Brazilian public procurement search

Search Brazilian government tenders, price registries and contracts (PNCP). 1 live · 1 in the catalog.

At a glance

1 of 1 provider for Brazilian public procurement search on Superpowers can serve a call right now: PNCP — Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas. PNCP — Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas is free with any Superpowers account. Over the last 30 days PNCP — Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas averaged 1.8s across 4 calls, with 75% succeeding. Call it with one API key: POST /v1/run with "tool": "pncp.search", or through the MCP server. Every provider takes the same input and returns the same output, and failed calls are not charged.

Provider	Price	Success	Speed	Status
Search Brazilian public tenders and contracts (PNCP)PNCP — Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas	Free	75%	1.8s	Live

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Shared format

Input

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 3,
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "What is being bought, e.g. \"agência de publicidade\" or \"software de CRM\""
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "tender",
        "price_registry",
        "contract"
      ],
      "default": "tender",
      "description": "tender (edital), price_registry (ata de registro de preço) or contract (contrato/empenho)"
    },
    "open_only": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false,
      "description": "Tenders still receiving proposals"
    },
    "states": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "AC",
          "AL",
          "AP",
          "AM",
          "BA",
          "CE",
          "DF",
          "ES",
          "GO",
          "MA",
          "MT",
          "MS",
          "MG",
          "PA",
          "PB",
          "PR",
          "PE",
          "PI",
          "RJ",
          "RN",
          "RS",
          "RO",
          "RR",
          "SC",
          "SP",
          "SE",
          "TO"
        ]
      },
      "maxItems": 27,
      "description": "Filter by state, e.g. [\"SP\",\"RJ\"]"
    },
    "sort": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "relevance",
        "newest"
      ],
      "default": "relevance"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50,
      "default": 10
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50,
      "default": 1
    }
  }
}

Normalized output

{
  "total": 0,
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "",
      "object": "",
      "agency": {
        "name": "",
        "cnpj": ""
      },
      "city": "",
      "uf": "",
      "estimated_value": 0,
      "url": ""
    }
  ]
}

Questions

Which Brazilian public procurement search API is cheapest?

PNCP — Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas is free with any Superpowers account.

Which Brazilian public procurement search API is fastest?

Over the last 30 days PNCP — Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas averaged 1.8s across 4 calls, with 75% succeeding.

Is there a free Brazilian public procurement search API?

Yes. PNCP — Portal Nacional de Contratações Públicas is free with any Superpowers account; you only need a key.

How do I call a Brazilian public procurement search API from an AI agent?

Call it with one API key: POST /v1/run with "tool": "pncp.search", or through the MCP server. Every provider takes the same input and returns the same output, and failed calls are not charged. New accounts get $5 free; see /docs for the MCP setup.