SAM.gov Federal Opportunity Watcher

Monitor active US federal contract opportunities from SAM.gov by title keyword, posted date, and state.

This Actor uses public structured data from SAM.gov. It normalizes source-specific records into a consistent Apify dataset for monitoring, lead generation, research, and scheduled automation.

Who It Helps

B2G vendors, capture teams, proposal shops, and federal market researchers.

Input

{
  "searchTerms": [
    "software"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "CA",
    "TX"
  ],
  "maxItems": 25,
  "includeRaw": false,
  "samApiKey": "YOUR_SAM_GOV_PUBLIC_API_KEY"
}

Fields

• searchTerms - Required. One or more keywords or phrases to match.
• regions - Optional. Source-specific region filters.
• dateFrom - Optional. ISO date in YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to 30 days before the run.
• dateTo - Optional. ISO date in YYYY-MM-DD.
• maxItems - Optional. Defaults to 100; capped at 1000.
• includeRaw - Optional. Include the raw source payload in extra.raw.
• samApiKey - Required. Your own free SAM.gov public API key.

Output

Each dataset item includes stable top-level fields:

{
  "id": "source-id",
  "title": "Record title",
  "description": "Short source summary",
  "sourceName": "SAM.gov",
  "sourceUrl": "https://example.gov/detail",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "location": "Best available location",
  "category": "Best available category",
  "value": null,
  "contactUrl": "https://example.gov/detail",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T05:00:00.000Z",
  "extra": {
    "matchedSearchTerms": ["software"]
  }
}

Source-specific fields are kept under extra so downstream automations can rely on the stable top-level schema.

Notes

SAM.gov requires users to supply their own free public API key. The Actor never logs the key.

This Actor does not bypass logins, CAPTCHAs, paywalls, or access controls. It is built for public-data monitoring and exports only records returned by the source service.

Monetization

Launch pricing is pay per result using apify-default-dataset-item: USD 3.00 per 1,000 normalized records, plus a tiny Actor-start event. The implementation uses public APIs and no browser automation to keep platform cost low.