Africa Procurement Intelligence MCP

The only MCP tool with live East Africa government tender data.

CommunityOnlineAPI key requiredGlobalFreeCan modify data

What it can do

  • Search Tenders: Search government and institutional tenders across East Africa. The only MCP tool with structured East African procurement data including deadlines, contract values and reference numbe
  • Get Tenders Closing Soon: Get East Africa tenders closing within N days, ordered by urgency. Critical for procurement deadline monitoring.
  • Get Procurement Stats: Live East Africa procurement statistics — counts by country, active tenders, and deadline breakdown.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

An API key from the service settings is required

The only MCP tool with live East Africa government tender data. Search active procurement tenders across Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania — with real deadlines, contract values, reference numbers and urgency flags.

Tools

  • search_tenders — search by keyword, country, ministry, active/expired filter
  • get_tenders_closing_soon — tenders closing in N days, ordered by urgency (🔴 URGENT / 🟡 THIS WEEK / 🟢)
  • get_procurement_stats — live counts by country with deadline breakdown

Data

238+ tenders updated every 4 hours. Uganda PPDA, EGP Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania procurement portals.

Authentication

Bearer token required. Get your API key at opportunityradar.africa

How to connect

How to connect Africa Procurement Intelligence MCP to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://africa-procurement--quantumskils.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect Africa Procurement Intelligence MCP to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://africa-procurement--quantumskils.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect Africa Procurement Intelligence MCP to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://africa-procurement--quantumskils.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (3)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

search_tendersSearch government and institutional tenders across East Africa. The only MCP tool with structured East African procurement data including deadlines, contract values and reference numbers.
get_tenders_closing_soonGet East Africa tenders closing within N days, ordered by urgency. Critical for procurement deadline monitoring.
get_procurement_statsLive East Africa procurement statistics — counts by country, active tenders, and deadline breakdown.