Trade & public tenders MCP Server

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answering

Trade & public tenders is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 18 tools.

UK commodity codes and duties, UK trade statistics, UK/EU public tenders and US federal spending.

Uptime history 4 hours of history

4 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

14 of 14 checks

Tools

read from the server

221 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Trade & public tenders every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 11 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add trade-procurement --transport http https://fourzerotwo.si/mcp/v/trade-procurement

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trade-procurement": {
      "url": "https://fourzerotwo.si/mcp/v/trade-procurement"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.trade-procurement]
url = "https://fourzerotwo.si/mcp/v/trade-procurement"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trade-procurement": {
      "url": "https://fourzerotwo.si/mcp/v/trade-procurement"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trade-procurement": {
      "url": "https://fourzerotwo.si/mcp/v/trade-procurement"
    }
  }
}

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.

trade

uk-trade-stats__commodity

UK imports and exports of one product (HS2, HS4, HS6 or CN8 code) for a month or year: totals and top partner countries with share. A few free samples a day, then $0.003 USDC per call via x402.

uk-trade-stats__country

UK imports from and exports to one country for a month or year: totals and top HS2 product chapters. A few free samples a day, then $0.003 USDC per call via x402.

uk-trade-stats__latest

The most recent month HMRC has published trade statistics for. A few free samples a day, then $0.0005 USDC per call via x402.

uk-trade-tariff__areas

Tariff geographical areas: countries and the groups used in measures (e.g. 1011 ERGA OMNES, 1013 European Union, trade agreements), with group members. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.002 USDC per call via x402.

uk-trade-tariff__commodity

One commodity code: description, section/chapter/heading, third-country duty and every import/export measure (preferential rates, VAT, additional duties, controls with document codes). Give country to keep only what applies to that origin. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.002 USDC per call via x402.

uk-trade-tariff__exchange-rates

HMRC's monthly exchange rates used to convert invoice values for customs and import VAT, units per £1. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.002 USDC per call via x402.

uk-trade-tariff__heading

A 4-digit heading and every commodity code under it, with indents and whether each is declarable. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.002 USDC per call via x402.

uk-trade-tariff__quotas

Quota definitions with status (open, exhausted, critical), initial volume, remaining balance and validity, by order number or country of origin. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.002 USDC per call via x402.

uk-trade-tariff__search

Candidate commodity codes, headings and chapters for a product description ("roasted coffee", "lithium battery"), best match first. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.003 USDC per call via x402.

tenders

eu-tenders__notice

One TED notice by publication number: title, buyer, value, deadline, CPV, place of performance, description and winners. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.002 USDC per call via x402.

eu-tenders__search

TED notices by keywords, buyer country (ISO alpha-3), CPV code, publication date and type (competition or award), newest first. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.003 USDC per call via x402.

uk-tenders__find-a-tender-latest

Above-threshold UK notices published or updated on Find a Tender in the last 1–7 days, by stage (planning, tender, award), optionally filtered by keyword. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.003 USDC per call via x402.

uk-tenders__notice

One notice in full: description, CPV codes, contract dates, procedure and awards (supplier, value, dates). Accepts a Contracts Finder id (GUID) or a Find a Tender notice number (e.g. 095302-2026). Free within the daily allowance, then $0.002 USDC per call via x402.

uk-tenders__search

Contracts Finder notices by keyword, status (open, closed, awarded, withdrawn), type and publication date, optionally above a minimum value. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.003 USDC per call via x402.

uk-tenders__supplier-awards

Contracts Finder awards won by a supplier (name match), newest first, with total value. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.003 USDC per call via x402.

spending

us-spending__award

One federal award in full: agency, recipient and parent, obligated/outlayed/potential value, dates, place of performance, NAICS and PSC. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.002 USDC per call via x402.

us-spending__recipient

A federal recipient: name, UEI, parent, alternate names, business types, location and total amounts. Give id, or name to use the best match. A few free samples a day, then $0.02 USDC per call via x402.

us-spending__search

Federal awards by keyword, recipient, awarding agency and date range, largest first. kind: contracts (default), idvs, grants or loans. Free within the daily allowance, then $0.003 USDC per call via x402.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://fourzerotwo.si/mcp/v/trade-procurement	streamable-http	answering	161 ms	11 min ago

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Trade & public tenders — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Trade & public tenders do?

It exposes 18 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: eu-tenders__notice, eu-tenders__search, uk-tenders__find-a-tender-latest, uk-tenders__notice, uk-tenders__search, uk-tenders__supplier-awards 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 →

What is Trade & public tenders mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around trade, tenders and spending. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.

Is Trade & public tenders working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 14 of 14 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 221 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Trade & public tenders?

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

Does Trade & public tenders need an API key?

No. Trade & public tenders 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 Trade & public tenders?

It answers our handshake in 221 ms on average, which is faster than 59% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.