BidSonar – MCP server for UK/EU government contracts and grants

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Yo HN - I built BidSonar, a free index of UK & EU public-sector contracts and grants, which today I just shipped an MCP server for. The data is all public, scattered across a bunch of gov portals - I built the platform a couple years back as an aggregator. I've been using the MCP side to keep an eye on contract/grant opportunities for my services business and our clients which I'm finding (not surprisingly) more effective than navigating the traditional UI. Data's under OGL and the EU TED reuse notice; not affiliated with any procurement body - free to use, you just need an account. For any SMBs I hope it helps find you an opportunity or two!

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37%37% predicted probability of success on AppSumo, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

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