USAspending Federal Award Leads

Find companies that already won related US federal contracts and grants. USAspending Federal Award Leads searches the official USAspending.gov public API and returns recent award winners by keyword, agency, award type, amount, and date range.

Use it to build prospect lists of incumbent vendors, partner candidates, competitors, agency spending patterns, and market maps for government contracting.

What does this USAspending scraper do?

Award history tells you who already buys, who wins, which agencies spend, and what contract language they use. This Actor turns USAspending award search into a clean Apify dataset with recipient names, UEIs, award IDs, award amounts, NAICS/PSC fields, agencies, dates, descriptions, source URLs, and lead scores.

It uses the official API, requires no login, and writes one dataset row per award lead.

The Actor also writes key-value outputs for scheduled workflows:

• RUN_SUMMARY: counts, inputs, and errors
• AWARD_LEAD_EXPORT: all emitted award lead records
• BUYER_BRIEF: a short Markdown brief with highest-value leads
• SLACK_ALERTS: compact alert objects for webhook or chat workflows

What data can you extract?

Field	Description
recipientName	Company or organization that received the award
recipientUei	Recipient UEI when available
awardAmount	Reported award amount
awardId	USAspending award identifier
awardType	Contract, grant, loan, or other award type
awardingAgency	Agency that issued the award
fundingAgency	Funding agency when different
startDate / endDate	Award period dates
description	Award description text
naics	NAICS code or label
psc	Product Service Code
leadScore	Simple score for sales or market-research triage
sourceUrl	Link to the USAspending record

Quick start

1. Enter keywords such as software, cybersecurity, training, or data platform.
2. Set a recent date window.
3. Choose contract and/or grant award groups.
4. Set minAwardAmount to remove tiny awards.
5. Start with maxResults: 25, review the winners, then schedule recurring runs.

Input example

{
  "keywords": ["software", "cybersecurity", "data platform"],
  "agencyNames": [],
  "awardTypeGroups": ["contracts", "grants"],
  "startDate": "2025-10-01",
  "endDate": "2026-05-10",
  "minAwardAmount": 100000,
  "maxResults": 25,
  "dedupeRecipients": false,
  "includeRawData": false
}

Output example

{
  "source": "USAspending.gov",
  "searchKeyword": "software",
  "awardId": "DEMO-2026-C-0001",
  "recipientName": "Example Systems LLC",
  "recipientUei": "DEMOUEI12345",
  "awardAmount": 750000,
  "awardType": "Definitive Contract",
  "awardingAgency": "Department of Demo",
  "startDate": "2026-01-15",
  "endDate": "2027-01-14",
  "description": "Software modernization and data platform support services.",
  "naics": "541511",
  "psc": "DA01",
  "leadScore": 75,
  "leadReasons": [
    "award is at least $100K",
    "has recipient UEI",
    "has NAICS or PSC classification"
  ],
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.usaspending.gov/"
}

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. Dry-run examples are not charged. Apify free-plan users get the first 25 award lead records without this Actor's custom event charge; after that, normal pay-per-event pricing and the user's run spending limit apply.

Event	Price	What counts
award-lead	$0.004	One USAspending award lead written to the dataset

That is $4 per 1,000 emitted award records, plus normal Apify platform usage. Use maxResults, minAwardAmount, and date filters to control cost.

Common use cases

• Build lists of recent award winners in a category.
• Track agencies buying software, services, equipment, or research.
• Find incumbent contractors before a recompete.
• Monitor competitors and partner candidates by NAICS or PSC.
• Feed award records into CRM enrichment, spreadsheets, or market maps.

Limits and compliance

This Actor uses public USAspending.gov data. Award history is not an open solicitation. Treat the output as market intelligence and verify important records on USAspending.gov before acting.