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Find US federal contracts expiring soon (recompetes) or search awarded government contracts by agency, keyword, date and amount. Official USAspending data.

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You can access the US Federal Contract Awards & Recompete Finder (USAspending) programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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Federal Contract Recompete Finder | Expiring Contracts OpenAPI definition

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Federal Spending & Contract Awards Tracker (USASpending.gov)

data_drifter/federal-spending-tracker

Track US federal government contract awards. Search by keyword, agency, contractor. Award amounts, NAICS codes, descriptions. Free public API.

Curt Smith

USASpending Scraper — Government Contracts, Grants & Awards

copious_atoll/usaspending-contracts

Extract federal government contracts, grants, and awards from USASpending.gov. Search by keyword, agency, recipient, date range, and award type. Returns award amounts, recipients, agencies, descriptions, and dates. Free API, no proxy needed.

Grim R

US Government Contracts Search — Awards Data API

nexgendata/government-contracts-search

Search US federal government contract awards. Clean JSON for suppliers, bid teams and AI agents.

NexGenData

USAspending.gov Federal Awards Tracker

straightforward_hydra/usaspending-awards-tracker

Track who won US federal government money — contracts and grants — with amounts, agencies, recipients and dates, from the official USAspending.gov API. No API key needed.

Dev D

USASpending GovCon Awards & Grants Scraper

chrisp1211/usaspending-scraper-max

Scrape US federal government contracts and grants from USASpending. Filter by keyword, recipient, agency, award type and date. Returns award amount, recipient, agency and more. No API key. Pay per award; empty runs are free.

Christian Pichichero

US Federal Contract Awards Monitor: Whole Market or Companies

datasignalslab/gov-contract-awards-monitor

Every new federal contract award in the window, or just the companies you follow. Amounts, awarding agencies and momentum, ranked by size. 200 largest awards in a week: $1.17 billion.

DataSignals Lab

Gov Contracts MCP — Federal Awards & Spending for AI Agents

nexgendata/government-contracts-procurement-mcp-server

MCP server exposing federal contract awards and spending data as agent tools. Connect Claude, Cursor, n8n or the OpenAI Agents SDK.

NexGenData

Federal Contracts Intelligence: SAM.gov, NAICS, FPDS

andrew_avina/federal-contracts-mcp

Query every federal contract from SAM.gov + USASpending ($800B/yr). Returns vendor, agency, NAICS, contract type, set-aside (SDVOSB/8a/HUBZone), period of performance. Filter by agency, NAICS, amount, state. MCP-native. FY2000-present.

Andrew Avina

USASpending.gov Scraper

crawlerbros/usaspending-scraper

Scrape USASpending.gov, the official open data source for US federal government spending. Covers contracts, grants, loans, and other awards totaling $6+ trillion annually across all federal agencies.

Crawler Bros

USAspending Federal Spending Search

ryanclinton/usaspending-search

Search and extract US federal government spending data directly from the official USAspending.gov API. This actor provides structured access to over $2 trillion in annual federal spending across contracts, grants, loans, direct payments, and other financial assistance programs.