Developers & partners

Programmatic access, on request.

Everything on this site is free to explore. For programmatic access - querying NITI Scope's data from your own code, product, research or dashboards - we issue API keys on request, so we can keep the data accurate and understand how it is used.

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What the API gives you

A read-only JSON interface over NITI Scope's curated procurement intelligence:

Query

  • Headline counts and awarded value, by technology layer
  • Single-bid (competition) rates by layer
  • Top winning vendors, ranked by value won
  • Filtered search over classified tenders and awards

Filter by

  • Stack layer (AI/ML, data centre, cyber, software, etc.)
  • Ministry / sector, and year
  • Vendor, single-bid only, or keyword
  • Pagination, for bulk pulls

Download the data - no key needed

The aggregate tables behind this site, as plain CSV. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 - free for journalists, researchers and non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use by arrangement (email us). Values are in Rs crore (1 crore = 10 million rupees); bid-count and date figures are robust, contract values are directional (why).

Using this data for a story, a paper, or a project? We'd genuinely like to hear about it - let us know.

FileWhat it contains
single_bid_by_year.csvSingle-bid rate per year, 2011-2026
single_bid_by_sector.csvSingle-bid rate per buyer sector
single_bid_by_value_band.csvSingle-bid rate by contract-value band
single_bid_state_vs_central.csvState vs central government single-bid rate
states_single_bid.csvSingle-bid rate and awarded value per state
sector_scorecard.csvCompetition grade per sector (single-bid, short windows, HHI)
buyer_scorecard.csvCompetition grade per high-volume buying organisation
top_vendors_by_value.csvTop winning vendors by value won
top_vendors_by_count.csvTop winning vendors by contract count
awards_by_month.csvAward volume per calendar month (the March rush)
bid_window_distribution.csvHow long tenders stay open, by bucket
bid_windows_by_sector.csvShort bidding windows (<7 days) per sector

Provenance and caveats ship in README.txt. For record-level data, use the API above.

How to cite NITI Scope

NITI Scope by Dendrons.ai, "India Public Procurement Intelligence",
https://nitiscope.com (accessed [date]). Underlying scrape: tender.sarthaksidhant.com.

If you publish something built on this data, we would love to hear about it - it helps us keep the project going.

Request access

Tell us a little about who you are and what you would use it for, and we will set you up with a key. Access is free for journalists, researchers and non-commercial use; commercial terms are available on request.

Email either of us:

📧 np@dendrons.ai

📧 np@niveditapandey.com

Helpful to include: who you are, your use case, and whether it is commercial or non-commercial. We usually reply within a couple of days.