US Federal Government Contract Awards, DoD Spending & B2B Lead Scraper API

Extract official US Federal Government and Department of Defense (DoD) contract awards directly into clean JSON, CSV, or Excel datasets. Search by keyword, industry, technology (Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Medical, Autonomous Systems), or company name (Palantir, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Booz Allen) and filter by minimum dollar award size.

Built for B2B lead generation agencies, government contracting (GovCon) consultants, quantitative stock traders, n8n and Make automation workflows, and AI agents (Claude MCP and Cursor)—with zero proxy fees required.

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Why Choose This US Federal Government Contract Awards Scraper?

Feature	How Buyers Profit From This Data
B2B Cold Outreach & Subcontracting Leads	Companies that just won a USD 500K to USD 50M federal contract have immediate, verified cash flow and actively hire subcontractors, IT and cloud vendors, technical staffing agencies, and compliance firms.
Defense & GovTech Stock Catalyst Tracking	Spot multi-million-dollar Pentagon (DoD), DHS, NASA, VA, and HHS contract awards to public companies (PLTR, LMT, RTX, BAH, LDOS, AMZN, MSFT) before retail news outlets cover them.
Competitor GovCon & Re-Compete Intelligence	Monitor exact dollar award amounts, awarding sub-agencies, contract descriptions, and performance end dates (re-compete windows) for any GovCon competitor.
Zero Proxy or API Key Costs	Built with resilient government data extraction pipelines—fast, reliable, and zero residential proxy costs.
AI Agent & MCP Server Ready	Plug directly into Claude Desktop, Cursor, Clay, n8n, Make, or Zapier for automated GovCon lead enrichment and defense stock alerts.

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What Data Does This Actor Extract? (Sample JSON Output)

Every federal contract award is flattened into a clean, structured JSON record:

{
  "awardId": "W56KGY25C0014",
  "recipientName": "PALANTIR USG INC",
  "awardAmountUsd": 178400000.0,
  "awardingAgency": "Department of Defense",
  "awardingSubAgency": "Department of the Army",
  "fundingAgency": "Department of Defense",
  "contractAwardType": "DEFINITIVE CONTRACT",
  "startDate": "2026-03-15",
  "endDate": "2028-03-14",
  "description": "TITAN AI MISSION COMMAND SYSTEM PROTOTYPE & DEPLOYMENT",
  "matchedKeywords": "Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Palantir",
  "usaSpendingUrl": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W56KGY25C0014_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-"
}

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How to Use US Federal Government Contract Awards Scraper

1. Enter Search Keywords or Company Names: Add one or more technology verticals, defense programs, or contractor names (e.g., Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Solar, Palantir, Lockheed).
2. Set Minimum Contract Award Value (USD): Filter out tiny micro-purchases and isolate high-value contracts (default: 100000 for USD 100,000+ awards).
3. Choose Start Date & End Date: Specify your target date window in YYYY-MM-DD format.
4. Set Max Contracts to Extract: Choose how many federal contract records to retrieve (sorted automatically by largest dollar value first).
5. Run & Export: Click Start and download your dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML, or send leads directly into Clay, HubSpot, Salesforce, or Google Sheets via the Apify REST API.

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Federal Contract & GovCon Intelligence Fields Reference

Field Name	Description	B2B Sales & Stock Trading Value
recipientName	Winning Prime Contractor Legal Name	Identifies the exact company that won the federal award—ideal for B2B SDR enrichment in Clay or Apollo.
awardAmountUsd	Total Obligated Contract Value (USD)	Confirms exact budget size so B2B agencies and subcontractors can prioritize USD 1M+ contract winners.
awardingAgency & awardingSubAgency	Federal Department & Sub-Agency	Shows which specific agency awarded the deal (e.g., Department of the Army, U.S. Air Force, NIH, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency).
startDate & endDate	Period of Performance Dates	Reveals both newly signed contracts (for immediate subcontracting outreach) and expiring contracts (for GovCon re-compete bidding).
description	Statement of Work / Program Summary	Details the exact software, hardware, R&D, or service being procured by the US government.

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Transparent Pay-Per-Event Pricing

You only pay for the exact federal contract award records extracted:

• Actor Startup (apify-actor-start): USD 0.01 per run.
• Extracted Contract Award (contract-award-extracted): USD 0.005 per parsed federal contract award (USD 5.00 per 1,000 contracts).
• Free Tier Friendly: With Apify's free USD 5.00 monthly credit, you can extract nearly 1,000 federal contract award records every month for free.

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Top Use Cases

• B2B Subcontracting & Agency Outbound Sales: Prime contractors winning USD 1M to USD 100M federal awards are frequently required to subcontract a percentage of the work to small businesses, IT staffing firms, cybersecurity auditors (CMMC), and software dev shops.
• Defense, Aerospace & AI Stock Catalyst Alerts: Track major Pentagon and federal awards won by public defense and tech companies (PLTR, LMT, NOC, GD, BAH, CACI, SAIC).
• GovCon Re-Compete Pipeline Tracking: Identify federal contracts whose endDate is approaching within the next 6 to 12 months so your proposal team can bid on the re-compete.
• AI GovCon & Defense Research Agents (MCP): Give Claude Desktop, Cursor, or LangChain live access to verified US federal contract award data via Apify's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Why are newly awarded federal contractors the highest-converting B2B leads?

Unlike private companies whose budgets are unknown, a company that just won a US federal government contract has publicly verified, guaranteed government funding obligated for a specific project—and immediate pressure to hire engineers, buy software, achieve CMMC/FedRAMP compliance, and onboard subcontractors to deliver on schedule.

How can stock traders use federal contract award data?

Defense, aerospace, and GovTech companies derive a massive portion of their revenue from federal contracts. Monitoring contract obligations and SEC material federal contract disclosures helps quantitative and event-driven traders spot major revenue wins before quarterly earnings reports.

How can I connect this Federal Contracts API to Clay, n8n, Python, or Google Sheets?

You can call this Actor directly via the Apify REST API, the apify-client Python or Node.js SDK, or the native Apify integration node inside Clay, n8n, Make, and Zapier to automate GovCon lead generation.

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