USAspending Federal Award Scraper

Collects US federal contract, grant and loan awards from USAspending.gov, the official record of federal spending. Search by keyword, award type, recipient state and date range and get the award ID, amount, awarding agency, industry (NAICS) and product/service (PSC) classification — optionally enriched with the recipient company's UEI, DUNS, registered address, parent company and business categories. A direct way to build lists of active federal contractors in any industry or state.

Input

Field	Default	Description
Keyword	(empty)	Free-text term matched against recipient names and award descriptions (e.g. roofing, IT services, Lockheed). Empty = the largest awards of the chosen type.
Award type	contracts	Contracts, grants, loans, direct payments, or indefinite-delivery vehicles.
Recipient state	(empty)	Two-letter state code of the recipient's registered address (e.g. TX). Empty = all states.
Awards active since	(empty)	Earliest date in the window, YYYY-MM-DD. Empty = the last two years; earliest supported is 2007-10-01.
Enrich with recipient company details	true	Adds UEI, DUNS, registered address, parent company and business categories per company.
Max results	50	Maximum number of award records to return, largest amount first.
Proxy configuration	Apify Proxy on	Optional. Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results.

Output

One row per award, with the full source payload kept under raw.

{
  "award_id": "HT940216C0001",
  "recipient_name": "HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC",
  "recipient_uei": "ZE6ZM6NKSV43",
  "recipient_duns": "805349198",
  "award_amount": 51269205263.03,
  "total_outlays": 0.0,
  "award_type": "DEFINITIVE CONTRACT",
  "awarding_agency": "Department of Defense",
  "awarding_sub_agency": "Defense Health Agency",
  "naics_code": "524114",
  "naics_description": "DIRECT HEALTH AND MEDICAL INSURANCE CARRIERS",
  "psc_code": "Q201",
  "psc_description": "MEDICAL- MANAGED HEALTHCARE",
  "description": "IGF::OT::IGF",
  "start_date": "2016-08-01",
  "end_date": "2025-12-31",
  "last_modified": "2026-02-10 17:52:09",
  "place_of_performance_city": "LOUISVILLE",
  "place_of_performance_state": "KY",
  "recipient_address": "500 W MAIN STREET, LOUISVILLE, KY, 40202",
  "recipient_city": "LOUISVILLE",
  "recipient_state": "KY",
  "recipient_zip": "40202",
  "recipient_country": "UNITED STATES",
  "recipient_business_types": "category_business; corporate_entity_not_tax_exempt; other_than_small_business; special_designations; us_owned_business",
  "recipient_parent_name": "HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC",
  "award_url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_HT940216C0001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-",
  "recipient_url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/1068e466-707d-6b6f-367f-0255fab79b8c-C",
  "raw": { ... }
}

Notes

• Runs with empty input — it returns the largest federal contracts of the last two years.
• recipient_parent_name is the parent recorded for the company in the federal register. Many companies are recorded as their own parent, so it often equals recipient_name.
• place_of_performance_city is empty for awards performed statewide or nationwide (common for grants), where the source records no city.
• Turn off recipient enrichment for a much faster run when you only need award rows; company UEI, address and business categories come from that step.
• Data comes from a public US government source. Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results.
• Provided for research and lead-research use; check the source's terms before redistributing bulk extracts.