Gov Bids
live GovernmentResearchGov Bids MCP — live OPEN government bid solicitations from Bonfire portals.
2 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day
Tools
open_bids_search Find OPEN government bid solicitations (RFPs/RFQs/IFBs) that vendors can currently respond to, from US city & county Bonfire procurement portals — live, keyless. Filter by keyword (matches the solicit
No parameters required.
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Response
gov_bids_jurisdictions List the US city & county Bonfire procurement portals covered by open_bids_search, with each portal key, jurisdiction name, and current live open-bid count.
No parameters required.
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Response
Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gov-bids/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gov-bids/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"open_bids_search","arguments":{}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("open_bids_search", {}); ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("gov bids mcp — live open government bid solicitations from bonfire portals");