SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Monitor

Monitor public SAM.gov contract opportunities by keyword, agency, NAICS, PSC, notice type, dates, value, and active status.

Use this Actor when you need repeatable federal opportunity data for government contracting, bid monitoring, lead generation, capture research, competitor tracking, or procurement dashboards. Results can be downloaded as CSV, JSON, Excel, XML, RSS, or used through the Apify Dataset API.

At a glance

• Federal opportunity search: monitor SAM.gov notices by keyword, agency, NAICS, PSC, notice type, and posted date.
• Contracting fields: save solicitation numbers, titles, offices, deadlines, set-asides, places of performance, and public notice URLs.
• Relevance scoring: use matched keywords and normalized scores to sort opportunities.
• Optional descriptions: include full cleaned description text when you need deeper analysis.
• Automation ready: schedule recurring searches and send matching opportunities to CRM, Slack, Sheets, or BI tools.

Ready-to-run examples

Use these saved Store examples as starting points. Open any example to prefill the Actor input, then adjust URLs, keywords, limits, or filters for your own run.

• Monitor SAM.gov Energy Efficiency Opportunities
• Monitor SAM.gov Software Development Opportunities
• Monitor SAM.gov Defense Logistics Opportunities
• Monitor SAM.gov Small Business Set-Aside Opportunities
• Monitor SAM.gov IT Services Opportunities
• Watch sources-sought notices for janitorial services
• View all ready-to-run examples (9 examples)

What can it do?

SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Monitor turns public federal opportunity searches into structured opportunity rows.

• Export SAM.gov opportunity data for solicitations, combined synopsis/solicitations, presolicitations, sources sought notices, awards, and other public notice types.
• Filter for real capture workflows by keyword, agency, NAICS, PSC, posted date, notice type, value, and active status.
• Collect deadline and buyer context such as response deadline, department, sub-agency, contracting office, set-aside, and place of performance.
• Build government-contracting alerts by scheduling the Actor and sending matching records to downstream tools.
• Use it as a SAM.gov data API workflow when you need CSV/JSON/API output without building a custom scraper.

Common workflows

• Bid monitoring: track new public opportunities in target sectors.
• Capture research: identify agencies, offices, NAICS codes, and recurring procurement patterns.
• Lead generation: route relevant notices to business development or proposal teams.
• Competitive intelligence: monitor competitor-related keywords, agencies, and categories.
• Market sizing: export opportunity rows for dashboards and trend analysis.
• AI triage: summarize descriptions and score notices by fit.

Who is it for?

• Government contractors monitoring new opportunities in their target markets.
• Business-development and capture teams routing qualified notices to proposal workflows.
• Procurement researchers and analysts building repeatable public-opportunity datasets.

What data can you collect?

Each dataset row represents one public SAM.gov contract opportunity.

Field	Description
noticeId	SAM.gov notice identifier
solicitationNumber	Solicitation or reference number
title	Opportunity title
typeCode	SAM.gov notice type code
typeLabel	Human-readable notice type
agency	Department name
subAgency	Agency name
office	Contracting office when available
postedDate	Original posted date
modifiedDate	Most recent modification date
responseDeadline	Response deadline when available
isActive	Whether the notice is currently active
isCanceled	Whether the notice is canceled
naics	NAICS codes when available
psc	Product Service Codes when available
setAside	Set-aside information when available
placeOfPerformance	Place of performance when available
periodOfPerformance	Public performance period when available from notice detail data
summary	Cleaned short description
descriptionText	Optional full cleaned description
uiUrl	Direct public SAM.gov notice URL
sourceUrl	Source search URL used for the record
relevanceScore	Search relevance score normalized for sorting
matchedKeywords	Input keywords matched in the record text
estimatedValue	Estimated value when exposed
enrichmentStatus	Whether official notice-detail data was merged for the record
enrichmentWarning	Non-fatal detail lookup warning when the base record was still saved

Pricing

This Actor uses Apify pay-per-event pricing. The prices below come from the current Actor pricing configuration. Apify public plans map to Store discount tiers, so the table shows both the user-facing plan context and the pricing tier name. The final price shown in Apify depends on the user account plan and any custom agreement.

Event	What is charged	Price
start	One-time fee per run	$0.005

Event	What is charged	Free / no discount	Starter / Bronze	Scale / Silver	Business / Gold	Custom / Platinum	Custom / Diamond
apify-default-dataset-item	Per SAM.gov contract opportunity saved to the default dataset	$0.115 / 1,000	$0.1 / 1,000	$0.078 / 1,000	$0.06 / 1,000	$0.04 / 1,000	$0.028 / 1,000

Apify may also charge platform usage for compute, storage, proxies, or data transfer outside this Actor pricing. Check the Actor run and the Apify Pricing tab for the exact cost shown to your account.

Input configuration

Setting	JSON key	Use it for	Example
Keywords	keywords	Opportunity search terms.	["cybersecurity","cloud"]
Posted from	postedFrom	Keep opportunities posted on or after a date.	2026-07-01
Posted to	postedTo	Keep opportunities posted on or before a date.	2026-07-31
Notice types	noticeTypes	SAM.gov notice type codes or labels.	["r","k"]
Agency or office contains	agency	Filter by agency, department, or office name.	Department of Defense
NAICS codes	naics	Keep matching NAICS codes.	["541512"]
PSC codes	psc	Keep matching Product Service Codes.	["D399"]
Set-aside contains	setAside	Keep notices whose public set-aside label or code contains one of these values.	["small business"]
Active opportunities only	activeOnly	Skip inactive or closed opportunities.	true
Maximum opportunities	maxItems	Maximum opportunity rows to save.	100
Sort order	sort	Sort field used for SAM.gov result pages.	modifiedDate
Minimum estimated value	minEstimatedValue	Optional USD value floor when exposed.	100000
Include full description	includeDescription	Save full cleaned description text.	false
Resume checkpoint	resumeCheckpoint	Paste the SAM_GOV_CHECKPOINT JSON from a controlled cutoff to continue the same search in a new run.	{"version":1,"keywordIndex":0,"page":1}
Legacy same-store resume	resumeFromCheckpoint	Use only when the matching checkpoint is already present in the current default key-value store; use resumeCheckpoint for a new run.	false

Example input

{
  "keywords": ["cybersecurity", "zero trust"],
  "agency": "Department of Defense",
  "naics": ["541512"],
  "activeOnly": true,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeDescription": false
}

Example output

{
  "noticeId": "a63176dfde62490abfbc1ddce723754d",
  "solicitationNumber": "W912HNA044275",
  "title": "Construction and Alteration of Office Space",
  "typeLabel": "Sources Sought",
  "agency": "DEPT OF DEFENSE",
  "subAgency": "DEPT OF THE ARMY",
  "office": "W074 ENDIST SAVANNAH",
  "postedDate": "2026-06-04T19:10:01+00:00",
  "responseDeadline": "2026-06-10T11:00:00-04:00",
  "isActive": true,
  "summary": "Public SAM.gov notice summary...",
  "uiUrl": "https://sam.gov/opp/a63176dfde62490abfbc1ddce723754d/view",
  "relevanceScore": 100,
  "matchedKeywords": ["construction"],
  "estimatedValue": null
}

Tips for best results

• Use buyer language: combine capability keywords with agency names or NAICS codes.
• Keep alerts focused: narrow searches produce more useful recurring datasets.
• Use includeDescription when ranking fit: full text is better for AI scoring and summaries.
• Track notice types separately: sources sought, solicitations, and awards serve different workflows.
• Schedule daily runs: federal opportunity monitoring is most useful as a recurring workflow.

Limits and caveats

• The Actor extracts publicly visible SAM.gov opportunity data only.
• SAM.gov records can change, expire, or be canceled after scraping.
• Some records do not expose estimated value, place of performance, PSC, NAICS, or full description.
• This Actor does not submit bids, authenticate into SAM.gov, or access private procurement data.

API usage

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fetch_cat~sam-gov-contract-opportunities-monitor/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"keywords":["cybersecurity"],"agency":"Department of Defense","activeOnly":true,"maxItems":50}'

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('fetch_cat/sam-gov-contract-opportunities-monitor').call({
  keywords: ['cybersecurity'],
  naics: ['541512'],
  activeOnly: true,
  maxItems: 50,
});
console.log(run.defaultDatasetId);

Python

import os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.environ['APIFY_TOKEN'])
run = client.actor('fetch_cat/sam-gov-contract-opportunities-monitor').call(run_input={
    'keywords': ['cybersecurity'],
    'naics': ['541512'],
    'activeOnly': True,
    'maxItems': 50,
})
print(run['defaultDatasetId'])

MCP and AI agents

This Actor can be used through the official Apify MCP server. The focused URL below exposes this Actor only.

Claude Code setup:

$claude mcp add apify-sam-gov https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fetch_cat/sam-gov-contract-opportunities-monitor

MCP client JSON setup:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify-sam-gov": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fetch_cat/sam-gov-contract-opportunities-monitor"
    }
  }
}

Example prompts:

• "Monitor active cybersecurity opportunities with NAICS 541512 and return the deadline and agency."
• "Find small-business set-aside notices matching cloud migration and export the results."

FAQ

Can this monitor active SAM.gov opportunities?

Yes. Set activeOnly=true and schedule the Actor to run daily or weekly.

Can it include full opportunity descriptions?

Yes. Set includeDescription=true when you need longer text for review, AI scoring, or exports.

Can I export to CSV or Excel?

Yes. Apify datasets can be downloaded as CSV, JSON, Excel, XML, RSS, HTML, or accessed through the API.

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Support

If a run fails, returns no data, or a field looks wrong, open an issue from the Actor page.

Please include the Apify run ID or run URL, input JSON, one example public URL, query, or input item, what you expected, and what the dataset returned. Small reproducible inputs make parsing or site-layout issues much faster to fix.

Privacy and data handling

This Actor runs with Apify limited permissions and only processes data needed for the documented run. It uses the inputs you provide and the public records needed to produce the documented dataset to produce the output dataset and sends requests to SAM.gov public opportunity pages/APIs; results are stored in Apify run storage for your account. FetchCat does not use your inputs or outputs for advertising, does not use them for model training, and does not retain them outside the Apify run except for transient support debugging when you explicitly share run details. You are responsible for using the Actor lawfully, respecting the target site's terms, and avoiding unnecessary personal or sensitive data in inputs.