# Search Australian government contracts

Search public Australian government tenders and contract records by buyer, supplier, category and date.

Canonical: https://aroai.com/tools/au_austender_search/

## Tool reference

MCP tool ID: `au_austender_search`. Availability: Live. Country: Australia.

Credit use: 1 credit.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 200
    },
    "since": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 40,
      "description": "Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format; the API window may span at most seven days."
    },
    "until": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 40,
      "description": "End date in YYYY-MM-DD format; the API window may span at most seven days."
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 20
    },
    "fields": {
      "maxItems": 30,
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]*$"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "since",
    "until",
    "limit"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```