USAspending Federal Contracts by Agency, NAICS and Recipient

US federal government contracts from USAspending.gov, the official source for federal spending data run by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Choose a date range and any mix of keyword, recipient, awarding agency, NAICS code, PSC code, state and amount, and get one clean row per contract with the contractor, its UEI, the awarding agency and office, the amount, start and end dates, industry and product codes, place of performance and a link to the award page on usaspending.gov.

Use it to find out which companies win federal IT, construction or consulting work, to build lead lists of government contractors in a NAICS code, to follow what a specific agency buys, or to check a competitor's federal business. Schedule a daily run with the dates left empty and onlyNew on to get only the contract activity that is new since the day before.

What is covered

Federal contracts (award types A, B, C and D: BPA calls, purchase orders, delivery orders and definitive contracts) from fiscal year 2008 until today, as published in USAspending's award search. A contract is returned when it has an action (a new award, a modification or an obligation) dated inside your date range. Results come largest award amount first.

Example from a real run

Run N6LRrYEfNyT3cq9WZ on Apify on 4 October 2026, with this input: custom programming contracts (NAICS 541511) of at least 1 million dollars performed in Virginia, with action dates in the last 30 days (the dates were left empty).

{
  "naicsCodes": ["541511"],
  "placeOfPerformanceStates": ["VA"],
  "minAmount": 1000000,
  "onlyNew": true
}

It returned 50 contracts (the default maxResults) in 3 seconds of run time, most recently modified first. The first two rows from the dataset, with some fields left out here to keep it short:

[
  {
    "awardId": "CONT_AWD_36C10A25C0001_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-",
    "piid": "36C10A25C0001",
    "awardType": "DEFINITIVE CONTRACT",
    "recipientName": "MLINQS, LLC",
    "recipientUei": "FYXQSLS7MH63",
    "awardingAgency": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
    "awardingSubAgency": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
    "awardAmount": 2807669.82,
    "startDate": "2024-10-01",
    "endDate": "2027-09-30",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2026-10-01T14:19:33",
    "description": "PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS",
    "naicsCode": "541511",
    "pscCode": "DA10",
    "placeOfPerformanceState": "VA",
    "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C10A25C0001_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-"
  },
  {
    "awardId": "CONT_AWD_70T03026F7667N113_7013_47QTCA19D00M4_4732",
    "piid": "70T03026F7667N113",
    "awardType": "DELIVERY ORDER",
    "recipientName": "DISRUPTIVE SOLUTIONS LLC",
    "recipientUei": "VMQBY7FWUPF9",
    "awardingAgency": "Department of Homeland Security",
    "awardingSubAgency": "Transportation Security Administration",
    "awardAmount": 5989823.08,
    "startDate": "2026-09-30",
    "endDate": "2027-09-29",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2026-10-01T10:15:48",
    "description": "TSA GOVERNANCE, RISK, AND COMPLIANCE SUPPORT SERVICES (GRCSS)",
    "naicsCode": "541511",
    "pscCode": "DJ01",
    "placeOfPerformanceState": "VA",
    "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70T03026F7667N113_7013_47QTCA19D00M4_4732"
  }
]

The search matched 190 contracts. Run again with the same input, the actor returned the next 50 (run FVva3n6wpRNlQh7aZ), then the remaining 90 with maxResults raised to 500 (run P4mdYcUHSJaNMk6jl), and then 0 (run nlybu8hdfinbWxFir), since nothing new had been published in between. See "Monitoring and scheduling".

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
dateFrom	string	29 days before dateTo	First action date, YYYY-MM-DD. Not before 2007-10-01.
dateTo	string	today (Washington time)	Last action date (inclusive). The range can be at most 366 days.
keywords	array	none	Words or phrases searched in the award text, at least 3 characters each. Any of them can match.
recipientName	string	none	Contractor name, part of a name or a UEI, for example Booz Allen or JCBMLGPE6Z71.
awardingAgencies	array	none	Agency names as USAspending writes them, for example Department of Defense or General Services Administration. Sub agencies such as Federal Acquisition Service work too.
naicsCodes	array	none	NAICS industry codes, 2 to 6 digits. 5415 matches every code starting with 5415.
pscCodes	array	none	Product and Service Codes, for example DA01 or R499.
placeOfPerformanceStates	array	none	Two letter state codes, for example VA, CA or DC.
minAmount, maxAmount	integer	none	Award amount range in US dollars.
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum number of contracts, 1 to 10 000.
includeDetails	boolean	false	Also read each award's detail record to fill totalObligation and baseAndAllOptionsValue. One extra request per contract.
onlyNew	boolean	false	Return only contracts that are new or have new activity since earlier runs with the same input. See "Monitoring and scheduling".

Filters of different kinds are combined (all must match). Several values in the same list are alternatives (any can match). A run with empty input returns the 50 largest contracts with activity in the last 30 days (2 seconds of run time in a test on 4 October 2026, run 3yTkelNBqxoKPZvWf).

Example input: custom programming contracts (NAICS 541511) over 1 million dollars performed in Virginia during September 2026.

{
  "dateFrom": "2026-09-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-09-30",
  "naicsCodes": ["541511"],
  "placeOfPerformanceStates": ["VA"],
  "minAmount": 1000000,
  "maxResults": 500
}

Output

Field	Description
awardId	USAspending's unique award id (generated_internal_id), also used in the link
piid	Procurement Instrument Identifier, the contract or order number
awardType	BPA CALL, PURCHASE ORDER, DELIVERY ORDER or DEFINITIVE CONTRACT
recipientName, recipientUei	Contractor name and Unique Entity ID
awardingAgency, awardingSubAgency	Department and office that awarded the contract
fundingAgency	Department that pays for it
awardAmount	Award amount in US dollars as shown in USAspending's award search (obligated amount)
totalObligation	Total obligated amount from the award detail record. Filled only with includeDetails
baseAndAllOptionsValue	Potential value if all options are exercised. Filled only with includeDetails
startDate, endDate	Period of performance, YYYY-MM-DD
lastModifiedDate	When the award was last changed in USAspending
description	Description of the award as reported by the agency
naicsCode, naicsDescription	NAICS industry code and name
pscCode, pscDescription	Product and Service Code and name
placeOfPerformanceState, placeOfPerformanceCountry	Where the work is done
url	Link to the award page on usaspending.gov
source, license	Attribution for the data

{
  "awardId": "CONT_AWD_47QDCB22F0006_4732_47QDCB19A0001_4732",
  "piid": "47QDCB22F0006",
  "awardType": "BPA CALL",
  "recipientName": "BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC",
  "recipientUei": "JCBMLGPE6Z71",
  "awardingAgency": "General Services Administration",
  "awardingSubAgency": "Federal Acquisition Service",
  "fundingAgency": "General Services Administration",
  "awardAmount": 185098941.49,
  "totalObligation": null,
  "baseAndAllOptionsValue": null,
  "startDate": "2022-04-01",
  "endDate": "2027-03-31",
  "lastModifiedDate": "2026-09-29T17:19:55",
  "description": "FAS CLOUD SERVICES SUPPORT",
  "naicsCode": "541511",
  "naicsDescription": "CUSTOM COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES",
  "pscCode": "DA01",
  "pscDescription": "IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SERVICES (LABOR)",
  "placeOfPerformanceState": "VA",
  "placeOfPerformanceCountry": "USA",
  "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_47QDCB22F0006_4732_47QDCB19A0001_4732",
  "source": "USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury",
  "license": "Public domain, U.S. federal government information"
}

Monitoring and scheduling

Set onlyNew to true to use the actor as a daily feed of federal contract activity. The actor then remembers which award versions it has delivered for the same input, in a named key-value store in your Apify account (nightwave-state-usaspending-federal-contracts, one record per input). An award version is the award id together with its lastModifiedDate, so a contract comes again when the agency reports a new action on it, such as a modification or a new obligation. Each run returns and charges only contracts that are new or changed since earlier runs. The first run returns everything in the selection. A run without news finishes successfully with 0 rows.

With onlyNew the results are read most recently modified first instead of largest first, and at most 10 000 contracts are read per run. Contracts already delivered do not count toward maxResults, and no detail request is made for them. When there are more new contracts than maxResults, the rest come in the next run.

onlyNew and maxResults are not part of the remembered input, so you can change them without starting over. Changing any other field starts a fresh state. Leave dateFrom and dateTo empty for scheduled runs: the 30 day window then follows the calendar while the remembered input stays the same. To start over with the same input, delete the record in the key-value store.

Example: a run at 07:00 Swedish time every day that returns new IT contract activity of at least 1 million dollars in Virginia and Washington DC. In Apify Console, open Schedules, create a schedule with the cron expression 0 7 * * * and add this actor with the input below.

{
  "naicsCodes": ["541511", "541512"],
  "placeOfPerformanceStates": ["VA", "DC"],
  "minAmount": 1000000,
  "onlyNew": true,
  "maxResults": 500
}

The same schedule through the Apify API:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/schedules?token=<YOUR_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "daily-federal-contracts", "cronExpression": "0 7 * * *", "timezone": "Europe/Stockholm", "isEnabled": true, "isExclusive": true,
       "actions": [{"type": "RUN_ACTOR", "actorId": "nightwave-owner~usaspending-federal-contracts",
                    "runInput": {"contentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8", "body": "<the input above as a JSON string>"}}]}'

Good to know

• Contracts only. Grants, loans, direct payments and other financial assistance are not included in this version. Those awards often go to individual people, and this actor is meant for companies and organisations that sell to the government.
• Amounts are obligations, not payments, and they change. An obligation is money the government has committed to the contract. Agencies modify contracts over time, and USAspending updates its data daily, so the amount of an award can go up or down between runs. The search index and the award detail record are updated at slightly different times, so awardAmount and totalObligation can differ for awards that changed recently. The award page on usaspending.gov shows the detail record.
• The date range filters on action dates. A large contract signed years ago is included when it had a modification inside your range. Use a short range and lastModifiedDate to see what is new.
• Agencies report with a delay. Most contract actions appear in USAspending within a few days. Department of Defense contracts are published with a delay of about 90 days.
• Polite to the source. The actor sends at most 2 requests per second and retries three times on network errors, rate limits (429) and server errors. A response in an unexpected format stops the run with a clear message instead of storing broken rows. An invalid filter returns USAspending's own error text.
• Results are sorted by award amount, largest first (most recently modified first with onlyNew). With maxResults at 10 000 and no details, a run takes a few minutes.

Data source and license

The data comes from the public USAspending API v2: POST https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/ for the search and GET https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/awards/<award id>/ for the details, see the API documentation. No API key is needed. USAspending.gov is run by the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the DATA Act, and the spending data is open to the public. Information published by the federal government is not subject to copyright in the United States (17 U.S.C. § 105). Every row carries source and license so you can credit USAspending.gov when you publish the data.

This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by USAspending.gov or the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Pricing

Pay per result: 0.002 USD per contract returned (event award), which is 2.00 USD per 1 000 contracts. On top of that you pay Apify for the platform usage of your run, which is small since the actor only reads an API. maxResults caps how many contracts a run returns, and so what a run can cost.

Contact

Built and maintained by Nightwave AB. Questions, bugs and feature requests: kontakt@nightwave.se

På svenska

Actorn hämtar amerikanska federala kontrakt från USAspending.gov, den officiella källan för den amerikanska statens utgifter som drivs av finansdepartementet (U.S. Department of the Treasury). Välj datumintervall och valfria filter för sökord, leverantör, upphandlande myndighet, NAICS-kod, PSC-kod, delstat och belopp, och få en rad per kontrakt med leverantör, UEI, myndighet, belopp, datum, branschkoder, plats för utförandet och länk till kontraktets sida.

• Ingår: kontrakt (typ A, B, C och D) från budgetåret 2008 och framåt. Bidrag, lån och annat stöd ingår inte, eftersom de ofta går till privatpersoner.
• Datumintervallet gäller kontraktshändelser (nya kontrakt och ändringar), högst 366 dagar per körning. Standard är de senaste 30 dagarna.
• Standard är 50 kontrakt per körning, högst 10 000, största belopp först.
• Bevakning: med onlyNew kommer ihåg actorn vilka kontrakt den redan har levererat för samma input (key-value store nightwave-state-usaspending-federal-contracts). Varje körning levererar och debiterar bara kontrakt som är nya eller har fått en ny händelse sedan förra körningen. Lämna datumen tomma och lägg actorn på ett dagligt schema i Apify under Schedules, se avsnittet "Monitoring and scheduling".
• Beloppen är åtaganden (obligations), inte utbetalningar, och kan ändras när myndigheterna ändrar kontrakten. Försvarsdepartementets kontrakt publiceras med ungefär 90 dagars fördröjning.
• Actorn skickar högst 2 anrop per sekund och försöker tre gånger vid nätverksfel, 429 och 5xx.
• Källa: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury. Amerikansk federal myndighetsinformation är fri att använda (public domain).
• Pris: 0,002 USD per kontrakt (2,00 USD per 1 000), plus Apifys plattformsanvändning. maxResults sätter taket för hur mycket en körning kan kosta.
• Kontakt: kontakt@nightwave.se