# USAspending Scraper – Federal Contracts & Awards Data (`dedicated_crest/usaspending-federal-awards`) Actor

USAspending.gov scraper for federal contracts, IDVs and grant awards: recipient, UEI, address, amount, agency, NAICS/PSC, set-aside, competition, dates. Filter by keyword, agency, NAICS, state, amount. GovCon leads, no API key. $2/1,000.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dedicated_crest/usaspending-federal-awards.md
- **Developed by:** [Ben Barazandeh](https://apify.com/dedicated_crest) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 awards

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## USAspending Scraper – Federal Contracts & Awards Data, GovCon Leads

**Search every US federal contract, IDV and grant award on USAspending.gov and export clean rows, for $2 per 1,000 awards.** Filter by keyword, agency, NAICS, PSC, set-aside, state, amount and date and get the recipient name, **UEI**, parent company, address, award amount, awarding agency and office, NAICS/PSC, set-aside, competition details, period of performance and links to USAspending.

- ✅ **Official source**: the public USAspending.gov API (data reported by agencies to FPDS/FABS)
- ✅ **GovCon-ready fields**: UEI, parent UEI, NAICS, PSC, set-aside type, number of offers, solicitation ID
- ✅ **Contracts, IDVs, grants, loans and direct payments** in one schema
- ✅ **No API key, login or proxy**. Pay per award saved, and it stops at your *Maximum cost per run*

**Try it now:** the input is pre-filled with contract awards matching `artificial intelligence` in the last 30 days, 25 results. Click **Start**; the test run below took about 6 seconds.

### Real run results (18 Oct 2026)

Pre-filled input: award type contracts, keyword `artificial intelligence`, `daysBack: 30`, `maxItems: 25`, sorted by amount (run `9X7LaSQ1lnEkigYHd`, 6 seconds, 25 awards totalling $190.0M). First 8 rows:

| Recipient | Amount | Awarding office | NAICS | Description | Action date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC | $36.71M | Federal Acquisition Service | 541512 | THIS AWARD IS IN SUPPORT OF THE CHIEF DATA ARTIFICIAL… | 2026-06-25 |
| BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC | $30.72M | Federal Acquisition Service | 541611 | OFFICE OF UNDERSECRETARY OF WAR - DATA ANALYTICS AND A… | 2026-08-24 |
| INDEX ANALYTICS LLC | $22.94M | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | 541511 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THROUGH MACHINE LEARNED MODELI… | 2023-09-26 |
| BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC | $14.18M | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | 541612 | 70B04C26F00001201 CTO/TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR ARTIFICIA… | 2026-09-30 |
| ICATALYST, INC. | $12.79M | Department of Education | 541511 | DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IT MODERNIZATION BPA--CIO INNO… | 2022-09-09 |
| ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC | $9.09M | Federal Bureau of Investigation | 541512 | ITSSS- 2 SCOR 49- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) EXPLOIT… | 2025-09-24 |
| STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION | $7.69M | Bureau of Engraving and Printing | 334111 | TO PURCHASE ENTERPRISE SERVERS, HYPERCONVERGED INFRAST… | 2026-09-21 |
| ZOLON PCS II, LLC | $6.77M | Institute of Museum and Library Services | 541512 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT, OPERATIONS… | 2023-08-18 |

### Use cases

- **GovCon BD and capture teams**: see who wins what, at which agency, under which vehicle and NAICS
- **B2B sales and lead generation**: fresh lists of companies that just received federal money (address, UEI, size status)
- **Subcontracting and teaming**: find primes winning work in your NAICS and state
- **Competitive intelligence**: track competitors' awards by name or UEI
- **Investors, journalists, researchers and AI agents**: monitor federal spending on AI, cyber, defense, health and more

### Features

- 🏛️ Contracts, IDVs (IDIQ/GWAC/BPA), grants, loans, direct payments and other assistance
- 🔎 Filters: **keywords, recipient name/UEI, awarding agency, NAICS, PSC, place-of-performance state, recipient state, set-aside (SBA, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB…), min/max amount**
- 📅 Last *N* days or a custom range. Choose action date, signed date, last-modified date or **new awards only**.
- 🧾 Optional **detail enrichment** (on by default): recipient address, parent company, business categories, set-aside, competition, offers, solicitation, parent vehicle, subaward count
- ↕️ Sort by amount, last modified, start/end date or recipient
- ♻️ Automatic pagination and retries. Summary record with matching counts and total dollars.
- 💵 Stops cleanly at your **Maximum cost per run**

### How to use it

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Pick award types, then add filters (e.g. NAICS `541512`, state `VA`, set-aside `SBA`, last 7 days, *New awards only*).
3. Run it, then export to CSV/Excel/JSON, or **schedule it daily** to get new awards into your CRM, Sheets or Slack.

### Input example

```json
{
  "awardTypes": ["contracts", "grants"],
  "keywords": ["artificial intelligence"],
  "daysBack": 30,
  "maxItems": 300
}
```

### Output example

Real output (one award):

```json
{
  "awardId": "47QFCA26F0023",
  "awardCategory": "contracts",
  "awardType": "DELIVERY ORDER",
  "description": "THIS AWARD IS IN SUPPORT OF THE CHIEF DATA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICE CDAO WAR DATA PLATFORM WDP CORE INTEGRATION CI",
  "amount": 36709970,
  "totalOutlays": null,
  "baseAndAllOptions": 821270642,
  "subsidyCost": null,
  "actionDate": "2026-06-25",
  "startDate": "2026-07-28",
  "endDate": "2027-07-27",
  "potentialEndDate": "2031-07-27",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-30 17:02:48",
  "awardingAgency": "General Services Administration",
  "awardingSubAgency": "Federal Acquisition Service",
  "fundingAgency": "Department of Defense",
  "recipientName": "ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC",
  "recipientUei": "C47BNA8GM833",
  "parentRecipientName": "ACCENTURE PLC",
  "parentRecipientUei": "K9S7KL73XBE3",
  "recipientAddress": "800 N GLEBE RD STE 300",
  "recipientCity": "ARLINGTON",
  "recipientState": "VA",
  "recipientZip": "22203",
  "recipientCountry": "UNITED STATES",
  "recipientCongressionalDistrict": "08",
  "businessCategories": [
    "Category Business",
    "Corporate Entity Not Tax Exempt",
    "Foreign Owned"
  ],
  "naicsCode": "541512",
  "naicsDescription": "COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES",
  "pscCode": "DA01",
  "pscDescription": "IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SERVICES (LABOR)",
  "assistanceListings": null,
  "setAside": null,
  "extentCompeted": "FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION",
  "numberOfOffers": 5,
  "solicitationId": "47QFCA26R0014",
  "solicitationProcedures": "SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE AWARD FAIR OPPORTUNITY",
  "pricingType": "COST PLUS AWARD FEE",
  "parentAwardId": "47QTCK18D0036",
  "parentAwardType": "GWAC",
  "subawardCount": 17,
  "placeOfPerformanceCity": "FALLS CHURCH",
  "placeOfPerformanceState": "VA",
  "placeOfPerformanceZip": "22041",
  "placeOfPerformanceCountry": "USA",
  "usaspendingUrl": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_47QFCA26F0023_4732_47QTCK18D0036_4732",
  "recipientProfileUrl": "https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/d41a6b8a-9d6a-0d28-7e24-989e31731aad-C/latest",
  "generatedAwardId": "CONT_AWD_47QFCA26F0023_4732_47QTCK18D0036_4732",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-17T17:35:52.880Z"
}
```

The run's key-value store also holds a **SUMMARY** record with the filters used, matching award counts by type, items saved and total dollar amount.

### Pricing

**Pay per event: $0.002 per award** (**$2 per 1,000 awards**), detail enrichment included, no start fee. Set a *Maximum cost per run* and the Actor stops cleanly when it's reached.

How that compares with other USAspending Actors on the Apify Store (free-tier list prices from the Store API, checked 18 Oct 2026):

| Actor | Price per 1,000 awards | Start fee |
|---|---|---|
| **This Actor** | **$2.00** | none |
| USAspending Awards Scraper (parseforge) | $12.00 | $0.16 |
| USAspending Federal Spending Search (ryanclinton) | $2.00 | $0.00005 |
| USAspending Search, Federal Contracts & Grants KYB (pink_comic) | $2.00 | $0.0001 |
| USASpending Scraper, Federal Contracts & Grants (logiover) | $5.00 | $0.00005 |
| USASpending Scraper, Government Contracts (copious_atoll) | $1.00 | $0.00005 |

Looking for *open* solicitations (RFPs) rather than awards already made? Those are on SAM.gov; USAspending shows who won, how much and from which office, which is what you need for competitor research, teaming and subcontracting leads.

### Tips and limits

- One search returns up to ~10,000 awards per award type. For bigger pulls, split the date range or add filters.
- Agency names must match USAspending's top-tier names (e.g. "Department of Defense", "Department of Veterans Affairs").
- Data is as published by agencies to FPDS/FABS. Contract actions usually appear within days, but DoD data has a 90-day publication delay.
- Turn off *Include details* for the fastest, list-only results.

### FAQ

**Is this legal?** Yes. USAspending.gov is an official, public US government open-data service run by the Department of the Treasury. Federal data is public domain.

**Does it include SAM.gov opportunities (open solicitations)?** No. This Actor covers **awards** (who won). SAM.gov opportunity search needs an API key.

**Affiliation:** Independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by the US government.

**What's the difference between USAspending and SAM.gov?** SAM.gov lists open contract opportunities and entity registrations. USAspending shows awards that were already made: recipients, amounts, agencies and NAICS codes.

**How do I find small-business set-aside winners in my NAICS?** Add your `naicsCodes` and `setAsideTypes` (e.g. `SBA`, `8A`, `WOSB`, `SDVOSBC`), set `daysBack` and sort by amount.

**How do I get new awards every week?** Schedule it weekly with `daysBack: 7` and `dateType: new_awards_only`, then connect Google Sheets, Slack or your CRM.

**Does it include grants?** Yes. Add `grants` (and optionally `loans`, `direct_payments`) to `awardTypes`.

### Related tools

Other Actors by the same developer that work well with this one:

- [Grants.gov Scraper](https://apify.com/dedicated_crest/grants-gov-opportunity-finder): open federal grant opportunities you can still apply for
- [SEC EDGAR Scraper](https://apify.com/dedicated_crest/sec-edgar-funding-leads): private-company funding rounds from SEC Form D
- [Bulk WHOIS & DNS Lookup](https://apify.com/dedicated_crest/domain-whois-dns-intel): enrich federal contractors' websites with email provider and tech stack
- [NPI Registry Scraper](https://apify.com/dedicated_crest/npi-healthcare-provider-leads): US healthcare providers, for HHS/VA market research

# Actor input Schema

## `awardTypes` (type: `array`):

Which award categories to search.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Award description keywords (any match), e.g. "artificial intelligence", "cybersecurity".

## `recipientNames` (type: `array`):

Only awards to these recipients (name text or UEI), e.g. competitors or prospects.

## `awardingAgencies` (type: `array`):

Top-tier agency names exactly as on USAspending, e.g. "Department of Defense", "Department of Health and Human Services", "General Services Administration".

## `naicsCodes` (type: `array`):

2–6 digit NAICS codes (prefixes match), e.g. 5415, 541512.

## `pscCodes` (type: `array`):

Product/Service codes, e.g. DA01, R425.

## `placeOfPerformanceStates` (type: `array`):

2-letter US state codes, e.g. CA, VA.

## `recipientStates` (type: `array`):

2-letter state codes of the recipient's address.

## `setAsideTypes` (type: `array`):

FPDS set-aside codes, e.g. SBA (small business), 8A, 8AN, HZC (HUBZone), SDVOSBC, WOSB, EDWOSB.

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

Only awards at least this large.

## `maxAmount` (type: `integer`):

Only awards up to this size.

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Search window ending today (ignored if Date from is set).

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD (earliest 2007-10-01).

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD (default today).

## `dateType` (type: `string`):

Which award date the search window applies to.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Field to sort results by.

## `sortOrder` (type: `string`):

Descending (largest/newest first) or ascending.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Adds recipient address, parent company, business categories (small/veteran/woman-owned…), set-aside, competition, number of offers, solicitation ID, parent vehicle. One extra API call per award.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum awards to return (0 = no limit; a single query returns at most ~10,000 per award type, so narrow the date range for more).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "awardTypes": [
    "contracts"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "daysBack": 30,
  "dateType": "action_date",
  "sortBy": "Award Amount",
  "sortOrder": "desc",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Federal awards with recipient, UEI, address, amount, agency, NAICS/PSC, set-aside, competition and dates.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Filters used, matching award counts by type, awards saved and total dollar amount.

# 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 = {
    "awardTypes": [
        "contracts"
    ],
    "keywords": [
        "artificial intelligence"
    ],
    "daysBack": 30,
    "maxItems": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dedicated_crest/usaspending-federal-awards").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 = {
    "awardTypes": ["contracts"],
    "keywords": ["artificial intelligence"],
    "daysBack": 30,
    "maxItems": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dedicated_crest/usaspending-federal-awards").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "awardTypes": [
    "contracts"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "daysBack": 30,
  "maxItems": 25
}' |
apify call dedicated_crest/usaspending-federal-awards --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dedicated_crest/usaspending-federal-awards"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/1gBWYbXAbdVPHOBz7/builds/EqoGjjolBllxFhfWi/openapi.json