# New Federal Contract & Grant Award Leads (USAspending) (`open-data-tools-hq/usaspending-new-award-leads`) Actor

Newly awarded U.S. federal contracts, grants and loans from the official USAspending.gov API: recipient, UEI, address, amount, agency, NAICS/PSC, place of performance. Filter by state, NAICS, agency, amount, small business. Monitor mode for daily feeds.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/open-data-tools-hq/usaspending-new-award-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Open Data Tools](https://apify.com/open-data-tools-hq) (community)
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## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 result returneds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## New Federal Contract & Grant Award Leads (USAspending.gov)

Get **newly awarded U.S. federal contracts, grants, and loans** as clean lead rows: who won, how much, from which agency, for what (NAICS/PSC and description), where the work happens, and the recipient's address and UEI. Data comes straight from the official **USAspending.gov** API (U.S. Treasury, DATA Act).

A fresh federal award means the recipient **has a funded project starting now**. They need subcontractors, suppliers, staff, equipment, insurance, bonding, and financing.

### Who uses this

- Subcontractors and suppliers looking for primes that just won work
- Staffing firms, equipment rental, bonding and insurance, and lenders
- GovCon BD teams tracking competitors' wins in their NAICS, by agency or state
- Grant consultants and researchers tracking new grants

### Features

- **New awards only** (USAspending "new awards" date type), not every modification.
- Filters: award category (contracts, IDVs, grants, loans, direct payments, other), keywords, place-of-performance state, recipient state, NAICS code or prefix, awarding agency, min/max amount, small business only.
- **Monitor mode** for a daily or weekly feed of only the awards you haven't seen.
- Clean, flat-friendly output with direct USAspending links. Biggest awards come first.
- Pay only for awards returned.

### Input examples

**Construction contracts over $250k performed in Texas in the last 14 days:**

```json
{ "daysBack": 14, "awardCategories": ["contracts"], "performanceStates": ["TX"], "naicsCodes": ["23"], "minAmount": 250000 }
```

**Professional-services (NAICS 54) awards to small businesses this week:**

```json
{ "daysBack": 7, "naicsCodes": ["54"], "smallBusinessOnly": true }
```

**Daily feed of new VA contracts:**

```json
{ "daysBack": 3, "awardingAgencies": ["Department of Veterans Affairs"], "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true }
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "awardId": "80JSC027F0004",
  "awardCategory": "contracts",
  "awardType": "DELIVERY ORDER",
  "recipientName": "HITT CONTRACTING, INC.",
  "recipientUei": "RRKASFUKYMJ4",
  "recipientAddress": { "street": "2900 FAIRVIEW PARK DR", "city": "FALLS CHURCH", "county": "FAIRFAX", "state": "VA", "zip": "22042", "country": "USA", "congressionalDistrict": "08" },
  "amountUsd": 22900737.2,
  "description": "THE RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING SOUTH WING OF B13 AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER...",
  "actionDate": "2026-10-21",
  "startDate": "2026-10-22",
  "endDate": "2029-06-01",
  "awardingAgency": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
  "awardingSubAgency": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
  "naicsCode": "236210",
  "naicsDescription": "INDUSTRIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION",
  "pscCode": "Y1EZ",
  "pscDescription": "CONSTRUCTION OF OTHER INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS",
  "placeOfPerformance": { "city": "HOUSTON", "county": "HARRIS", "state": "TX", "zip": "77058", "country": "USA", "congressionalDistrict": "36" },
  "usaspendingUrl": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80JSC027F0004_8000_80JSC026D0012_8000"
}
```

Grants and loans also include `assistanceListings` (CFDA/Assistance Listing numbers and titles).

### Notes

- Agencies report awards with a lag. Contracts usually appear within days; some assistance awards can take weeks.
- USAspending does not publish contact emails or phones. Use the UEI, name, and address to look the recipient up in SAM.gov or your CRM.

### Legal

Data is public U.S. government information from USAspending.gov. This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Treasury or any agency.

# Actor input Schema

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

New awards with an action date in the last N days. Ignored when 'Date from' is set.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

Optional. Earliest supported: 2007-10-01.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

Optional. Defaults to today.

## `awardCategories` (type: `array`):

Which award types to include.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Optional keyword search across award descriptions and recipient names (3+ chars).

## `performanceStates` (type: `array`):

Two-letter codes.

## `recipientStates` (type: `array`):

Two-letter codes of the recipient's address.

## `naicsCodes` (type: `array`):

2-6 digit NAICS (contracts/IDVs only), e.g. 23 (construction), 5415 (IT services).

## `awardingAgencies` (type: `array`):

Exact top-tier agency names, e.g. 'Department of Defense', 'Department of Veterans Affairs'.

## `minAmount` (type: `integer`):

Only awards of at least this many dollars.

## `maxAmount` (type: `integer`):

Only awards of at most this many dollars.

## `smallBusinessOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only awards to recipients flagged as small businesses.

## `onlyNewSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

Skip awards delivered in previous runs.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

You are charged only for awards returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 7,
  "awardCategories": [
    "contracts"
  ],
  "performanceStates": [
    "TX"
  ],
  "smallBusinessOnly": false,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Default dataset items (overview view in Console).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "performanceStates": [
        "TX"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("open-data-tools-hq/usaspending-new-award-leads").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "performanceStates": ["TX"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("open-data-tools-hq/usaspending-new-award-leads").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "performanceStates": [
    "TX"
  ]
}' |
apify call open-data-tools-hq/usaspending-new-award-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,open-data-tools-hq/usaspending-new-award-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/IO6ovHCakbdgFglXr/builds/M5ex0k4ryoWkrPNbe/openapi.json