💰 USAspending Federal Awards Scraper — Every federal contract, grant, and loan — agency-to-vendor flow tracking

Scrape USAspending.gov — the official record of every federal contract, grant, loan, and direct payment issued by U.S. federal agencies. Get the recipient name, award amount, period of performance, awarding agency, sub-agency, program, place of performance, NAICS code, and DUNS/UEI identifier.

One actor. One token. Real-time regulator-direct data delivered in structured JSON.

Why NexGenData USAspending Federal Awards Beats GovTribe, GovWin IQ, and Bloomberg Government

Feature	NexGenData USAspending Federal Awards	GovTribe	GovWin IQ (Deltek)	Bloomberg Government	USAspending.gov direct
Cost	$0.05/record pay-per-result	$$$ ($4,800-$12,000/yr seat)	$$$$ ($15,000-$50,000/yr seat)	$$$$ ($5,700+/yr seat)	Free (no bulk export, capped at 500k rows per query)
Coverage	Every prime federal award + sub-award — recipient DUNS/UEI, NAICS, PSC, agency, sub-agency, contract value, obligated $, place-of-performance, period	Federal contract awards + opportunities + agency people directory	Federal + state/local contracts, opportunities, vehicles, teaming partners	Federal awards + legislative tracker + agency analytics	Same data but the UI throttles at 500k rows and the CSV export 404s on large queries
Update frequency	Nightly USAspending refresh	Daily GovTribe ingest	Daily Deltek refresh	Daily Bloomberg refresh	Daily Treasury feed (raw)
API access	Apify Actor — JSON/CSV/Excel/Parquet	GovTribe API (paid tier)	Deltek API (enterprise)	Bloomberg Anywhere terminal/API	USAspending.gov REST API (rate-limited, no auth — but pagination & schema are painful)
Auth required	Apify token (free tier available)	GovTribe paid account	Deltek enterprise contract	Bloomberg Anywhere license	None, but request-rate throttled

Why This Actor Beats USAspending.gov direct, GovTribe, GovWin IQ (Deltek)

• GovWin IQ is $20K+/year: Deltek GovWin IQ and Bloomberg Government are the GovCon staples — and they cost five figures per seat. We read USAspending directly at $0.01 per award.
• Recipient + parent corporation join: Roll up federal spending by ultimate parent — see total federal exposure to Lockheed, Booz Allen, Palantir, or any GovCon prime, plus their subs.
• NAICS + PSC structured: Every contract has NAICS (industry) and PSC (product/service code) classification. Filter to IT services, R&D, or weapons systems with a single parameter.
• Modifications and obligations: Track every contract modification — original obligation, total obligations to date, and base + all option periods.

Feature	This Actor 💰	USAspending.gov direct	GovTribe	GovWin IQ (Deltek)
Pricing model	Pay-per-result (cents per record)	Per-seat license $5K-30K/yr	Per-seat license $10K-25K/yr	Per-seat license $10K-30K/yr
Free tier	Yes (Apify free credits)	No	No	Limited search only
Real-time freshness	Minutes after source publish	End-of-day refresh	Hourly refresh	Hourly refresh
Data source	Direct from regulator	Mixed proprietary + scraped	Mixed proprietary + scraped	Mixed proprietary + scraped
API access	REST + webhooks built in	Add-on; extra licence	Add-on; extra licence	Limited
Bulk historical	Yes — date-range backfill	Limited download caps	Limited download caps	Limited download caps
Setup time	5 minutes (token + run)	Procurement + onboarding	Procurement + onboarding	Procurement + onboarding

What You Get

Every record returned by this actor is structured JSON with the following fields populated wherever the source filing provides them:

• Award ID, parent award ID, award type (contract, grant, loan, direct payment, IDV)
• Recipient name, UEI/SAM ID, DUNS, parent recipient name
• Award amount obligated, base + all options, total disbursed
• Period of performance (start, current end, potential end)
• Awarding agency, sub-agency, office name and code
• Funding agency, sub-agency, office
• Program activity, object class, treasury account
• NAICS code and description, PSC code and description
• Place of performance — state, county, ZIP, country
• Type of contract pricing, set-aside type, competition type

The full output schema is stable across runs — safe to load into Snowflake, BigQuery, Postgres, or your data warehouse without re-mapping each refresh.

Use Cases

• GovCon BD and capture teams — Identify upcoming recompetes — contracts approaching expiration in your sector.
• Sales prospecting — Find federal vendors with recent wins for partnership and teaming.
• Investors — Track federal exposure of public-company GovCon contractors.
• Academic researchers — Federal-spending datasets for public-administration research.
• Journalists — Investigate questionable contracts, sole-source awards, and recipient concentration.
• Risk teams — Monitor counterparty exposure to government revenue.
• Lobbyists — Trace which agencies are flowing money into which districts.

Quick Start

Install the Apify Python client, set your token, and call the actor:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("nexgendata/usaspending-federal-awards-scraper").call(run_input={
    "maxItems": 100,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

You can also trigger via cURL:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nexgendata~usaspending-federal-awards-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"maxItems": 100}'

Schedule it on Apify's built-in scheduler for daily, hourly, or every-5-minute refreshes — no infra required.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing on Apify. Primary event: Award record at $0.01 per record. An Actor Start fee of $0.00005 applies per run (charged per GB of memory, minimum 1). No subscription, no seat licence, no procurement cycle — pay only for the rows you receive.

For high-volume use cases (100K+ records/month), contact us at NexGenData for volume discounts.

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FAQ

Q: Is this data public?

A: Yes. USAspending.gov is the U.S. Treasury's official transparency database, mandated by the DATA Act.

Q: How fresh is the data?

A: Agencies submit monthly; the site refreshes within ~30 days of fiscal-period end. Sub-award reporting (FFATA) is separate and has its own lag.

Q: Can I filter by agency?

A: Yes — pass agency_code or agency_name. Sub-agency and office filtering also supported.

Q: What about classified contracts?

A: Classified DoD and intelligence contracts are not in USAspending. Only unclassified obligations are reported.

Q: How do I get parent corporation?

A: We include the parent recipient name where USAspending populates it. Some smaller subs don't have a populated parent.

Q: Can I get historical fiscal years?

A: Yes — pass fiscal_year to filter, or a date range. Coverage starts FY 2008.

About NexGenData

NexGenData publishes 200+ buyer-intent Apify actors covering SEC filings, federal regulatory data (EPA, FTC, CFPB, FEC, IRS 990, FAA), private-market intelligence (Form D, IPO, 13F, 13D/G), stock screeners across 30+ exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, LSE, TSX, ASX, HKEX, KOSPI, SGX, B3, BSE), B2B lead generation, and competitive intelligence. All actors are pay-per-result with no seat licences and no minimum commitments.

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