE (with their own daily caps); only get_live_opportunity_feed and the AI brief on records require a paid API key. If the result reports total_degraded=true, the exact match count timed out and 'total' is a floor, not the true count.

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    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "Search terms (websearch syntax: plain words, quoted phrases, OR). Example: 'cybersecurity training' or 'drone OR UAV'."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 2,
      "description": "Optional filter. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, uppercase (e.g. 'US' United States, 'DE' Germany, 'FR' France, 'GB' United Kingdom, 'UA' Ukraine, 'JP' Japan, 'AU' Australia, 'BR' Brazil). 193 countries hold records; unknown codes simply match nothing."
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "DEFENSE_SECURITY",
        "INFRASTRUCTURE",
        "HEALTH_SERVICES",
        "ENERGY",
        "TECHNOLOGY",
        "PROFESSIONAL_SERVICES",
        "CONSTRUCTION",
        "LOGISTICS",
        "HUMANITARIAN",
        "ENVIRONMENTAL",
        "RESEARCH_DEVELOPMENT",
        "EDUCATION",
        "OTHER"
      ],
      "description": "Optional sector filter (internal taxonomy; uppercase enum)."
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "default": 1,
      "description": "1-based results page (20 results/page)."
    },
    "open_only": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": true,
      "description": "Default true: return only open-for-bidding opportunities (excludes awarded/closed/cancelled/expired). Set false to search the full historical corpus."
    },
    "closing_within_days": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 365,
      "description": "Optional 'closing soon' filter: only records with a REAL future submission deadline within this many days (records with no published deadline are excluded). Implies open."
    }
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Fetch one full public solicitation record by slug (as returned by search_solicitations / get_live_opportunity_feed) or by UUID. Returns title (original + English), agency, country, value and currency, deadline, published date, status, category, NAICS/CPV codes, source_url, and the full description. Returns error 'not_found' for unknown slugs/ids. FREE tier: returns the FACTUAL record only (the fields above), capped at ~10 opens per visitor per 24h (free_tier=true, opens_remaining; an honest free_tier_limit_reached result when spent). A GlobalGov plan with API access (sign in with GlobalGov or connect an X-API-Key) additionally returns the AI-generated brief (summary, key requirements, compliance flags) and lifts the daily cap.

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  "properties": {
    "slug_or_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 300,
      "description": "Record slug (preferred) or UUID."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "slug_or_id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
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Up to 5 open solicitations related to a given record slug, matched by country and NAICS code, ordered by nearest deadline. Fast, index-backed lookup. Useful for 'what else is open like this?' FREE tier: a taste of up to 3 related records, capped at ~3 calls per visitor per 24h. A GlobalGov plan with API access (sign in with GlobalGov or connect an X-API-Key) returns the full related set (up to 5) and lifts the daily cap.

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  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 300,
      "description": "Record slug from a previous result."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

A random sample of 12 records from the curated live feed of open defense/technology opportunities (multi-country, multi-source, deduplicated by country+source). Served entirely from a background-refreshed cache; if the cache is cold the tool returns a retryable 'warming_up' error rather than an empty list. No arguments. Requires a GlobalGov plan with API access (sign in with GlobalGov or connect an X-API-Key); anonymous callers get an 'unavailable_for_tier' result.

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Canonical GlobalGov coverage numbers: total and open solicitation counts, countries covered, source systems, languages, vendor counts. Pre-computed nightly and served from cache; if the cache is cold the tool returns a retryable 'computing' error and the refresh is dispatched automatically. No arguments.

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