# Federal Contract Win Finder — GovCon Leads & Competitor Intel (`m_ctim/federal-contract-award-tracker`) Actor

Search recent U.S. federal contract awards by keyword, NAICS code, agency, or state. Get back who just won, how much, and from which agency — for subcontracting leads and GovCon competitor tracking.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/m\_ctim/federal-contract-award-tracker.md
- **Developed by:** [Timothy Kelvin](https://apify.com/m_ctim) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## 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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Federal Contract Win Finder — GovCon Leads & Competitor Intel

Search recent U.S. federal contract awards by keyword, NAICS code, agency, or
state. Get back who just won, how much, from which agency, and a link to the
full award record — largest awards first.

Built for GovCon business development teams looking for subcontracting leads
(who just won a prime contract you could support), companies tracking
competitor wins in their NAICS code, and researchers monitoring federal
spending in a sector or region.

### Input

```json
{
  "keyword": "cybersecurity",
  "naicsCodes": ["541512"],
  "agency": "Department of Homeland Security",
  "recipientState": "VA",
  "minAwardAmount": 1000000,
  "daysBack": 30,
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `keyword` | string | Free-text search across contract descriptions. Leave blank to skip. |
| `naicsCodes` | array of strings | Limit to these NAICS industry codes. Leave empty for all industries. |
| `agency` | string | Exact top-tier awarding agency name (e.g. "Department of Defense"). |
| `recipientState` | string | Two-letter US state code — limits to contractors headquartered there. |
| `minAwardAmount` | number | Only return awards at or above this dollar amount. |
| `daysBack` | number | How many days back from today to search. Default `30`. |
| `maxResults` | number | Max awards to return, largest first. Default `25`, max `100`. |

All fields are optional — omit everything to get the largest new contract
awards government-wide over the last 30 days.

### Output

One record per contract award:

```json
{
  "awardId": "70RCSJ23FR0000071",
  "recipientName": "ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC",
  "awardAmount": 43865348.3,
  "awardingAgency": "Department of Homeland Security",
  "awardingSubAgency": "Office of Procurement Operations",
  "contractType": "DELIVERY ORDER",
  "naicsCode": "541512",
  "naicsDescription": "COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES",
  "description": "INSIGHTS PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR THE VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT (VM) CYBERSECURITY DIVISION...",
  "startDate": "2023-09-29",
  "endDate": "2026-09-28",
  "usaspendingUrl": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70RCSJ23FR0000071_7001_HHSN316201200002W_7529"
}
```

### How it works

One direct call per search to the official [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/)
Award Search API (`api.usaspending.gov`) — the U.S. Treasury's public,
no-key-required transparency API for federal spending data. No proxy, no
login, no scraping: this is the same data source that powers usaspending.gov
itself, built for programmatic reuse.

### Pricing note

Billed per **search**, not per award returned — one charge whether the
search returns 1 award or 100. Run it as a saved search/schedule to catch
new awards in your target NAICS code or agency as they post.

### Related products

Looking for private-sector buying signals instead of federal contracts?

- [Company Buying Signal Report](https://github.com/timmKal01/company-buying-signal-report) — hiring, tech stack & contact info combined per company
- [Company Hiring Tracker](https://github.com/timmKal01/company-hiring-tracker) — open roles per company

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Free-text search across contract descriptions (e.g. "cybersecurity", "janitorial", "cloud migration"). Leave blank to skip keyword filtering.

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

Limit to these NAICS industry codes (e.g. "541512" for Computer Systems Design Services). Leave empty for all industries.

## `agency` (type: `string`):

Exact top-tier awarding agency name (e.g. "Department of Defense", "General Services Administration"). Leave blank for all agencies.

## `recipientState` (type: `string`):

Two-letter US state code to limit to contractors headquartered there (e.g. "TX"). Leave blank for all states.

## `minAwardAmount` (type: `integer`):

Only return awards at or above this dollar amount.

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

How many days back from today to search for new awards.

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

Maximum number of awards to return, largest award amount first.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 30,
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

# 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("m_ctim/federal-contract-award-tracker").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("m_ctim/federal-contract-award-tracker").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 m_ctim/federal-contract-award-tracker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,m_ctim/federal-contract-award-tracker"
        }
    }
}

```

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/H0nmPtzjIJ1rg6ZYv/builds/fkbdexbuEKh6EjK5v/openapi.json