SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Scraper - US Federal Tenders, Solicitations & Awards

Search and export US federal contract opportunities from SAM.gov as clean, normalized JSON, CSV or Excel: solicitations, sources sought, presolicitations, special notices, sole-source justifications and award notices with the awardee and the awarded amount. Filter by keyword, NAICS code, PSC code, set-aside type, agency, place-of-performance state, posting date and response deadline. No SAM.gov API key, no login, no proxy and no browser needed.

The Actor reads the official public daily data extract that SAM.gov itself distributes (SAM.gov Data Services, "Contract Opportunities"), not the rate-limited Opportunities API. The file is sorted newest first, so the Actor downloads only as much as it needs: the default run (20 newest solicitations) reads about 0.1 MB and finishes in 4 seconds.

Each result follows the same tender schema v1 used by the other Actors of this procurement family (EU TED, UK Find a Tender & Contracts Finder), so US, UK and EU notices can be loaded into one table.

Who is it for

• Government contractors and small businesses (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, total small-business set-asides) who need a daily list of open bids in their NAICS/PSC codes, states and agencies, with the response deadline.
• Capture and business-development teams tracking sources-sought notices and presolicitations months before the RFP, and who won what (award notices).
• Analysts and market researchers measuring federal buying by agency, NAICS, set-aside or state.
• AI agents and MCP users: the dataset schema describes every field, so an agent can query federal opportunities in plain language.

What you get

One dataset item per notice, with:

• notice id, link to the sam.gov page, native notice type (Solicitation, Sources Sought, Award Notice, ...) and the normalized type
• title and description (HTML stripped, truncated at 1,500 characters), solicitation number
• department, sub-tier agency, contracting office and its location
• NAICS code, PSC code, set-aside type, contract nature (supplies / services / works)
• posting date, response deadline (with time and offset when published), archive date
• place of performance (city, state, ZIP, country)
• for award notices: awardee, awarded amount (USD), award date and award number
• optional: the contracting officer's contact as published in the notice (see Privacy)

The full field reference is in ./SCHEMA.md and in the Actor's dataset schema.

Where the data comes from, and what it does not contain

The extract (ContractOpportunitiesFullCSV.csv, about 215 MB, about 70,000 records) is regenerated by SAM.gov once a day. Please know its limits before you rely on it:

• It contains active notices only (all records have Active = Yes), not the full historical archive. Closed and expired notices drop out. Award notices are included while they are active.
• It is one day behind: the newest notices are those posted up to the previous day.
• Attachments (statements of work, RFQ PDFs) are not in the extract; use the url to open the notice. There is no estimated contract value for solicitations (SAM.gov does not publish one in the extract).
• The awardee is published as a single text (name followed by street, city, state, ZIP); the Actor keeps it as published and additionally parses the state and ZIP into samAwardeeState / samAwardeeZip.
• Amendments and updates appear as separate records of the same solicitation (same samSolicitationNumber).

Use cases

• Daily bid alerts: new solicitations in your NAICS/PSC codes and states, open for response, small-business set-asides only. Schedule the Actor and send the dataset to Slack, e-mail or a spreadsheet.
• Pipeline intelligence: sources-sought notices and presolicitations show what an agency will buy.
• Competitor and award tracking: award notices with awardee and amount (filter by amount range).
• Teaming and subcontracting: find the awardees of large contracts in your field.
• AI agents (MCP): ask in natural language, get structured notices back.

Input

All filters are optional and combined with AND.

Field	Description
keyword	Word or phrase in title, description or solicitation number; separate alternatives with commas
naicsCodes	NAICS codes with prefix matching: 54 = professional/technical services, 541512 = computer systems design
pscCodes	Product and Service Codes with prefix matching: D3 = IT services, 7030 = software, Y1 = building construction
noticeTypes	contract-notice (default: Solicitation and Combined Synopsis/Solicitation), prior-information (Presolicitation, Sources Sought), contract-award, contract-modification, voluntary-ex-ante (sole-source Justifications), other (Special Notice, surplus sales). Empty list = all
samNoticeTypes	Exact SAM.gov types, e.g. only Sources Sought
setAsides	SBA, 8A, HZC, SDVOSBC, WOSB, EDWOSB, NONE, ...
agencies	Words in the department, sub-tier or office name: army, veterans
states	Place-of-performance states, two letters: VA, TX
daysBack	Posted in the last N days (default 7; 0 = no limit, scans the whole extract)
dateFrom / dateTo	Explicit posting date range, YYYY-MM-DD
openForResponseOnly	Drop notices whose response deadline has passed
deadlineFrom / deadlineTo	Response deadline window
minAwardValue / maxAwardValue	Award amount range in USD (award notices only)
includeContacts	Add the primary/secondary point of contact as published (default off)
maxItems	Maximum results (default 20, maximum 10,000, newest first)

Example: open small-business IT bids in Virginia and Maryland

{
  "noticeTypes": ["contract-notice"],
  "naicsCodes": ["5415"],
  "setAsides": ["SBA", "SDVOSBC"],
  "states": ["VA", "MD"],
  "openForResponseOnly": true,
  "daysBack": 14,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example: sources-sought notices about cybersecurity

{
  "noticeTypes": [],
  "samNoticeTypes": ["Sources Sought"],
  "keyword": "cybersecurity, zero trust",
  "daysBack": 30
}

Example: who won contracts above one million dollars

{
  "noticeTypes": ["contract-award"],
  "minAwardValue": 1000000,
  "agencies": ["veterans"],
  "daysBack": 30,
  "maxItems": 200
}

Output example

Real record (posted on 30 October 2026), description shortened. Fields starting with sam are SAM.gov-specific extras; all other fields are shared with the other procurement Actors. SAM.gov has no CPV codes, so cpvCodes is empty and the classification is in samNaicsCode / samPscCode.

{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "source": "SAM_GOV",
  "sourceId": "ecf63283c97e4d4f8047f3497c6801bc",
  "url": "https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ecf63283c97e4d4f8047f3497c6801bc/view",
  "documentUrls": { "html": "https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ecf63283c97e4d4f8047f3497c6801bc/view", "pdf": null, "xml": null },
  "noticeType": "contract-notice",
  "noticeTypeCode": "Combined Synopsis/Solicitation",
  "procedureType": null,
  "contractNature": "supplies",
  "title": "HID ID/Access Cards",
  "description": "** THIS IS A BRAND NAME REQUIREMENT ** for Requirement: HID ID/Access Cards ** AUTHORIZED RESELLERS ONLY ** ...",
  "language": "en",
  "buyer": { "name": "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION", "country": "US", "city": "STENNIS SPACE CENTER", "nutsCode": null, "buyerType": "central-government" },
  "cpvCodes": [],
  "mainCpv": null,
  "mainCpvDivision": null,
  "estimatedValue": null,
  "lots": null,
  "publicationDate": "2026-10-30",
  "submissionDeadline": "2026-11-06T07:00:00-06:00",
  "awardInfo": null,
  "placeOfPerformance": { "country": "US", "city": "Hampton", "nutsCode": null },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-04T22:00:00+00:00",
  "samSolicitationNumber": "80NSSC27948561Q",
  "samDepartment": "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION",
  "samSubTier": "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION",
  "samOffice": "NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER",
  "samNaicsCode": "541519",
  "samPscCode": "7A20",
  "samSetAsideCode": "SBA",
  "samSetAside": "Small Business Set Aside - Total",
  "samPopState": "VA",
  "samPopZip": "23681",
  "samArchiveDate": "2026-11-21",
  "samPrimaryContact": null
}

For award notices awardInfo is filled, for example:

"awardInfo": {
  "winners": [{ "name": "GENTRY CONTROLS & CONSULTING LLC Lago Vista TX 78645 USA", "country": "US" }],
  "awardedValue": { "amount": 3295000, "currency": "USD" },
  "awardDate": "2026-11-03"
}

Notice type mapping: Solicitation and Combined Synopsis/Solicitation = contract-notice; Presolicitation and Sources Sought = prior-information; Award Notice = contract-award; Modification/Amendment/Cancel = contract-modification; Justification and J&A (sole source) = voluntary-ex-ante; Special Notice, Sale of Surplus Property, Consolidate/Bundle = other. The native type is always in noticeTypeCode.

Pricing

Pay only for the results you get. Set Maximum results (and the run's maximum cost) to control spending: the Actor stops as soon as either limit is reached. Runs that find no notices return no results and charge nothing. See the Pricing tab of this Actor for the current price.

Measured platform cost: the default run (20 results) takes about 4 seconds; a 500-result run also takes about 4 seconds. Scanning the entire extract for a rare keyword takes about 4 seconds in the cloud as well.

API, MCP and AI agents

Every Apify Actor can be called over the API, and this one is also available as a tool for AI agents.

Apify API (Python)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("nexus-scrapers/sam-gov-opportunities").call(run_input={
    "naicsCodes": ["5415"], "states": ["VA"], "openForResponseOnly": True, "maxItems": 50,
})
for n in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(n["publicationDate"], n["buyer"]["name"], n["title"], n["submissionDeadline"])

Apify API (JavaScript)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('nexus-scrapers/sam-gov-opportunities').call({ keyword: 'cybersecurity', maxItems: 50 });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

FAQ

Do I need a SAM.gov account or an api.data.gov key? No. The Actor reads the public bulk extract, which needs neither. (The official Opportunities API needs a key and is rate-limited for non-federal users; this Actor does not use it.)

Why are there no closed or old notices? The public extract holds active notices only. For history, run the Actor on a schedule and keep the datasets.

How fresh is the data? The extract is regenerated once a day (around 04:30 GMT). The dataset's status message shows the extract's timestamp.

Why is the awardee one long string? SAM.gov publishes name and address in one field; the Actor does not guess where the name ends. State and ZIP are parsed separately.

Why is estimatedValue always null? Solicitation values are not part of the public extract.

Can I get the attachments? No, only the notice data and the link to the notice page.

Is it allowed? The Actor downloads a file that SAM.gov publishes for public use, once per run, and does not scrape the website or use a SAM.gov login. See below.

Data licence and privacy

• Source: SAM.gov Data Services, "Contract Opportunities" public extract (privacy = Public), listed on data.gov. The content is created by US federal agencies (US Government works). The data.gov entry does not state an explicit licence, and SAM.gov's Terms of Use forbid web scraping and bots against the website; this Actor does not scrape the website, it downloads the published extract. You are responsible for your own use of the data under the SAM.gov terms.
• Awardee names and addresses in award notices may include Dun & Bradstreet "Open Data" fields, which SAM.gov asks users to attribute to D&B and not to share in bulk. If you plan to republish award data, check the terms first.
• Personal data: by default no contact names, e-mails or phone numbers are output. With includeContacts the Actor adds the point of contact exactly as the agency published it in the notice (a named government official); use it only for business correspondence about that notice.
• The Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the US General Services Administration or SAM.gov.