# SAM.gov Contract Opportunities with AI Summaries (`htamber/sam-gov-ai`) Actor

Federal contract opportunities from SAM.gov with plain-English AI summaries, key requirements and who should bid. No SAM.gov API key needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/htamber/sam-gov-ai.md
- **Developed by:** [Harshbir Tamber](https://apify.com/htamber) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 opportunity with ai summaries

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## SAM.gov Contract Opportunities with AI Summaries

Find US federal contract opportunities on SAM.gov and get a **plain-English AI summary** of each one: what the government is buying, the key requirements, who should bid, and how much effort a bid takes.

**No SAM.gov API key needed** and no rate limits. The Actor reads SAM.gov's official public data file, which is refreshed daily.

### Why use it

SAM.gov listings are long, full of jargon, and hard to scan. This Actor turns them into a short, consistent brief so you can decide in seconds whether an opportunity is worth a closer look.

- **AI summary** in 2 to 3 sentences
- **Key requirements**: quantities, certifications, deliverables, deadlines
- **Who should bid**: the kind of company that fits
- **Effort to bid**: Low, Medium or High
- **Full description text** and contact details included
- Filter by **keywords** (title and description), **NAICS** (partial codes work, e.g. `5415`), **state**, **set-aside** (SBA, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB and more), **notice type** and **posting date**

### Good for

- Small businesses and government contractors looking for new bids
- Business development teams building a daily bid pipeline
- Consultants and proposal writers serving government contractors
- Feeding opportunities into a CRM, Google Sheets, Slack or an AI agent

### Example input

```json
{
  "keywords": ["cybersecurity", "network"],
  "naicsCodes": ["5415"],
  "state": "VA",
  "setAside": "SBA",
  "noticeTypes": ["Solicitation", "Combined Synopsis/Solicitation"],
  "postedWithinDays": 7,
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "title": "53--COVER,ACCESS",
  "noticeType": "Combined Synopsis/Solicitation",
  "setAside": "Small Business Set Aside - Total",
  "naicsCode": "332722",
  "responseDeadline": "2026-10-23",
  "department": "DEPT OF DEFENSE",
  "contactEmail": "DibbsBSM@dla.mil",
  "samUrl": "https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7c4b6603c8a34a219aff64f66ea30047/view",
  "aiSummary": "The Defense Logistics Agency is seeking to procure 3 units of an access cover (NSN 5340015787689) for delivery to DLA Distribution San Joaquin within 164 days. This is a small business set-aside requirement.",
  "aiKeyRequirements": [
    "Supply 3 units of COVER,ACCESS (NSN 5340015787689)",
    "Deliver to DLA Distribution San Joaquin within 164 days",
    "Small business set-aside eligibility required",
    "Electronic quote submission only"
  ],
  "aiWhoShouldBid": "Small businesses that manufacture or distribute metal covers or access panels and can meet military specifications.",
  "aiEffortToBid": "Low"
}
```

### Tips

- **Daily alerts:** schedule this Actor to run every morning with `postedWithinDays: 1` and connect it to email, Slack or Google Sheets through Apify integrations.
- **Only biddable notices:** set notice types to `Solicitation` and `Combined Synopsis/Solicitation`.
- **Save money:** turn off AI summaries to get the raw data at a lower price.

### Pricing

You pay per opportunity returned, and only for results you get. Set a maximum spend per run and the Actor stops there. See the Pricing tab for current prices.

### Data freshness

SAM.gov rebuilds its public data file once a day, so the newest opportunities are usually from the previous day.

### Notes

Data comes from SAM.gov's public Contract Opportunities extract. AI summaries are generated automatically and can contain mistakes: always read the full solicitation on SAM.gov before bidding. This Actor is not affiliated with SAM.gov or the US government.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Return opportunities whose title or description contains any of these words or phrases, e.g. "cybersecurity", "janitorial". Leave empty for all.

## `naicsCodes` (type: `array`):

One or more NAICS codes. Partial codes work too: "5415" matches 541511, 541512 and so on.

## `state` (type: `string`):

Two-letter state code, e.g. OH. Matches the place of performance, or the buying office's state when no place of performance is listed.

## `setAside` (type: `string`):

Only return opportunities with this set-aside.

## `noticeTypes` (type: `array`):

Leave empty for all types. Pick Solicitation and Combined Synopsis/Solicitation to see only opportunities you can bid on now.

## `postedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

How far back to look. SAM.gov refreshes its data file once a day, so the newest opportunities are usually from yesterday.

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Skip opportunities that are no longer active.

## `aiSummaries` (type: `boolean`):

Download each opportunity's full description and add a plain-English AI summary, key requirements, who should bid, and effort to bid.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many opportunities. Raise it for bigger pulls (each result is charged).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "setAside": "",
  "postedWithinDays": 7,
  "activeOnly": true,
  "aiSummaries": true,
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("htamber/sam-gov-ai").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("htamber/sam-gov-ai").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call htamber/sam-gov-ai --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,htamber/sam-gov-ai"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/9QfUfnCDLuKiKTZ9E/builds/QzdGmbrE1pWgbWaO6/openapi.json