# SAM.gov Contract Opportunities: US Federal Tenders (Official) (`jp-data-lab/sam-gov-contract-opportunities`) Actor

US federal contract opportunities from the official SAM.gov public data file. No API key and no login. Filter by keyword, NAICS, set-aside, notice type and state. Deadlines, agencies, award amounts and links in clean JSON, without contracting officer contact details.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jp-data-lab/sam-gov-contract-opportunities.md
- **Developed by:** [JP Data Lab](https://apify.com/jp-data-lab) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 contract opportunities

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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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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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: US Federal Tenders (Official)

Get US federal contract opportunities as clean JSON, from the **official public data file published by SAM.gov**. No API key, no login and no website scraping.

Each run reads SAM.gov's public Contract Opportunities file once, so there are no daily API quotas to manage. It covers about 70,000 active notices: solicitations, sources sought, presolicitations, special notices and award notices, across all federal agencies.

Use it to feed bid alerts, GovCon lead lists, CRM pipelines, market research or AI agents that need to answer "which federal agencies are buying X right now?".

### Output

One item per notice:

```json
{
  "id": "sam:ff9c886ead754999bbe7add4b0ad67e1",
  "noticeId": "ff9c886ead754999bbe7add4b0ad67e1",
  "title": "Pressure Seal V-Fold Mailer",
  "url": "https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ff9c886ead754999bbe7add4b0ad67e1/view",
  "attribution": "Source: SAM.gov, U.S. General Services Administration, https://sam.gov",
  "solicitationNumber": "041115-27-0002",
  "noticeType": "Solicitation",
  "baseType": "Solicitation",
  "department": "COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF",
  "subTier": "US CENSUS BUREAU",
  "office": "DEPT OF COMMERCE CENSUS",
  "buyerCity": "SUITLAND",
  "buyerState": "MD",
  "naicsCode": "322220",
  "pscCode": "7530",
  "setAsideCode": "SBA",
  "setAside": "Small Business Set Aside - Total",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-30",
  "deadline": "2026-11-04",
  "deadlineAt": "2026-11-04T14:00:00-05:00",
  "status": "open",
  "placeOfPerformance": {"city": "Charlestown", "state": "IN", "zip": "47111", "country": "USA"},
  "awardNumber": null,
  "awardDate": null,
  "awardAmount": null,
  "awardee": null,
  "externalUrl": null,
  "description": "The Government is currently reviewing vendor questions and coordinating responses with the requiring activity. …",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-31T10:00:00+00:00"
}
```

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `noticeType` | Current type of the notice. `baseType` is the type it started as |
| `department` / `subTier` / `office` | The buying agency, from top level to contracting office |
| `buyerCity` / `buyerState` | Location of the buying office |
| `naicsCode` / `pscCode` | Industry code and Product Service Code |
| `setAsideCode` / `setAside` | Small business set-aside. `null` when there is none |
| `deadline` | Response due date (`YYYY-MM-DD`). `deadlineAt` keeps the time and time zone as published |
| `status` | `open` (deadline today or later, UTC), `closed`, or `unknown` (no deadline in the notice) |
| `placeOfPerformance` | Where the work happens. Only the parts the agency filled in, and often empty |
| `awardNumber` / `awardDate` / `awardAmount` / `awardee` | Award details, where published. `awardee` is the company name only, with no address. It is `null` when the published text has no clear company word such as LLC or Inc. |
| `externalUrl` | Additional information link, where published |
| `description` | First 1,000 characters of the notice description |

Contracting officer names, emails and phone numbers are **not** included. See [Personal data](#personal-data).

### Input

| Field | Default | |
|---|---|---|
| `keywords` | none | Title or full description contains any keyword |
| `publishedWithinDays` | 3 | `0` = no date limit |
| `naicsCodes` | none | Prefix match: `5415` also finds `541511` |
| `setAsides` | none | Codes such as `SBA`, `8A`, `HZC`, `SDVOSBC`, `WOSB` |
| `noticeTypes` | all | For example `Solicitation` or `Sources Sought`. Amendments also match the type of the notice they change |
| `states` | none | Two-letter codes such as `VA`. See [Limitations](#limitations) |
| `statuses` | `open`, `unknown` | Add `closed` to include notices whose deadline has passed |
| `maxItems` | 300 | Newest first. You pay per result |

A run reads the whole file whatever your filters are, because the file is not sorted by date. A default run takes a few seconds. Schedule it daily with `publishedWithinDays: 1` to get each day's new notices.

### Limitations

- **Updated once a day.** SAM.gov refreshes the file once a day, so this is not a real-time feed. Notices posted today usually appear tomorrow.
- **Place of performance is often blank.** About two thirds of recent notices give no state for it. The `states` filter uses the state of the buying office for those notices, so a notice can match on where the office is rather than where the work happens. Check `placeOfPerformance` and `buyerState`.
- **Active notices only.** The file holds notices SAM.gov has not archived. It is not a full history.
- **No attachments.** Solicitation documents are on the notice page behind `url`.
- **Awards before April 4, 2022 are left out.** SAM.gov's terms limit commercial use of the D\&B data those records can contain.
- Always check the original notice before you bid. Not affiliated with SAM.gov, GSA or the US Government.

### Personal data

The source file has columns for contracting officer names, emails and phone numbers. This Actor never outputs them. Emails and phone numbers written inside description text are replaced with `[email removed]` and `[phone removed]`. Names written inside description text can't be detected reliably and may remain.

Awardees can be sole proprietors, so `awardee` keeps only names that carry a company word such as LLC or Inc., and never the address. A company name can still contain a person's name.

### Data source and attribution

Data comes from the public Contract Opportunities data file on [SAM.gov Data Services](https://sam.gov/data-services/Contract%20Opportunities?privacy=Public), the route SAM.gov's [terms of use](https://sam.gov/about/terms-of-use) name for automated data access. The Actor downloads that one file once per run and does not crawl the website.

SAM.gov is operated by the U.S. General Services Administration. Each item carries an `attribution` field, so you can keep the credit when you pass the data on.

***

### 日本語

米国連邦政府の調達公告を、SAM.gov が公開している公式の一括データファイルから取得して JSON で出力します。API キーとログインは不要で、サイトの巡回はしません。キーワード、NAICS、中小企業向け枠（set-aside）、公告の種類、州で絞り込めます。担当者の氏名・メール・電話は出力しません。データは 1 日 1 回の更新です。入札の前に、必ず元の公告を確認してください。

# Actor input Schema

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

Keep notices whose title or full description contains any of these words, e.g. cybersecurity, janitorial. Case-insensitive. Leave empty for all notices.

## `publishedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Only notices posted in the last N days. 0 = no date limit. SAM.gov refreshes the file once a day, so the newest notices are from the day before.

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

Optional. Prefix match: 5415 also finds 541511 and 541512. Notices without a NAICS code are dropped when you set this.

## `setAsides` (type: `array`):

Optional. Common codes: SBA (total small business), SBP (partial small business), 8A, 8AN, HZC, SDVOSBC, WOSB, EDWOSB, ISBEE. Notices with no set-aside are dropped when you set this.

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

Optional. Leave empty for all types. Amendments also match the type of the notice they change.

## `states` (type: `array`):

Optional. Two-letter codes such as VA, TX, CA. Matches the place of performance. Most notices leave that blank, and those are matched on the state of the buying office instead.

## `statuses` (type: `array`):

open = response deadline today or later (UTC). closed = deadline passed. unknown = no deadline in the notice, which includes all award notices.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Newest first. You are charged per result.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [],
  "publishedWithinDays": 3,
  "naicsCodes": [],
  "setAsides": [],
  "noticeTypes": [],
  "states": [],
  "statuses": [
    "open",
    "unknown"
  ],
  "maxItems": 300
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `opportunities` (type: `string`):

One item per notice: title, notice type, agency, NAICS and PSC codes, set-aside, posted date, response deadline, status, place of performance, award details, SAM.gov link and attribution.

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

Rows read from the file, matches, results returned and the newest posted date in this run.

# 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("jp-data-lab/sam-gov-contract-opportunities").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("jp-data-lab/sam-gov-contract-opportunities").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 jp-data-lab/sam-gov-contract-opportunities --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jp-data-lab/sam-gov-contract-opportunities"
        }
    }
}
```

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/3joJmlaM8YzXJAgzE/builds/R9ChyJxfVJCErtkKP/openapi.json