# Government Opportunity Finder (`moving_beacon-owner1/government-opportunity-finder`) Actor

Government Opportunity Aggregator — combines public grants, procurement, and spending opportunities from US, UK, and EU government APIs into one deduplicated dataset with keyword matching and optional new-opportunity monitoring.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/government-opportunity-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $9.99 / 1,000 results

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Government Opportunity Finder

Aggregate **public procurement, grant and spending opportunities** from a set of **keyless public government APIs** into one clean, deduplicated dataset. Every record is an officially published opportunity — the Actor collects and normalises only public data and never invents conclusions. Each opportunity ships with a `matchReason` explaining why it surfaced for your keyword, and the Actor can flag newly appeared opportunities between runs.

### What does this Actor do?

It queries the following **keyless, public** sources and merges the results:

- **Grants.gov** — US federal grant opportunities (`search2` API).
- **USAspending** — US federal awards / spending (`spending_by_award` API).
- **GOV.UK** — UK government publications and announcements (search API).
- **TED** — European Union public procurement tenders (TED notices API).

Results are normalised to a single canonical shape, annotated with a match reason, and deduplicated by `(source, identifier)`.

### Why use it?

- Sales, grants and bid teams get a **single, structured feed** across US and EU public opportunities without juggling four different APIs.
- Every opportunity is backed by a **citable, public record** and a URL you can open.
- Optional **change monitoring** flags what is genuinely new since your last run — ideal for scheduled scans.

### How to use it

1. Enter a **keyword** (e.g. `cybersecurity`).
2. Pick your **sources** (default `grants_gov`).
3. Optionally set `agency`, grant `statuses`, `maxResults`, and enable `monitorChanges`.
4. Run the Actor and download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `keyword` | string (required) | Keyword to search opportunities for. |
| `sources` | array | `grants_gov`, `usaspending`, `gov_uk`, `ted_eu` (default `["grants_gov"]`). |
| `country` | string | Informational context only — does not filter; choose sources instead. |
| `agency` | string | Optional agency filter (grants.gov). |
| `statuses` | array | Grant statuses: `posted`, `forecasted`, `closed`, `archived` (default `["posted"]`). |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max opportunities to return (default 100). |
| `monitorChanges` | boolean | Flag newly appeared opportunities vs. the previous run (default false). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Proxy settings (usually optional — the APIs are keyless). |

#### Input example

```json
{
  "keyword": "renewable energy",
  "sources": ["grants_gov", "ted_eu"],
  "statuses": ["posted"],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "monitorChanges": true
}
```

### Output

One record per opportunity. Canonical fields:

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `title` | Opportunity title. |
| `agency` | Publishing agency / buyer. |
| `description` | Description when the source provides one. |
| `eligibility` | Eligibility notes when available. |
| `deadline` | Close / submission date when available. |
| `value` | Award ceiling / estimated value when available. |
| `status` | Source status / notice type. |
| `url` | Link to the official listing. |
| `source` | `grants_gov`, `usaspending`, `gov_uk`, or `ted_eu`. |
| `identifier` | Source-native identifier (used for dedupe). |
| `matchReason` | Why this record matched your keyword. |
| `isNew` | Present when `monitorChanges` is on — `true` for newly appeared opportunities. |

#### Output example

```json
{
  "title": "Community Renewable Energy Program",
  "agency": "Department of Energy",
  "status": "posted",
  "value": 5000000,
  "deadline": "2026-10-01",
  "source": "grants_gov",
  "identifier": "DE-FOA-0001234",
  "url": "https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/123456",
  "matchReason": "keyword 'renewable energy' matched title",
  "isNew": true
}
```

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

### Change monitoring

When `monitorChanges` is enabled the Actor stores each run's opportunity list as a snapshot in the **Apify key-value store** (via the shared `ChangeMonitor`). On the next run it diffs the current list against that snapshot by `(source, identifier)` and marks freshly appeared opportunities with `isNew: true`. Schedule the Actor to receive a running feed of only what changed.

### Sources & configuration

- All four sources are **keyless public APIs** — no credentials required.
- **Environment variables** — none required. The Apify Proxy password is injected by the platform when a proxy is configured.

### Local execution

```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
## put input in storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json
python src/main.py
```

### Apify execution

Deploy with `apify push`, then run from the Console or via the API. Schedule it to re-scan a market on a cadence and use `monitorChanges` to surface only new opportunities.

### Limitations & legal

- Only **publicly accessible** government data is processed. No authentication is bypassed and no private data is collected.
- Field coverage varies by source — some APIs omit descriptions, deadlines or values.
- Respect each source's Terms of Service and applicable laws in your jurisdiction.

# Actor input Schema

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

Keyword to search procurement/grant/spending opportunities for, e.g. 'cybersecurity' or 'renewable energy'.

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Which keyless public government APIs to query.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Optional country context. Informational only — it does not filter results; pick sources instead.

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

Optional agency code/name to narrow grants.gov results (e.g. 'HHS').

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

Opportunity statuses to include (applies to grants.gov).

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

Maximum number of opportunities to return (per source, before dedupe).

## `monitorChanges` (type: `boolean`):

Compare this run's opportunities against the previous run (stored in the key-value store) and flag newly appeared items with isNew=true.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. The government APIs are keyless and public; a proxy is usually optional.

## `cookies` (type: `string`):

Optional Cookie header string replayed on every request.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "renewable energy",
  "sources": [
    "grants_gov"
  ],
  "statuses": [
    "posted"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "monitorChanges": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "keyword": "renewable energy"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/government-opportunity-finder").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 = { "keyword": "renewable energy" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/government-opportunity-finder").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 '{
  "keyword": "renewable energy"
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/government-opportunity-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/government-opportunity-finder"
        }
    }
}

```

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/caBo006eUJ3Y8jWq8/builds/Cp02nbr3k7pqukCrD/openapi.json