# US Government Contracts Search — Awards Data API (`nexgendata/government-contracts-search`) Actor

Search US federal government contract awards. Clean JSON for suppliers, bid teams and AI agents.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgendata/government-contracts-search.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGenData](https://apify.com/nexgendata) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $25.00 / 1,000 contract records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🏛️ Government Contracts Search — GovTribe, GovWin IQ, Bloomberg Government & SAM.gov Alternative

Search US federal procurement data — contract awards, contract opportunities, vendor profiles, NAICS / PSC classifications, set-asides, agency / sub-agency, place of performance, contract value, period of performance, and modifications. Built as a pay-per-result **alternative to** GovTribe ($$$$), GovWin IQ ($$$$), Bloomberg Government, FedBizOpps replacement (SAM.gov direct), and Bidsync for government contractors, BD teams, market analysts, and journalists.

### Why Gov Contracts Search Beats GovTribe, GovWin IQ, Bloomberg Gov & SAM.gov Direct

| Feature | NexGenData Gov Contracts | GovTribe | GovWin IQ | Bloomberg Government | SAM.gov direct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | $0.01 / record, pay-per-result | $1.5K-15K+ / yr | $$$$ enterprise | $5K-15K+ / user / yr | Free (no bulk, slow) |
| Contract awards + opportunities | Yes — both | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NAICS / PSC / set-aside filters | Yes — full | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Agency + sub-agency mapping | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Vendor profile + history | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Modifications + obligations | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bulk export | JSON / CSV / Excel | Plan-gated | Plan-gated | Plan-gated | Limited download |
| API access | Apify REST + SDKs | Plan-gated | Plan-gated | Plan-gated | USAspending / SAM APIs (rate-limited, complex) |
| Auth required | Apify token | Account + plan | Enterprise contract | Account + plan | None |
| Monthly minimum | None | $$ | $$$$ | $$$ | None |

Most government contractors + BD teams pick this actor **instead of** GovTribe / GovWin because per-seat license fees scale poorly across BD pods, and this actor charges per record with no annual contract. **Cheaper than** Bloomberg Government for the procurement-only slice and a **drop-in alternative to** running raw SAM.gov + USAspending API calls (rate-limited, multi-endpoint, schema-mismatch headaches). Public federal-procurement data, structured, schedulable.

### What You Get Per Contract

Each dataset item is a flat JSON record:

**Award:**

- `contract_id`, `award_id`, `award_type` (definitive contract / BPA / IDV / etc.)
- `awarding_agency`, `awarding_sub_agency`, `funding_agency`
- `vendor_name`, `vendor_duns`, `vendor_uei`, `vendor_address`
- `naics_code`, `naics_description`, `psc_code`, `psc_description`
- `set_aside_type` — 8(a) / WOSB / SDVOSB / HUBZone / etc.
- `award_amount`, `obligated_amount`, `base_and_all_options_amount`
- `period_of_performance_start`, `period_of_performance_end`
- `place_of_performance` — country / state / county / city / zip
- `description`, `competition_type`, `contract_type` (FFP / CPFF / T\&M / etc.)
- `modifications` — array of `{date, amount, action}`

**Opportunity (active solicitations):**

- `notice_id`, `posted_date`, `response_deadline`
- `solicitation_number`, `title`, `synopsis`
- `agency`, `sub_agency`, `office`, `point_of_contact`
- `set_aside`, `naics`, `psc`, `attachments`

### Use Cases

- **Federal contractors** — find new opportunities matched to your capabilities (NAICS / PSC filters)
- **BD + capture teams** — track competitor wins + recompete dates across a portfolio
- **GovCon analysts** — build vendor-share + agency-spend models from cleaned award data
- **Market intelligence** — measure agency budgets, vendor concentration, set-aside utilization
- **Journalists + watchdogs** — investigate single-bid awards, no-compete contracts, modification growth
- **Subcontractors** — find primes winning IDV awards in your geo / NAICS for teaming pitches
- **Investors** — track public-company federal revenue exposure (Lockheed, Booz Allen, etc.)
- **Academic + policy** — public-procurement studies on competition, small-biz participation, costs

### Quick Start (Python)

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("nexgendata/government-contracts-search").call(run_input={
    "mode": "awards",
    "naics_codes": ["541330"],
    "set_asides": ["WOSB", "8(a)"],
    "since_date": "2025-01-01"
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["vendor_name"], item["award_amount"], item["awarding_agency"])
```

### Pricing — Pay Per Contract Record

- **Actor start:** $0.01
- **Contract / opportunity record:** $0.01

A 1K-record weekly BD scan = $10.01. A 50K-record agency-spend dataset = $500.01. **No monthly minimum, no seats.**

### Related NexGenData Gov + Regulatory Actors

| Use case | Actor |
|----------|-------|
| USAspending federal-awards scraper | [usaspending-federal-awards-scraper](https://apify.com/nexgendata/usaspending-federal-awards-scraper?fpr=2ayu9b) |
| Federal Register rules + notices | [federal-register-rules-scraper](https://apify.com/nexgendata/federal-register-rules-scraper?fpr=2ayu9b) |
| FEC independent expenditures | [fec-independent-expenditures-scraper](https://apify.com/nexgendata/fec-independent-expenditures-scraper?fpr=2ayu9b) |
| LDA lobbying disclosure scraper | [lda-lobbying-disclosure-scraper](https://apify.com/nexgendata/lda-lobbying-disclosure-scraper?fpr=2ayu9b) |
| H1B visa salary search | [h1b-visa-salary-search](https://apify.com/nexgendata/h1b-visa-salary-search?fpr=2ayu9b) |
| Court records search (federal dockets) | [courtlistener-federal-docket-scraper](https://apify.com/nexgendata/courtlistener-federal-docket-scraper?fpr=2ayu9b) |
| SEC EDGAR filings scraper | [sec-edgar-filings-scraper](https://apify.com/nexgendata/sec-edgar-filings-scraper?fpr=2ayu9b) |
| NIH RePORTER grants database | [nih-reporter-grants-scraper](https://apify.com/nexgendata/nih-reporter-grants-scraper?fpr=2ayu9b) |

### FAQ

**Q: Coverage?**
A: All US federal contracts + opportunities from SAM.gov + USAspending — back to 2008 for awards, current for opportunities.

**Q: How fresh is the data?**
A: SAM.gov posts opportunities continuously; USAspending publishes award updates daily. Each run pulls the latest snapshot.

**Q: State / local procurement?**
A: This actor covers US federal procurement. Singapore GeBIZ government tenders are covered by [singapore-gebiz-tenders](https://apify.com/nexgendata/singapore-gebiz-tenders?fpr=2ayu9b).

**Q: Output formats?**
A: JSON, CSV, Excel via Apify dataset export. Webhooks supported on dataset write.

**Q: Schema stability?**
A: Versioned schema; breaking changes are announced via the actor changelog.

**Q: Legal status?**
A: SAM.gov + USAspending are public-domain US-government data. You are the data controller for downstream use — follow your jurisdiction's data-use rules.

***

### How NexGenData Pricing Works

Every NexGenData actor uses **pay-per-event** pricing — you only pay for results that actually land in your dataset. No monthly minimum, no seat fees, no surprise overage bills.

- **Actor Start:** a single-event charge each time you spin the actor up (scaled to memory size)
- **Result / item:** charged per item written to the default dataset
- **No charge** for retries, internal proxy rotation, or failed sub-requests — those are absorbed by the platform

### Apify Platform Bonus

New to Apify? Sign up with the NexGenData [referral link](https://www.apify.com/?fpr=2ayu9b) — you get free platform credits on signup (enough for several thousand free results) and you help fund the maintenance of this actor fleet.

### Integration Surface

Every actor in the NexGenData catalog can be triggered from:

- **Apify console** — point-and-click run
- **Apify API** — REST + webhooks
- **Apify Python / JS SDKs** — programmatic batch
- **Zapier, Make.com, n8n** — official integrations
- **MCP** — many actors are exposed as MCP tools for Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor agents
- **Schedules** — built-in cron for daily / weekly / monthly runs
- **Webhooks** — POST results to any HTTPS endpoint on dataset write

### Support

NexGenData maintains 260+ Apify actors and ships updates regularly. Bug reports via the Apify console issues tab get a response within 24 hours. Roadmap requests are welcome — high-demand features ship in the next version.

Home: [thenextgennexus.com](https://thenextgennexus.com)
Full catalog: [apify.com/nexgendata](https://apify.com/nexgendata?fpr=2ayu9b)

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Search keyword for award descriptions/recipients. Leave blank for all matching the other filters.

## `agency` (type: `string`):

Awarding agency name filter (e.g. "Department of Defense"). Leave blank for all.

## `awardType` (type: `string`):

Type of federal award.

## `minAmount` (type: `integer`):

Only return awards at or above this dollar amount.

## `dateRangeMonths` (type: `integer`):

How many months back to search.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum award records to return. Defaults to 25 as an evaluation-sized sample; raise it for full runs (each result is billed).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "",
  "agency": "",
  "awardType": "contracts",
  "minAmount": 0,
  "dateRangeMonths": 12,
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keyword": "",
    "agency": "",
    "awardType": "contracts",
    "minAmount": 0,
    "dateRangeMonths": 12,
    "maxResults": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgendata/government-contracts-search").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "keyword": "",
    "agency": "",
    "awardType": "contracts",
    "minAmount": 0,
    "dateRangeMonths": 12,
    "maxResults": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgendata/government-contracts-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keyword": "",
  "agency": "",
  "awardType": "contracts",
  "minAmount": 0,
  "dateRangeMonths": 12,
  "maxResults": 25
}' |
apify call nexgendata/government-contracts-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgendata/government-contracts-search",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/iaPWmdmlZOMIB20r2/builds/FD8KqufcmddiTkSl6/openapi.json