Zhiliaobiaoxun Tender Search API

The Problem It Solves

Procurement information is fragmented and asymmetric. Buyers need to understand market landscapes and competitors; suppliers need to discover project opportunities precisely; analysts need to research industry trends. Manually scouring multiple government websites for announcements, verifying award results, and mapping corporate relationship chains is time-consuming and prone to missing critical data.

How the Skill Works

@user_98035bfb/tender-search provides a unified API to access structured public tender and bid data across the web. It offers 21 specialized tools covering the entire process from opportunity discovery to company due diligence.

Core Capabilities and Key Steps:
* Precise Bid Search: Use search_bids or query_bids_advanced with match_modes (e.g., caller, winner) and keyword_groups to precisely find "tender announcements by Company A for 'servers'" or "projects where both A and B are bidders."
* In-depth Company Analysis: After locating a company entity with search_company, get_company_profile provides its bidding track record, while get_company_registry supplies official business registration facts—complementing each other. get_company_partners and find_competitors reveal its supply chain and competitive relationships.
* Market & Macro Insights: Use get_top_purchasers and get_top_suppliers to see "who is buying, who is winning." Employ aggregate_bids_advanced for multi-dimensional (time, region, industry) statistical aggregation, and get_price_trends to track historical winning prices for specific products.
* Proactive Opportunity Finding: Beyond searching announced projects, use search_proposed_projects to find projects in the planning/approval stage (6-18 months before tender) and search_expiring_projects to identify recurring projects nearing renewal.

Technical Key Points: Calls require the X-Client header. The API Key can be sourced from environment variables, config files, or auto-registered with user consent. Always note the unit of money parameters like min_amount (CNY vs. 10k CNY) varies between tools. A concise capability guide is offered after the first successful call.

Scope and Limitations

This skill provides objective tender data querying and basic analytical capabilities. For the following needs, other specialized services are recommended:
* Bid decision analysis (whether to bid, pricing strategy) for a specific announcement.
* Proactive opportunity pushing and monitoring.
* In-depth background investigation and risk assessment reports for companies.
* Bid document generation.

Additional notes for usage:
1. Data Access: Contact information may appear masked (e.g., contact_privacy: "masked") for free-tier accounts.
2. Query Efficiency: It's advisable to first clarify the intent (search projects, search companies, analyze the market) and choose the most direct tool to avoid combinatorial complexity.
3. Result Interpretation: When a company name search returns matched_by: "fuzzy", the resolved official name (matched_name) must be confirmed with the user to avoid confusion.