Every Dutch public tender, with the sub-threshold long tail that EU TED never sees, in a local-first CLI you can pipe.
TenderNed is the Dutch national public procurement platform run by PIANOo / Ministerie van EZK. Every Dutch contracting authority must publish above- and below-threshold tender notices here. Above-threshold notices are forwarded to EU TED; the sub-threshold long tail (€40k–€220k) is TenderNed-only.
This CLI covers the unauthenticated TNS publication webservice (search/list/filter publications, document download, contracting-authority directory, RSS feed) and the Basic-auth eForms XML endpoint. Data is CC-0 public domain.
Created by @markvandeven (markvandeven).
Quick Start
1. Install
See Install above.
2. Verify Setup
tenderned-pp-cli doctor
This checks your configuration.
3. Try Your First Command
tenderned-pp-cli buyers list
Usage
Run tenderned-pp-cli --help for the full command reference and flag list.
Commands
buyers
Browse contracting authorities (aanbestedende diensten) — Dutch public buyers
tenderned-pp-cli buyers get - Fetch one contracting authority by IDtenderned-pp-cli buyers list - List Dutch contracting authorities (paginated)
docs
List and download tender documents (bestek, PvE, evaluation criteria, Q&A)
tenderned-pp-cli docs download - Download all documents for one publication as a zip archivetenderned-pp-cli docs get - Download a single document's binary content (PDF/Word/etc.)tenderned-pp-cli docs list - List attached documents for one publication
notices
Search, list and fetch tender notices (aankondigingen) from TenderNed — mirrors 'eu-tenders notices' for the Dutch market
tenderned-pp-cli notices get - Fetch full structured metadata for one publicationtenderned-pp-cli notices list - Search and list tender publications with rich filters (CPV, dates, buyer, procedure, scope)
Output Formats
# Human-readable table (default in terminal, JSON when piped)
tenderned-pp-cli buyers list
# JSON for scripting and agents
tenderned-pp-cli buyers list --json
# Filter to specific fields
tenderned-pp-cli buyers list --json --select id,name,status
# Dry run — show the request without sending
tenderned-pp-cli buyers list --dry-run
# Agent mode — JSON + compact + no prompts in one flag
tenderned-pp-cli buyers list --agent
Agent Usage
This CLI is designed for AI agent consumption:
- Non-interactive - never prompts, every input is a flag
- Pipeable -
--json output to stdout, errors to stderr
- Filterable -
--select id,name returns only fields you need
- Previewable -
--dry-run shows the request without sending
- Read-only by default - this CLI does not create, update, delete, publish, send, or mutate remote resources
- Offline-friendly - sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available
- Agent-safe by default - no colors or formatting unless
--human-friendly is set
Exit codes: 0 success, 2 usage error, 3 not found, 5 API error, 7 rate limited, 10 config error.
Health Check
tenderned-pp-cli doctor
Verifies configuration and connectivity to the API.
Configuration
Config file: ~/.config/tenderned-pp-cli/config.toml
Static request headers can be configured under headers; per-command header overrides take precedence.
Troubleshooting
Not found errors (exit code 3)
- Check the resource ID is correct
- Run the
list command to see available items
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