# South Africa Tenders (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders)

South Africa Government Procurement MCP — National Treasury eTenders / OCPO (keyless).

- Trust score: 83/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 77/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders/south-africa-tenders-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders/south-africa-tenders-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders/pipeworx-mcp-south-africa-tenders.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders/pipeworx-mcp-south-africa-tenders)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-south-africa-tenders).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 67/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 422 tokens (~211/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 3 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the South Africa Tenders MCP server?

South Africa Tenders runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 83, +4)

- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-11-03 (score 79, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `za_search_tenders` (~240 tokens)

Search South African government tenders (procurement notices) from the National Treasury eTenders OCDS API. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for questions about SA government tenders / bids / RFQs — "government cleaning tenders in KwaZulu-Natal", "recent SASSA tenders", "Treasury procurement opportunities". Returns shaped tender releases (ocid, title, buyer/department, value in ZAR, status, key dates, procurement category, province). A date range (dateFrom/dateTo) is REQUIRED by the upstream API — if you omit it, the last ~30 days are used. Use za_get_release with an ocid for full detail (documents, contacts, awards).

Input parameters:

- `date_from` (string): Start of the publication date range, YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to ~30 days ago if omitted.
- `date_to` (string): End of the publication date range, YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today if omitted.
- `page` (number|string): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `page_size` (number|string): Results per page. Default 50 (max 1000).

### `za_get_release` (~123 tokens)

Get the full OCDS release for a single South African government tender by its ocid, from the National Treasury eTenders OCDS API. Returns the shaped tender plus supporting detail: description, tender period, documents (bid pack PDFs), procuring entity, contact person, awards, and contracts. Get an ocid from za_search_tenders (e.g. "ocds-9t57fa-160595").

Input parameters:

- `ocid` (string, required): The OCDS contracting process id, e.g. "ocds-9t57fa-160595".

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders/pipeworx-mcp-south-africa-tenders#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 83
- 2026-11-04: 79
- 2026-11-03: 79
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the South Africa Tenders MCP server?

South Africa Tenders is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/south-africa-tenders. South Africa Government Procurement MCP, National Treasury eTenders / OCPO (keyless). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders).

### Is the South Africa Tenders MCP server safe to use?

South Africa Tenders scores 83 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the South Africa Tenders MCP server expose?

South Africa Tenders exposes 2 tools: za_search_tenders, za_get_release. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 363 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the South Africa Tenders MCP server still maintained?

South Africa Tenders is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the South Africa Tenders MCP server under?

South Africa Tenders declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-south-africa-tenders
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-south-africa-tenders
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/south-africa-tenders
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders/pipeworx-mcp-south-africa-tenders.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders/pipeworx-mcp-south-africa-tenders.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-south-africa-tenders/pipeworx-mcp-south-africa-tenders