open_bids_search
Pack: gov-bids · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gov-bids/mcp
Find OPEN US government bid solicitations (RFPs/RFQs/IFBs) that vendors can currently respond to, from city & county procurement portals — updated daily. Filter by keyword (matches solicitation title/reference), jurisdiction, and closing window. Returns each opportunity with title, reference number, awarding jurisdiction, close date, and the URL to respond. By default returns OPEN bids sorted by soonest close date; set status to ‘closed’ or ‘all’ to search past solicitations too (we retain history). Use for ‘what is <city/county> currently bidding out’ or ‘open RFPs for
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
jurisdiction | string | no | Jurisdiction key to target (e.g. “fort-worth-tx”, “harris-county-tx”, “cook-county-il”). Omit for all covered jurisdictions. Use gov_bids_jurisdictions to list keys. |
keyword | string | no | Case-insensitive substring matched against the solicitation title/reference, e.g. “construction”, “audit”, “software”. |
closing_within_days | number,string | no | Only OPEN bids closing within this many days from now. |
status | string | no | Bid status (default ‘open’). ‘closed’ / ‘all’ search retained history. |
limit | number,string | no | Max bids (default 25, max 100). |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gov-bids/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"open_bids_search","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"gov-bids": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gov-bids/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.