USAspending New Federal Contract Awards & Winners Scraper

Extract newly awarded US federal prime contracts (date_type: "new_awards_only") from the official USAspending.gov REST API v2 and enrich each winning prime contractor with its SAM.gov UEI, headquarters street address, parent entity, socio-economic business categories, primary place of performance, NAICS/PSC hierarchy, and (optional, off by default) reported executive compensation.

Unlike generic USAspending queries that return multi-year contracts modified with small administrative actions, this Actor strictly filters on new_awards_only so every row is a genuinely new prime contract award.

Who it's for

• Subcontractors & specialty vendors identifying newly awarded federal prime contractors (recipientName, recipientUei, recipientAddress, placeOfPerformance) to pitch teaming and subcontracting support
• B2B sales, staffing, recruiting & GovCon BD teams tracking companies that just won federal awards above a dollar threshold (minAwardAmountUsd) in target NAICS codes
• Defense, IT, construction & professional services suppliers monitoring new contract wins across civilian and defense agencies

Input

All filters are optional. By default, the Actor pulls up to 200 new contract awards of at least $250,000 signed in the last 30 days, sorted by award amount descending (or newest first with sortBy), with recipient detail enrichment on and executive names off.

{
  "awardStartDate": "2026-09-23",
  "awardEndDate": "2026-10-23",
  "naicsCodes": ["541512", "541511"],
  "minAwardAmountUsd": 250000,
  "maxAwardAmountUsd": 50000000,
  "recipientStates": ["VA", "MD"],
  "placeOfPerformanceStates": ["VA"],
  "awardingAgencies": ["Department of Veterans Affairs"],
  "sortBy": "NEWEST_FIRST",
  "enrichRecipientDetails": true,
  "includeExecutiveCompensation": false,
  "maxItems": 200
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
awardStartDate	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	today - 30 days	Start of the new-award date window.
awardEndDate	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	today	End of the new-award date window.
naicsCodes	array of strings	[] (all)	2- to 6-digit NAICS codes (e.g. ["541512"]).
minAwardAmountUsd	integer	250000	Minimum contract award obligation amount in USD.
maxAwardAmountUsd	integer	0 (no max)	Maximum contract award obligation amount in USD (0 = unlimited).
recipientStates	array of strings	[] (all)	2-letter US state codes for prime contractor headquarters.
placeOfPerformanceStates	array of strings	[] (all)	2-letter US state codes for contract place of performance.
awardingAgencies	array of strings	[] (all)	Official toptier awarding agency names (mapped to agencies filter with type: "awarding", tier: "toptier").
enrichRecipientDetails	boolean	true	Fetch /api/v2/awards/{generated_internal_id}/ (throttled to ≤ 5 req/s) for recipient street address, business categories and parent recipient.
sortBy	string	AMOUNT_DESC	AMOUNT_DESC (largest first) or NEWEST_FIRST (most recently signed first).
includeExecutiveCompensation	boolean	false	Also return topExecutives (names + pay as reported to SAM.gov). These are named individuals; leave off unless you need them.
maxItems	integer	200	Maximum number of rows to output.

Output

Field	Type	Description
awardId	string | null	Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID / Award ID)
generatedInternalId	string	USAspending unique internal award identifier
recipientName	string | null	Winning prime contractor legal name
recipientUei	string | null	SAM.gov 12-character Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
parentRecipientName	string | null	Ultimate parent recipient legal name
awardAmountUsd	number | null	Total award obligation amount in USD
startDate	string | null	Period of performance start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
endDate	string | null	Period of performance end date (YYYY-MM-DD)
awardingAgency	string | null	Toptier awarding agency name
awardingSubAgency	string | null	Subtier awarding agency name
naicsCode	string | null	6-digit NAICS code
naicsDescription	string | null	NAICS industry description
pscCode	string | null	Product and Service Code (PSC)
description	string | null	Contract award description
recipientAddress	object	{ street, city, state, zip } of the prime contractor
placeOfPerformance	object	{ city, state, zip } where the work is performed
businessCategories	array of strings	SAM socio-economic and entity classifications
dateSigned	string | null	Date the base award was signed (YYYY-MM-DD)
topExecutives	array of objects	Reported top executives [{ name, amount }]. Empty unless includeExecutiveCompensation is on, or when not reported
usaspendingUrl	string	Direct link: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/<generatedInternalId>

Sample output row

{
  "awardId": "36C10G26K0300",
  "generatedInternalId": "CONT_AWD_36C10G26K0300_3600_36C10G19D0038_3600",
  "recipientName": "TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP",
  "recipientUei": "J7M9HPTGJ1S9",
  "parentRecipientName": "TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP",
  "awardAmountUsd": 1200153022.86,
  "startDate": "2026-08-01",
  "endDate": "2026-08-31",
  "awardingAgency": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
  "awardingSubAgency": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
  "naicsCode": "524114",
  "naicsDescription": "DIRECT HEALTH AND MEDICAL INSURANCE CARRIERS",
  "pscCode": "G007",
  "description": "EXPRESS REPORT: AUGUST 2026",
  "recipientAddress": {
    "street": "15810 N 28TH AVE",
    "city": "PHOENIX",
    "state": "AZ",
    "zip": "85053"
  },
  "placeOfPerformance": {
    "city": "FREDERICKSBURG",
    "state": "VA",
    "zip": "22408"
  },
  "businessCategories": [
    "Category Business",
    "Corporate Entity Not Tax Exempt",
    "Not Designated a Small Business",
    "Special Designations",
    "U.S.-Owned Business"
  ],
  "topExecutives": [],
  "usaspendingUrl": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C10G26K0300_3600_36C10G19D0038_3600"
}

How pricing works

Pay per result. You only pay for rows returned.

Data source and terms

All data is fetched live from the official U.S. Department of the Treasury / Bureau of the Fiscal Service USAspending.gov API v2 (https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/). Civilian agencies publish new contract awards within days of signature; Department of Defense (DoD) contract data on USAspending is published on a 90-day statutory delay. Public federal spending records are in the U.S. public domain.

Limits and FAQ

• Why are DoD contracts missing from the last 30 days? By law, Department of Defense procurement actions are held for 90 days before publication on USAspending.gov. To pull newly released DoD contract wins, set awardStartDate and awardEndDate roughly 90–120 days back. Civilian agencies publish within days.
• Privacy: executive compensation. topExecutives contains named people and their pay as published by USAspending/SAM.gov. It is off by default. If you turn it on, use it only for legitimate business research and follow applicable privacy law; don't use it for unsolicited marketing to those individuals.
• How many results can I get? The Actor pages with USAspending's record cursor, so it is not limited by the ~10,000-row cap of page-number paging. maxItems is the only limit.
• Why is topExecutives sometimes [] even when turned on? Under FAR 52.204-10, only contractors meeting specific federal revenue thresholds without public SEC compensation filings are required to report their top 5 executives in SAM.gov.
• How fast is enrichRecipientDetails? Detail calls are rate-limited to at most 5 requests per second (~40 seconds per 200 awards). Set enrichRecipientDetails: false for fast summary-only runs.

Changelog

• v0.1.2 — Cursor paging (no 10k cap). New sortBy option (NEWEST_FIRST) and dateSigned field. Executive names/pay are now opt-in via includeExecutiveCompensation.

• v0.1.1 — Steadier paging, and one failed award-detail lookup no longer stops the whole run.

• v0.1 — Initial release with new_awards_only filtering and rate-limited /api/v2/awards/{id}/ recipient enrichment.