askTender MCP Server

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askTender is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. It exposes 18 tools.

Government tenders in about 200 countries: who can bid, what each requires, and the bid kit.

Uptime history 11 days of history · worst day 97%

11 days agonow

95.6%

Uptime 24h

87 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

833 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

askTender does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 98.9% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 4 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add asktender --transport http https://asktender.org/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://asktender.org/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.asktender]
url = "https://asktender.org/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "asktender": {
      "url": "https://asktender.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "asktender": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://asktender.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 18

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

tender

get_tender

The facts of one tender by its askTender id: title, buyer, country, deadline, value, status, and a plain-English brief where available, with its askTender link.

tender_incumbent

For a tender: who holds or last won this buyer's similar contracts, the buyer's closest past contracts (winner, value, date) and a price guide from them, useful when the notice publishes no value. Intelligence plan and above.

account

my_account

The user's askTender plan and what it includes.

bid

get_bid_kit

The submission checklist for a tender against the user's company: documents they already have, drafts askTender prepares for signature, and items to obtain with lead times. Pro plan and above.

bids

my_bids

The user's bids being prepared with askTender and their status.

can

can_company_bid

Whether a company based in one country may bid for public tenders in another country (trade agreements, foreign-bidder rules, registrations needed). Give a tender_id or the tender's country. Use when the user asks whether a company from one country can bid on, or take part in, public tenders in another country.

compare

compare_plans

askTender's plans (Pro, Intelligence, Business): prices, what each includes, who each is for, and which fits the user's situation. Use when the user asks about pricing, which plan to choose, or what askTender can do for them.

eligibility

check_my_eligibility

For the user's own company (askTender account): whether it can bid on a tender and qualifies, which requirements it meets, what is missing and how to close each gap. Needs the askTender account connected. Use when the user asks whether their own company qualifies for, or can bid on, a specific askTender tender.

guides

find_guides

askTender's guides on how public procurement works: registering on portals (SAM.gov, GeM, Find a Tender...), digital signatures, bid security, foreign bidders, consortiums. Returns titles, summaries and links.

matching

my_matching_tenders

Open tenders for the user's company: found by what its askTender profile says the company does (its capabilities), or by a search phrase if given. Use when the user asks which tenders suit or match their company.

requirements

get_requirements

Every requirement of a tender in the tender's own words (financial, experience, certifications, registrations, bid security, documents), routed to who handles each. Pro plan and above.

save

save_tender

Save a tender to the user's askTender list (deadline reminders and tracking).

saved

my_saved_tenders

The tenders the user has saved on askTender, with deadlines.

start

start_managed_bid

Hand a tender to the askTender Desk, which prepares the bid with the user and coordinates askTender Partners (accountants, professionals) for certificates and filing. Business plan.

tenders

search_tenders

Find open government tenders (calls for bids) by what is being bought and, optionally, the country. Returns up to 10 live tenders from official procurement portals (refreshed daily) with buyer, deadline, value and an askTender link. Use when the user asks to find tenders, calls for bids or public contracts to bid on.

upcoming

upcoming_renewals

Contracts in the user's markets that are ending soon (the next tender is coming). Intelligence plan and above.

watch

watch

Add a public buyer or a supplier (competitor) to the user's watchlist, to follow their tenders and awards. Intelligence plan and above.

watchlist

my_watchlist

The buyers and competitors the user watches, with their recent activity. Intelligence plan and above.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://asktender.org/mcp	streamable-http	answering	664 ms	4 min ago

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askTender — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can askTender do?

It exposes 18 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: can_company_bid, check_my_eligibility, compare_plans, find_guides, get_bid_kit, get_requirements and 12 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is askTender working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 87 of 91 checks got a reply (95.6%), average response time 833 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect askTender?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does askTender need an API key?

No. askTender completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 18 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is askTender?

It answers our handshake in 833 ms on average, which is faster than 10% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.