USAspending Federal Awards Search: Contracts, Grants, Winners

Search U.S. federal contract and grant awards from the official USAspending.gov API by keyword, recipient, agency, NAICS, state, date and amount. Award amount, recipient UEI, agency and links.

For AI agents and developers

Agent-ready docs, pricing, an OpenAPI spec and example calls for this tool live on Gouda Studios Agent Tools. The full catalog is at gouda-studios-agent-tools.vercel.app and llms.txt.

Example inputs

Cybersecurity contracts awarded in 2026 over $1M

{
  "keywords": [
    "cybersecurity"
  ],
  "awardType": "contracts",
  "startDate": "2026-01-01",
  "minAmount": 1000000
}

All awards to a competitor

{
  "recipientNames": [
    "Booz Allen Hamilton"
  ],
  "maxResults": 200
}

New HHS research grants, only new since last run

{
  "awardingAgencies": [
    "Department of Health and Human Services"
  ],
  "awardType": "grants",
  "keywords": [
    "research"
  ],
  "onlyNew": true
}

Questions this actor answers

How do I track federal contract awards? Search by keyword, NAICS or agency with a date range, or schedule the actor with onlyNew to get newly reported awards as they appear.

How do I see which companies won government contracts? Each row includes the recipient name, award amount, awarding agency and performance period. Filter by recipientNames to follow a specific competitor.

Does it cover grants as well as contracts? Yes. Set awardType to contracts or grants.

Can an AI agent call this? Yes. Use it through the MCP endpoint at https://gouda-studios-agent-tools.vercel.app/mcp, the Apify API, or agentic payments (x402, Skyfire).

Use from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client

Add https://gouda-studios-agent-tools.vercel.app/mcp as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP) in Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Sign in with your Apify account or pass an Apify API token. Step by step guide: https://gouda-studios-agent-tools.vercel.app/guides/use-public-data-tools-in-claude-and-cursor-with-mcp/.

Who uses it

• GovCon BD teams researching competitors' wins and incumbents
• Grant seekers and consultants checking who funds what
• AI agents answering "who won federal money for X" with sourced data

Output (one row per award)

awardId, recipientName, recipientUei, awardAmount, totalOutlays, description, startDate, endDate, awardingAgency, awardingSubAgency, fundingAgency, awardType, naics, psc, assistanceListings, placeOfPerformanceState, lastModified, internalId, url

Pricing

Pay per event: $0.0015 per award row ($1.5 per 1,000). No platform usage is added on top, and you are never charged for rows you don't get. Set maxResults to cap your spend.

For AI agents

• Call through the Apify API, the Apify MCP server (mcp.apify.com), or agentic payments (x402 / MPP prepaid token, Skyfire). No Apify account is required for agentic payments.
• Runs with limited permissions and no Standby. It only touches its own storages.
• Returns U.S. federal spending awards (contracts, IDVs, grants, loans) from the official USAspending.gov API, one JSON row per award, largest first. Example: {"keywords":["cybersecurity"],"awardType":"contracts","startDate":"2026-01-01","maxResults":50}. Pricing: $0.0015 per award row.
• Every input is optional except what you need to define the search. Unknown names or IDs are logged and skipped; the run still succeeds.
• Output is a flat JSON dataset; read it with GET /v2/datasets/{datasetId}/items?format=json. RUN_SUMMARY in the key-value store gives the row count.

Data source

Official USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Treasury), public and keyless.

Disclaimer

Public government/regulatory data provided as-is. Not affiliated with the data publisher. Check the original record (link in each row) before relying on it.