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Add the connector
In Claude: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. In ChatGPT: add a connector (app) from Settings, where your ChatGPT plan allows it. Paste the address below.
askTender in your AI assistant
Ask Claude or ChatGPT about tenders. Get live answers from askTender.
Connect askTender to Claude, ChatGPT or any assistant that supports MCP connectors. Search open government tenders worldwide, check whether your company can bid, read every requirement and get the bid kit, without leaving the conversation.
Connector address
https://asktender.org/mcpHow to add it
Three steps. Under a minute.
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Sign in to askTender
The assistant opens askTender’s own sign-in page. Sign in, choose a plan if you don’t have one, and approve the connection. Your askTender password is never given to the assistant.
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Ask in your own words
“Find road construction tenders in Kenya closing this month.” “Can my company bid on this one?” “What does the bid kit need?” The assistant calls askTender and answers from live data.
What it can do
18 tools. Fifteen only read.
ToolWhat it doesWho can use it
search_tendersFind open government tenders by what is being bought and, optionally, the countryAnyone, no sign-inget_tenderOne tender’s facts: buyer, country, deadline, value, status and a plain-English briefAnyone, no sign-incan_company_bidWhether a company from one country may bid in another: trade agreements, foreign-bidder rules, registrationsAnyone, no sign-infind_guidesaskTender’s guides to portals, digital signatures, bid security and consortiumsAnyone, no sign-incompare_plansaskTender’s plans, prices and which fits your situationAnyone, no sign-in (not in ChatGPT)check_my_eligibilityWhether your company can bid on a tender, what you meet, what is missing and how to close each gapAny planmy_matching_tendersOpen tenders matched to your company profileAny plansave_tenderChanges your listSave a tender to your askTender list, with deadline remindersAny planmy_saved_tendersThe tenders you’ve saved, with deadlinesAny planmy_bidsYour bids being prepared with askTender, and their statusAny planmy_accountYour plan and what it includesAny planget_requirementsEvery requirement of a tender in its own words, with who handles eachPro and aboveget_bid_kitThe submission checklist against your company: what you have, what askTender drafts, what to obtainPro and abovetender_incumbentWho holds or last won this buyer’s similar contracts, for how much and until whenIntelligence and abovewatchChanges your watchlistAdd a buyer or a competitor to your watchlistIntelligence and abovemy_watchlistThe buyers and competitors you watch, with their recent activityIntelligence and aboveupcoming_renewalsContracts in your markets ending soon, so the next tender is comingIntelligence and abovestart_managed_bidStarts a managed bidHand a tender to the askTender Desk, which prepares the bid with youBusinessYour data
What the assistant sees, and how to stop it.
Do I need an askTender plan?
No, for public tender search, tender facts, the can-my-company-bid check, guides and plans: those work without signing in. Tools that use your own company need an askTender plan; each tool’s plan is in the table above.
What can the assistant see?
Only what its askTender tools return: public tender data and, once you’ve connected your account, results based on your company profile, saved tenders, watchlist, bids and plan. It never receives the files you upload; the bid kit lists which documents you already have, by name.
Can it change anything?
Three tools change your account: saving a tender, adding to your watchlist and starting a managed bid. Every other tool only reads. Assistants are meant to use these three only when you ask, and most ask you to confirm first. Nothing is ever filed on a portal without your sign-off.
How do I disconnect?
In askTender, go to Settings → Account → AI assistants connected and press Disconnect; the assistant loses access at once. Removing askTender in the assistant’s own settings also stops it.
Can text inside a tender instruct the assistant?
askTender tells every assistant that tender text is data from a public portal, not instructions to follow.
Where does the data come from?
Official public procurement portals in about 200 countries, refreshed daily. Every tender links to askTender’s page for it, which credits its source.
Full details are in our Privacy Policy and Terms. Questions: support@asktender.org.
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