DIBBS RFQ Scraper

Disclaimer: Unofficial tool — not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Defense Logistics Agency or the U.S. Department of Defense. Data is read from the public daily RFQ index and public RFQ record pages only. No login. You are responsible for complying with applicable law and the site’s terms. No warranty on accuracy or availability. Provided for informational and research use.

DLA DIBBS RFQ solicitations from the public daily index: NSN, quantity, unit, return-by date, set-aside, and buyer code.

Use it when a parts desk needs new Requests for Quotation without copying the search screens. Each dataset row is one solicitation from a posted-day index file. This is a DIBBS scraper and a DIBBS API alternative for Python, Node.js, and MCP.

When to use

• Pull RFQs posted on the latest index day, or on a date you name
• Filter by NSN, FSC, solicitation number, nomenclature, or set-aside
• Watch for new solicitations with monitor mode
• Add quote status and issue date only when you turn on the detail page

A full post day is often a few hundred rows. Raise maxItems when you want the whole file. Leave includeDetails off unless you need status and the issue date.

Key features

• Daily public index, one file per post date
• NSN with dashes, FSC, part number, purchase request, quantity, and unit
• Return-by date, buyer code, AMSC, and set-aside
• Optional RFQ record page for quote status, issue date, and attachments
• Monitor mode that skips solicitation ids already saved
• HTTP fetch, 256 MB, no browser

Input

Field	Required	Description
postedDate	No	YYYY-MM-DD or MM-DD-YYYY. Empty uses the newest index file
daysBack	No	How many daily files to read. Default 1, maximum 15
nsn	No	National Stock Number, dashes optional, partial match
fsc	No	4-digit Federal Supply Class, or several separated by commas
solicitationNumber	No	Solicitation number, dashes optional, partial match
keyword	No	Case-insensitive match on nomenclature
setAside	No	smallBusiness, hubzone, sdvosb, wosb, eightA, edwosb, or unrestricted
maxItems	No	Stop after this many matches. Default 25, maximum 2000
includeDetails	No	Open the RFQ record for status, issue date, and attachments. Default false
monitorMode	No	Save only solicitations not seen in the monitor store
monitorStoreName	No	Key-value store name. Default dibbs-rfq-monitor
resetMonitorState	No	Clear seen solicitation ids before this run

Input example

{
  "fsc": "8415",
  "daysBack": 1,
  "maxItems": 25,
  "includeDetails": false
}

Output

Field	Description
solicitationNumber	Solicitation number
solicitationId	13-character id from the index
nsn	NSN with dashes
fsc	Federal Supply Class
partNumber	Part number when the line is not an NSN
nomenclature	Item name from the index
quantity	Requested quantity
unit	Unit of issue
purchaseRequest	Purchase request number
postedDate	Date of the index file
returnByDate	Quote return-by date
buyerCode	Buyer code
amsc	Acquisition method suffix code
setAside	Set-aside label
setAsideCode	One-letter set-aside code
setAsidePercent	Set-aside percentage
pdfFileName	Solicitation PDF file name
recordUrl	Public RFQ record page
quoteStatus	Status when includeDetails is on
issueDate	Issue date when includeDetails is on
hasAttachments	Attachments flag when includeDetails is on

Output example

{
  "source": "dibbs.bsm.dla.mil",
  "solicitationNumber": "SPE1C1-26-T-1698",
  "solicitationId": "SPE1C126T1698",
  "nsn": "8415-01-392-3228",
  "fsc": "8415",
  "partNumber": null,
  "nomenclature": "BAG,FLYER'S HELMET",
  "quantity": 200,
  "unit": "EA",
  "purchaseRequest": "7018200348",
  "postedDate": "2026-09-25",
  "returnByDate": "2026-09-30",
  "buyerCode": "DSC01",
  "setAside": "Unrestricted",
  "setAsideCode": "N",
  "pdfFileName": "SPE1C126T1698.pdf",
  "recordUrl": "https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/rfq/rfqrec.aspx?sn=SPE1C126T1698",
  "quoteStatus": null,
  "issueDate": null,
  "hasAttachments": null
}

Use cases

• New postings — read the latest index file each morning and export NSN, quantity, and return-by date
• FSC watch — keep one or more Federal Supply Classes and schedule the run
• Set-aside list — keep small-business, HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, 8(a), or EDWOSB lines
• Status check — turn on includeDetails for quote status and the issue date on a short list

Integration examples

Replace APIFY_TOKEN with your Apify token. The Actor name is crawloop/dibbs-rfq-scraper.

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor("crawloop/dibbs-rfq-scraper").call({
  fsc: "8415",
  daysBack: 1,
  maxItems: 25,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

import os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"])
run = client.actor("crawloop/dibbs-rfq-scraper").call(run_input={
    "fsc": "8415",
    "daysBack": 1,
    "maxItems": 25,
})
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(items)

cURL

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~dibbs-rfq-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{\"fsc\":\"8415\",\"daysBack\":1,\"maxItems\":25}"

MCP and AI assistants

Use this Actor from AI tools via Apify MCP. Connect your Apify account, then call this Actor by its Store name.

Example prompts:

• "Run DIBBS RFQ Scraper for FSC 8415 and return solicitation number, NSN, quantity, and return-by date as JSON"
• "Scrape the latest DIBBS index for small-business set-asides and list nomenclature and quantity"
• "Run DIBBS RFQ Scraper with includeDetails for solicitation SPE1C1-26-T-1698 and report quote status and issue date"

FAQ

Does this submit quotes or download technical drawings?
No. It reads the public daily index and, if you ask, the public RFQ record page. Quoting and drawing packages stay on the logged-in side.

What if the filter matches nothing?
The run finishes with an empty dataset.

Why is the nomenclature short?
The index file stores a fixed-width name. The record page is a separate optional request.

How does monitor mode behave on the first run?
The first run saves matches up to maxItems and remembers those solicitation ids. Later runs with the same monitor store skip them.