SAM.gov Federal Contract Opportunities Scraper (No API Key, True Place of Performance)

Stream active US federal contract opportunities, RFPs, presolicitations, and Sources Sought notices from the official SAM.gov public daily bulk extract — no SAM.gov API key or login required.

No SAM.gov API key needed: the official API requires a key and applies daily request quotas, which can be limiting for broad monitoring. This Actor streams the official daily ContractOpportunitiesFullCSV.csv extract directly from SAM.gov and filters on the true Place of Performance (PopState, PopCity, PopZip) as well as NAICS prefixes, set-aside codes, response deadline urgency, and full-text keywords.

Who it's for

• Government contractors (GovCon) & proposal teams monitoring daily RFPs, Combined Synopsis/Solicitations, Presolicitations, and Sources Sought notices without managing SAM.gov API keys or request quotas
• Regional service, construction, facilities, IT & staffing contractors filtering by true placeOfPerformanceStates (PopState) where work actually takes place rather than the contracting office's headquarters state
• Small business set-aside bidders targeting SBA, SDVOSBC, WOSB, 8A, and HZC opportunities with upcoming response deadlines (hoursUntilDeadline)

Input

All filters are optional and require no API key. By default, the Actor returns up to 200 active solicitations, presolicitations, and Sources Sought notices posted in the last 7 days.

{
  "postedDaysBack": 7,
  "noticeTypes": [
    "Solicitation",
    "Combined Synopsis/Solicitation",
    "Presolicitation",
    "Sources Sought"
  ],
  "naicsCodes": ["5415", "541330"],
  "setAsideCodes": ["SBA", "SDVOSBC"],
  "placeOfPerformanceStates": ["VA", "MD", "DC"],
  "keywords": ["cybersecurity", "cloud"],
  "minDaysUntilDeadline": 3,
  "activeOnly": true,
  "includeDescription": true,
  "maxItems": 200
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
postedDaysBack	integer	7	Include opportunities posted within this many days of today.
noticeTypes	array	["Solicitation", "Combined Synopsis/Solicitation", "Presolicitation", "Sources Sought"]	Opportunity notice types to include (matched against the notice's current Type).
naicsCodes	array of strings	[] (all)	NAICS codes or prefixes (e.g. ["5415"] matches all 5415xx IT services codes).
setAsideCodes	array of strings	[] (all)	Set-aside codes (e.g. SBA, SDVOSBC, WOSB, 8A, HZC).
placeOfPerformanceStates	array of strings	[] (all)	2-letter US state codes matched against PopState (true work location).
keywords	array of strings	[] (all)	Case-insensitive keyword match across Title and Description.
minDaysUntilDeadline	integer	0	Require ResponseDeadLine to be at least this many days from now. With 0, notices whose deadline already passed are dropped (notices with no deadline are kept).
activeOnly	boolean	true	Keep only notices where Active = "Yes".
includeDescription	boolean	true	Include full description text (truncated at 20,000 characters).
maxItems	integer	200	Maximum number of rows to output.

Output

Field	Type	Description
noticeId	string	Unique SAM.gov Notice ID
title	string | null	Opportunity title
solicitationNumber	string | null	Solicitation number (Sol#)
department	string | null	Department / Independent Agency
subTier	string | null	Sub-Tier agency
office	string | null	Contracting office
noticeType	string | null	Current notice type (Type)
baseType	string | null	Base notice type (BaseType)
postedDate	string | null	Posted timestamp
responseDeadline	string | null	ISO-8601 response deadline with timezone offset
hoursUntilDeadline	number | null	Hours from UTC now until responseDeadline
naicsCode	string | null	6-digit NAICS code
pscCode	string | null	Product Service Code (ClassificationCode)
setAsideCode	string | null	Set-aside code
setAside	string | null	Set-aside description
placeOfPerformance	object	{ street, city, state, zip, country } from Pop* columns
officeLocation	object	{ city, state, zip } of the contracting office
primaryContact	object	{ title, name, email, phone }
secondaryContact	object	{ title, name, email, phone }
awardNumber	string | null	Contract award number (when applicable)
awardDate	string | null	Contract award date
awardAmount	string | null	Contract award dollar amount (Award$)
awardee	string | null	Contract awardee
additionalInfoLink	string | null	Additional information link
samUrl	string | null	Direct SAM.gov opportunity URL (Link)
description	string | null	Opportunity description (up to 20,000 characters when includeDescription is true)

Sample output row

{
  "noticeId": "c67afe2e98034f46a68e1be3250d3689",
  "title": "Center Support Services Mental Health Consultant for Pine Ridge JC",
  "solicitationNumber": "12318727Q0003",
  "department": "AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF",
  "subTier": "FOREST SERVICE",
  "office": "USDA FOREST SERVICE",
  "noticeType": "Combined Synopsis/Solicitation",
  "baseType": "Combined Synopsis/Solicitation",
  "postedDate": "2026-10-22 13:22:38",
  "responseDeadline": "2026-10-26T13:00:00-04:00",
  "hoursUntilDeadline": 67.87,
  "naicsCode": "561320",
  "pscCode": "Q519",
  "setAsideCode": "SBA",
  "setAside": "Small Business Set Aside - Total",
  "placeOfPerformance": {
    "street": null,
    "city": "Chadron",
    "state": "NE",
    "zip": null,
    "country": "USA"
  },
  "officeLocation": {
    "city": "WASHINGTON",
    "state": "DC",
    "zip": "20250"
  },
  "primaryContact": {
    "title": null,
    "name": "Jane Example",
    "email": "jane.example@example.com",
    "phone": null
  },
  "secondaryContact": {
    "title": null,
    "name": null,
    "email": null,
    "phone": null
  },
  "awardNumber": null,
  "awardDate": null,
  "awardAmount": null,
  "awardee": null,
  "additionalInfoLink": null,
  "samUrl": "https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c67afe2e98034f46a68e1be3250d3689/view",
  "description": "10/22/2026 - Updated and attached solicitation# - 12318727Q0003 with FAR Clauses - 52.217-8 and 52.217-9..."
}

How pricing works

Pay per result. You only pay for rows returned.

Data source and terms

Data is streamed from the official U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Public Extract (ContractOpportunitiesFullCSV.csv). The extract is updated daily, so results lag SAM.gov by about one day; for same-day notices check SAM.gov directly. Notices are published by GSA as federal government information. This Actor is not affiliated with GSA or SAM.gov.

Limits and FAQ

• Which notices do I get? The Actor scans every notice posted in your postedDaysBack window that matches your filters, sorts them by posted date (newest first), then returns the first maxItems.

• Sample contact: the contact in the sample row above is made up. Real rows carry the contracting officer contact published on the notice; use it only for questions about that solicitation.

• Why does placeOfPerformance.state differ from officeLocation.state? Federal contracting offices (for example, in DC, VA, or OH) frequently procure services performed at bases or facilities in other states. Filtering by placeOfPerformanceStates matches PopState (where the work takes place).

• How does streaming work? The full SAM.gov CSV extract is ~215 MB and roughly ordered newest-first. This Actor streams it over HTTP in 256 KB chunks, keeps the newest maxItems matches in memory, and stops the download once it has read well past the postedDaysBack cutoff (10,000 consecutive older rows).

Changelog

• v0.1.2 — Scans the whole posted-date window, sorts newest first, then applies maxItems (previously the first matches in file order).

• v0.1.1 — Notice-type filter now uses the current notice Type (Award Notices no longer slip in). Expired deadlines are dropped by default. Safer UTF-8 decoding while streaming.

• v0.1 — Initial release with incremental HTTP CSV streaming, header verification, timezone-aware deadline calculation, and PopState filtering.