SAM.gov Opportunities Monitor (own API key + AI summary)

Bring your own SAM.gov API key. You enter your own key for your own run; it is never stored, logged or shown.

SAM.gov Opportunities Monitor pulls U.S. federal contract opportunities (solicitations, RFQs, combined synopses, sources sought, presolicitations, special notices and award notices) from the official SAM.gov Get Opportunities Public API, using your own free SAM.gov API key. Filter by keyword, NAICS code, set-aside, notice type, state, agency and dates. In monitor mode it outputs only new or updated notices, so a daily schedule becomes a clean bid-alert feed. An optional AI summary explains each notice in plain English: what's needed, who is eligible, when it's due and where the work happens.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. GSA or SAM.gov.

What does this SAM.gov opportunities monitor do?

• Calls api.sam.gov/opportunities/v2/search with your key. It never scrapes the SAM.gov website (its terms forbid that) and never touches FOUO or sensitive APIs.
• Pages through results 1,000 at a time and runs one search per NAICS × set-aside × state combination, because SAM.gov accepts one value per filter.
• Outputs clean records with these fields:
  • notice ID, title, solicitation number, notice type, posted date and response deadline
  • set-aside, NAICS and PSC codes
  • department, sub-tier and office
  • place of performance
  • award amount and date (for award notices)
  • attachment links and a link back to the notice on SAM.gov
• Monitor mode remembers each notice's content. Amendments that change the deadline, title, set-aside, award or attachments come back as updated, with the list of changed fields.
• Summaries use the built-in summarizer by default ($0.005 each, nothing to buy). If you add your own OpenAI-compatible AI key, summaries are written by your AI provider ($0.02 each). Turn on Fetch full descriptions for richer summaries; each description uses one of your API requests.

How to monitor SAM.gov contract opportunities

1. Get your own key on SAM.gov: sign in, open Account Details, then Public API Key. Paste it into SAM.gov public API key.
2. Pick filters, e.g. NAICS 541511, set-aside SBA, notice types Solicitation and Combined Synopsis/Solicitation.
3. Turn on Monitor mode and schedule the Actor daily with Posted in the last N days = 7.

{"apiKey": "<your key>", "naicsCodes": ["541511", "541512"], "setAsideCodes": ["SBA"], "noticeTypes": ["o", "k", "r"],
 "monitorMode": true, "monitorStateName": "it-small-business", "postedWithinDays": 7, "aiSummary": true}

Output example (synthetic test data)

Monitor rerun from our local test, with 3 planted new notices and 2 amended ones:

changeType	title	type	set-aside	NAICS	deadline	changed fields
new	Janitorial Services - Multiple Sites	Special Notice	SDVOSBC	561720	2026-12-01	–
new	Program Management Support - Recompete	Solicitation	–	541611	2026-11-13	–
new	Engineering Design Services - Bridge	Special Notice	–	541330	2026-12-08	–
updated	IT Systems Integration Support - Region 5	Solicitation	HZC	541512	2026-12-31	responseDeadline
updated	Radar Equipment Repair Parts - BPA (Amendment 1)	Solicitation	SBA	334511	2026-11-10	setAsideCode, title

Example aiSummary (local summarizer, synthetic notice):

Dept Of The Army posted a Solicitation for “IT Systems Integration Support - Region 5”. It is set aside: Historically Underutilized Business (HUBZone) Set-Aside (FAR 19.13). Responses are due in 59 days. The Dept Of The Army requires a contractor to provide it systems integration support at Arlington, VA.

Bullets: Stage: Open request for bids or proposals. / Eligibility: Historically Underutilized Business (HUBZone) Set-Aside (FAR 19.13). / NAICS 541512 (Professional, scientific & technical services). / Response deadline: 2026-12-31 17:00 (59 days from today). / Place of performance: Arlington, VA.

Your SAM.gov API key: used only for your run

You bring your own SAM.gov key, and it is used only for your run. The Actor sends it only to api.sam.gov (other addresses are refused) and never stores, logs or shows it: it is masked in every log line and error message and is never written to the dataset or any key-value store. The same applies to your own AI key, if you add one. Apify keeps your run input encrypted, as it does for every secret input field. SAM.gov asks you to renew keys every 90 days.

Rate limits: how many requests does my SAM.gov key allow?

SAM.gov caps each key per day. Keys for non-federal users with no role allow 10 requests a day; with a role in SAM.gov, 1,000 a day. One request returns up to 1,000 notices, so 10 requests can cover up to 10,000 notices. Max SAM.gov API requests per run defaults to 10 to protect your quota. If SAM.gov says the quota is used up, the run delivers what it already has; if it had nothing yet, nothing is charged. Dates: SAM.gov requires a posted-date range of at most 1 year. Keys must be renewed every 90 days.

Pricing: how much does SAM.gov monitoring cost?

• $0.002 per opportunity delivered (in monitor mode, only new or updated ones; unchanged notices are free)
• $0.005 per summary from the built-in summarizer (only when Add AI summary is on)
• $0.02 per summary only when you supply your own AI key and your AI provider writes it. If your AI call fails, the built-in summary is used and you pay $0.005. Your AI provider may also bill you separately for its usage.

Example: a first run that finds 400 matching notices costs $0.80. Then a daily monitor that finds 25 new or updated notices costs $0.05 a day without summaries, $0.175 a day with built-in summaries (25 × $0.002 + 25 × $0.005), or $0.55 a day with summaries from your own AI key (25 × $0.002 + 25 × $0.02). Users on the free Apify plan get up to 100 opportunities per run.

Is it legal?

This Actor doesn't scrape. SAM.gov's Terms of Use name the APIs at open.gsa.gov and the Data Services extracts as the way to get data, and prohibit automated scraping of the site. This Actor only uses the official public API with your own key. Most SAM.gov material is U.S. government work in the public domain; GSA asks for citation and a link back, so every record includes samUrl.

The Actor also follows these rules from the terms:

• Dun & Bradstreet data: award notices dated before 2022-04-04 may contain D&B data that can't be shared in bulk, so their awardee details are left out unless you opt in.
• Contacts: contracting officers' names, emails and phones are personal data. They are off by default, with an opt-in for responding to a notice. Please don't use them for bulk marketing.
• Your key: SAM.gov's terms say not to share it with others. You use your own key in your own run.

See SOURCE_CHECKS.md for quotes and details. This isn't legal advice.

FAQ

Do I need a paid SAM.gov account? No. SAM.gov accounts and public API keys are free. You must create the account yourself; this Actor never signs up for anything.

Why did I get fewer results than SAM.gov's website shows? The API returns the latest active version of each notice. Archived notices are filtered out unless you turn off Active notices only. Your request budget may also have stopped the search early (see the run log).

What counts as "updated"? A change to the title, solicitation number, type, deadline, set-aside, NAICS/PSC, agency, place of performance, award, attachments or links. Contact-only edits don't count.

Does the summary send data anywhere? Not by default; the built-in summarizer runs inside the Actor. If you add your own LLM key, only the notice's business fields and description are sent, never contacts.

My key was rejected. Keys expire every 90 days; generate a new one on SAM.gov > Account Details.

Example input / example output

Example input

{
  "apiKey": "YOUR_SAMGOV_API_KEY",
  "keywords": "cybersecurity",
  "postedFrom": "11/01/2026",
  "postedTo": "11/05/2026",
  "maxApiRequests": 1,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "aiSummary": false
}

Example output (one opportunity)

{
  "noticeId": "abc123",
  "title": "Cybersecurity support services",
  "noticeType": "Solicitation",
  "postedDate": "2026-11-04",
  "responseDeadline": "2026-12-01",
  "naicsCodes": ["541512"],
  "changeType": "new"
}

Use it with Make, Zapier, n8n, or AI agents (Apify MCP)

• Make: In Make, add the Apify module, connect your Apify account, then run this Actor (or an Actor task) and map dataset items into your scenario. See Make integration.
• Zapier: In Zapier, use Apify as a trigger (finished Actor/task run) or action (Run Actor / Run Task / Fetch dataset items). See Zapier integration.
• n8n: Install the Apify node, authenticate, then use Run an Actor or Run an Actor and get dataset. See n8n integration.
• AI agents (Apify MCP): Connect your MCP client to https://mcp.apify.com, then use search-actors, fetch-actor-details, and call-actor. Pull results with get-dataset-items. See Apify MCP server.

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Disclaimer

Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. GSA or SAM.gov. Data comes from the public SAM.gov API and may be delayed or changed by the government; always confirm details on the official notice before you bid. Summaries are automated and can be wrong.