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CanadaBuys Federal Tenders MCP

An MCP server that provides AI agents with access to Open Government of Canada tenders from CanadaBuys. It supports keyword and region searches, closing-soon alerts, and daily new-notice feeds for Canadian suppliers and public-sector sales teams.

Endpoint and access

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CanadaBuys Federal Tenders MCP logo, by Donnie MorrisonCommunity listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Published by Donnie Morrison
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://ca-tenders-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp
Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

  • Search open federal tenders on CanadaBuys by keyword
  • Filter up to 100 open tenders by category and region
  • Monitor tenders closing within a specified number of days
  • Receive daily alerts for new tenders published since a date

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0
mcp-registry: io.github.donniertf-hub/ca-tenders-mcp@1.0.0Source repositoryProject website
Maintenance checked

Protocol and capabilities

Server
ca-tenders-mcp 1.0.0
MCP protocol
2025-06-18
Tools
4 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
Not advertised
Prompts
Not advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

CanadaBuys Federal Tenders. tender_search is free. Subscribe (C$15/month, cancel anytime) at https://ca-tenders-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/buy for the paid tools, then pass access_token.

Tools

4 advertised

tender_search
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

FREE. Open federal tenders on CanadaBuys matching a keyword — top 3 by newest publication date.

tender_search input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "keyword"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "keyword": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
tender_search_full
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

PRO. Up to 100 open tenders with keyword, procurement category and region filters.

tender_search_full input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "region": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "keyword": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "access_token": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Subscriber token from /success (or Authorization: Bearer)"
    }
  }
}
closing_soon
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

PRO. Open tenders closing within N days (default 14), optional keyword.

closing_soon input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "days": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "keyword": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "access_token": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Subscriber token from /success (or Authorization: Bearer)"
    }
  }
}
new_since
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

PRO. Open tenders published on or after a date (YYYY-MM-DD), optional keyword — for daily monitoring.

new_since input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "since"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "since": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "keyword": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "access_token": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Subscriber token from /success (or Authorization: Bearer)"
    }
  }
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
563 ms
95th percentile latency
563 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 563 ms · metadata changed · 4 tool(s)

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http canadabuys-federal-tenders-mcp https://ca-tenders-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add canadabuys-federal-tenders-mcp --url https://ca-tenders-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable canadabuys-federal-tenders-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canadabuys-federal-tenders-mcp": {
      "url": "https://ca-tenders-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canadabuys-federal-tenders-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://ca-tenders-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start canadabuys-federal-tenders-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "canadabuys-federal-tenders-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ca-tenders-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http canadabuys-federal-tenders-mcp https://ca-tenders-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.
Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canadabuys-federal-tenders-mcp": {
      "url": "https://ca-tenders-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canadabuys-federal-tenders-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://ca-tenders-mcp.donniertf.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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