pipeworx-io/mcp-south-africa-tenders
Domain:
socioeconomicRecord type:
tools
Creator:
pip
Host:
South Africa Government Procurement MCP — National Treasury eTenders / OCPO (keyless).
# mcp-south-africa-tenders
South Africa Government Procurement MCP — National Treasury eTenders / OCPO (keyless).
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources.
## Tools
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `za_search_tenders` | Search South African government tenders (procurement notices) from the National Treasury eTenders OCDS API. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for questions about SA government tenders / bids / RFQs — "government cleaning tenders in KwaZulu-Natal", "recent SASSA tenders", "Treasury procurement opportunities". Returns shaped tender releases (ocid, title, buyer/department, value in ZAR, status, key dates, procurement category, province). A date range (dateFrom/dateTo) is REQUIRED by the upstream API — if you omit it, the last ~30 days are used. Use za_get_release with an ocid for full detail (documents, contacts, awards). |
| `za_get_release` | Get the full OCDS release for a single South African government tender by its ocid, from the National Treasury eTenders OCDS API. Returns the shaped tender plus supporting detail: description, tender period, documents (bid pack PDFs), procuring entity, contact person, awards, and contracts. Get an ocid from za_search_tenders (e.g. "ocds-9t57fa-160595"). |
## Quick Start
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"south-africa-tenders": {
"url": "gateway.pipeworx.io"
}
}
}
```
### What this endpoint actually serves
`tools/list` at `gateway.pipeworx.io` returns the tools in the table
above **plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools** — `ask_pipeworx`,
`discover_tools`, `search_within`, `remember`/`recall` and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's `initialize` response states its exact scope, and
is the …