SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Scraper

Get US federal contract opportunities from SAM.gov as clean, ready-to-use data: open solicitations, RFQs, RFPs, sources sought / RFIs, presolicitations, special notices and award notices.

Each result includes the full description as plain text, contracting officer names, emails and phones, attachment download links (RFP, SOW, PWS, pricing templates), NAICS and PSC codes, set-aside, response deadline, place of performance, the full agency path and, for award notices, the awardee, UEI and award amount.

No API key and no SAM.gov account needed. Turn on Only new since last run and add a Schedule to get a daily feed of fresh opportunities that match your capabilities.

Looking for contracts that were already awarded and paid out? Use our companion US Government Contracts Scraper (USAspending.gov).

Use with AI agents (MCP)

This Actor works as a tool for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI agents through Apify's MCP server. Ask for opportunities in plain language and the agent fills in the filters. Set compactOutput: true and a small maxResults (e.g. 10) so results fit easily in the agent's context.

Quick setup (sign in with your Apify account when asked):

• Claude (claude.ai or Claude Desktop): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste https://mcp.apify.com?tools=artificially/samgov-opportunities-scraper
• Claude Code or Cursor via the Apify CLI (latest version, apify upgrade): apify mcp install claude-code --tools artificially/samgov-opportunities-scraper (use cursor instead of claude-code for Cursor)
• Any MCP client (Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": { "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=artificially/samgov-opportunities-scraper" }
  }
}

Try asking:

• "Find open SAM.gov solicitations for NAICS 541512 posted in the last 14 days, with contracting officer emails."
• "Show small-business set-aside cybersecurity opportunities on SAM.gov with deadlines this month."

What you can use it for

• Business development and capture teams: a daily list of new solicitations in your NAICS codes, with the contracting officer's email to reach out before the deadline.
• Small businesses: find notices reserved for your program (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, Total Small Business).
• Bid/no-bid triage: filter by response deadline so you only see opportunities you still have time to bid on, with the days left already calculated.
• Market research: track which agencies buy what, where the work is performed and who wins (award notices with awardee name, UEI and amount).
• Feeding your CRM, Slack or AI agent: send results to Google Sheets, HubSpot, Slack, Zapier or Make through Apify integrations, or use the data in an LLM to score fit and draft responses.

How it works

1. You pick filters: keywords, notice types, NAICS, PSC, set-asides, agencies, states, dates and deadlines.
2. The Actor searches SAM.gov's public contract opportunities data, the same data you see on sam.gov.
3. For each notice it collects the full details, contacts and the list of attachments and links (files are not downloaded, you get direct download URLs).
4. Only complete notices with a valid notice ID, title and SAM.gov link are saved. Duplicates are removed.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
keywords	string		Words to search for in the title, description and solicitation number (all words must match)
noticeTypes	array	all	o Solicitation, k Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, p Presolicitation, r Sources Sought, s Special Notice, a Award Notice, u Justification (J&A), i Intent to Bundle, g Sale of Surplus Property
naicsCodes	array		NAICS codes, e.g. 541512. A prefix like 5415 matches every code under it
pscCodes	array		Product Service Codes, e.g. R425, DA01
setAsideTypes	array		SBA, SBP, 8A, 8AN, HZC, HZS, SDVOSBC, SDVOSBS, WOSB, WOSBSS, EDWOSB, EDWOSBSS, VSA, VSS, LAS, IEE, ISBEE, BICiv
agencies	array		Agency names like Department of Veterans Affairs, Army, NASA, or SAM.gov organization IDs
states	array		Place of performance state codes, e.g. VA, MD
postedWithinDays	integer		Only notices posted in the last N days
postedFrom / postedTo	date		Posted date range (YYYY-MM-DD)
responseDeadlineFrom / responseDeadlineTo	date		Response deadline range (YYYY-MM-DD)
openForResponsesOnly	boolean	false	Only notices whose response deadline is today or later
activeOnly	boolean	true	Skip archived and inactive notices
sortBy	string	-relevance	-relevance (best keyword match) or -modifiedDate (most recently updated)
includeDescription	boolean	true	Add the full description as plain text
includeAttachments	boolean	true	Add attachment names, sizes and download URLs, plus external links
compactOutput	boolean	false	Slim items with only the key fields (ID, link, title, type, dates, agency, NAICS, set-aside, state, first contact, attachment count, award). Best for AI agents
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum notices to save in one run (up to 10,000)
onlyNewSinceLastRun	boolean	false	Skip notices returned by earlier runs with the same filters
apiKey	string		Optional SAM.gov public API key. Not required
proxyConfiguration	object	off	Not needed in most cases

Example input

{
    "keywords": "cybersecurity",
    "noticeTypes": ["o", "k", "p", "r"],
    "naicsCodes": ["541512", "541519"],
    "setAsideTypes": ["SBA", "SDVOSBC"],
    "postedWithinDays": 14,
    "openForResponsesOnly": true,
    "maxResults": 200
}

Output

One item per notice. This is a real item from a run with naicsCodes: ["541512"], setAsideTypes: ["SBA"] and openForResponsesOnly: true:

{
    "noticeId": "ee15f287bd3049349277a9bd31c206df",
    "samUrl": "https://sam.gov/opp/ee15f287bd3049349277a9bd31c206df/view",
    "title": "RFI: Air Force Enterprise Rapid Operations Support (AEROS)",
    "solicitationNumber": "AEROS",
    "noticeType": "Sources Sought",
    "noticeTypeCode": "r",
    "active": true,
    "cancelled": false,
    "postedDate": "2026-09-01T15:29:02.256+00:00",
    "modifiedDate": "2026-09-01T15:29:02.265+00:00",
    "responseDeadline": "2026-09-30T17:00:00-04:00",
    "responseTimeZone": "America/New_York",
    "daysUntilDeadline": 7,
    "archiveDate": "2026-10-15",
    "department": "DEPT OF DEFENSE",
    "subTier": "DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE",
    "office": "FA2318 AFLCMC HBMK",
    "organizationPath": "DEPT OF DEFENSE > DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE > FA2318 AFLCMC HBMK",
    "officeAddress": {
        "streetAddress": "CP 817 888 1879, 236 CITATION DR",
        "city": "HANSCOM AFB",
        "state": "TX",
        "zip": "76106-2759",
        "country": "USA"
    },
    "naicsCode": "541512",
    "naicsCodes": ["541512"],
    "pscCode": "DA01",
    "setAsideCode": "SBA",
    "setAside": "Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)",
    "placeOfPerformance": {
        "streetAddress": null,
        "city": "Scott AFB",
        "state": "IL",
        "zip": "62225",
        "country": "USA"
    },
    "pointsOfContact": [
        {
            "name": "Mikayla Sequeira",
            "title": null,
            "email": "mikayla.sequeira@us.af.mil",
            "phone": null,
            "fax": null,
            "type": "primary"
        },
        {
            "name": "Venezia Delgadillo",
            "title": null,
            "email": "venezia.delgadillo@us.af.mil",
            "phone": null,
            "fax": null,
            "type": "secondary"
        }
    ],
    "description": "AFLCMC C3M OL-2 intends to solicit a contract for non-personal commercial services to support the requirements for the AFTRANS enterprise functional help desk services and technical operations help desk services for the existing legacy system portfolio applications and the Next Generation modernized system portfolio applications. The support includes providing comprehensive functional and technical operations support of critical command and control (C2) capabilities within a government-provided environment.",
    "attachments": [
        {
            "name": "AEROS RFI.pdf",
            "url": "https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/fa83f9be70404aad8fc4cb846f2990e2/download",
            "type": "file",
            "size": 231223,
            "mimeType": "pdf",
            "postedDate": "2026-08-31T19:17:05.664+00:00"
        },
        {
            "name": "AEROS PWS Excerpt.pdf",
            "url": "https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/d29cc44563484c7e9f866ec9f7102f5b/download",
            "type": "file",
            "size": 233778,
            "mimeType": "pdf",
            "postedDate": "2026-09-01T15:29:02.256+00:00"
        }
    ],
    "award": null,
    "parentNoticeId": "f4ea200723f2483ca0d32d5ae73325e5",
    "relatedNoticeId": null,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-23T09:01:27.415Z"
}

Award notices also fill the award object, for example:

"award": {
    "date": "2026-09-22",
    "amount": 8761.49,
    "number": "140FS126P0287",
    "awardeeName": "ALASKA MINE SERVICES, LLC",
    "awardeeUei": "ZAWDUZF7NHF1",
    "awardeeCageCode": "171R4",
    "awardeeLocation": { "streetAddress": "HC 66 BOX 28012", "city": "Nenana", "state": "AK", "zip": "99760", "country": "USA" }
}

The dataset has three ready-made views: Opportunities, Contacts and Awards. You can export any of them as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.

Each run also saves two records in its key-value store:

• SUMMARY: how many notices matched, were saved, were skipped as already seen, and failed.
• FAILED_NOTICES: notices that could not be fetched after several retries, with the reason. These are not saved and not charged.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. See the Pricing tab for the current prices.

• You only pay for results saved to the dataset. Failed or invalid notices are free.
• In monitoring mode, notices you already received in earlier runs are skipped for free.
• Set a maximum cost per run in the run options and the Actor will stop cleanly when it is reached.

Monitoring new opportunities every day

1. Set your filters, for example NAICS 541512, notice types Solicitation and Sources Sought, postedWithinDays: 7.
2. Turn on Only new since last run.
3. Save it as a Task and add a Schedule (for example every weekday at 7:00).
4. Connect an integration (email, Slack, Google Sheets, webhook) to receive each new batch.

The first run returns everything that currently matches. Every run after that returns only notices you have not seen yet. The list of seen notice IDs is kept per filter combination in the named key-value store samgov-opportunities-monitor in your account, so different Tasks with different filters track their own history. Delete that store (or change a filter) to start over.

FAQ

Do I need a SAM.gov API key? No. The Actor reads the same public data the sam.gov website shows without logging in. If you already have a free SAM.gov public API key you can add it in apiKey and the search step will use the official Get Opportunities API. If the key is rejected or its daily limit is used up, the Actor automatically falls back to the public search.

Are attachment files downloaded? No. You get each file's name, size, type and a direct download URL on sam.gov, plus external links (for example PIEE or NECO solicitation links). Only public attachments are listed. Controlled (CUI) or export-controlled documents that require a SAM.gov login are not included.

Why do I see the same solicitation number twice? When an agency amends a notice, SAM.gov publishes a new version with a new notice ID. The parentNoticeId field points to the previous version. In monitoring mode, amendments therefore show up as new items so you do not miss changes.

How many results can I get? SAM.gov lets a single search reach up to 10,000 notices. If your filters match more, narrow them (for example by date range or NAICS) and run several Tasks.

Why does a keyword match notices that do not mention it in the title? Keywords are searched in the full notice text, including clauses. Use more specific phrases, NAICS/PSC codes or notice types to narrow results.

What does "active" mean? Active notices are not yet archived on SAM.gov. A notice can still be active after its response deadline has passed. Use openForResponsesOnly or responseDeadlineFrom to keep only notices you can still respond to.

Is this data accurate? It comes straight from SAM.gov, the official US government source for contract opportunities. Always check the notice on SAM.gov before submitting a bid.

Support

Found a problem or need another field? Open an issue on the Issues tab and we will look at it quickly.

Related actors

• US Government Contracts Scraper: contracts that were already awarded, with amounts, recipients and agencies from USAspending.gov.
• EU Tenders Scraper: public tenders and contract notices from the EU's Tenders Electronic Daily (TED).