# SAM.gov Contract Opportunities: Open Federal Bids, No API Key (`pandadad0214/sam-gov-opportunities`) Actor

Use this to find open federal contract opportunities from the official SAM.gov public data extract, no API key: solicitations, sources sought, award notices. Filter by NAICS, PSC, set-aside, agency, state, deadline. Contacts, Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pandadad0214/sam-gov-opportunities.md
- **Developed by:** [Panda Federation](https://apify.com/pandadad0214) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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.
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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

## SAM.gov Contract Opportunities: Open Federal Bids, No API Key

**Use this to find open US federal contract opportunities from the official SAM.gov public data extract, with no SAM.gov API key.** Each row has the **title, solicitation number, notice type, posted date, response deadline and days left, department / sub-tier / office, NAICS and PSC codes, set-aside, place of performance, contracting officer name, email and phone**, and for award notices the **awardee and amount**. Filter by **keyword, NAICS, PSC, set-aside, notice type, agency, state and days to deadline**. **$0.0015 per notice.**

**No scraping of the SAM.gov search site and no API key: the data comes from GSA's public "Contract Opportunities" data extract on SAM.gov Data Services (also listed on data.gov), refreshed daily.** The file is sorted newest first, so a 7-day run reads only the newest slice and finishes in seconds.

- 🏛️ **Solicitations, combined synopsis/solicitations, presolicitations, sources sought, special notices and award notices**
- ⏰ **Deadline and days left** on every row, plus a **By deadline** sheet (soonest first); open-only by default
- 🎯 **NAICS and PSC prefix filters**, **set-asides** (SBA, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, EDWOSB...), agency, state and keyword filters
- 👤 **Contracting officer contacts** (name, email, phone) as published on the notice
- 🏆 **Award notices with awardee and amount**: teaming and subcontracting leads, and who is winning in your NAICS
- 💸 **$0.0015 per notice**; runs with no matches are free

### Who it's for

- **Small businesses and GovCon BD teams:** a daily list of new bids in your NAICS codes and set-aside categories
- **Proposal writers, GovCon consultants and Fiverr / Upwork researchers:** client-ready opportunity reports in minutes
- **Subcontractors and suppliers:** award notices show which primes just won work you can support
- **Market researchers:** what agencies are buying, by NAICS, PSC, set-aside and state

### How to use it

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Set **Posted in the last N days** (or a date range).
3. Add **NAICS codes**, **PSC codes**, **set-asides**, **notice types**, **agencies**, **states** or **keywords**.
4. Click **Start**. Download **SAM_XLSX** or **SAM_CSV** from **Storage → Key-value store**.

#### Input example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 7,
  "naicsCodes": ["5415"],
  "setAsides": ["SBA", "SDVOSBC", "8A"],
  "noticeTypes": ["Solicitation", "Combined Synopsis/Solicitation", "Sources Sought"],
  "minDaysToDeadline": 5
}
```

### Task examples

- **Daily IT bids for small businesses:** `{"daysBack": 1, "naicsCodes": ["5415"], "setAsides": ["SBA"]}` on a daily schedule
- **Janitorial and facilities work in Arizona:** `{"daysBack": 14, "naicsCodes": ["561720", "561210"], "states": ["AZ"]}`
- **Sources sought to shape requirements early:** `{"daysBack": 14, "noticeTypes": ["Sources Sought"], "keywords": ["cybersecurity", "zero trust"]}`
- **VA SDVOSB set-asides:** `{"daysBack": 7, "agencies": ["veterans affairs"], "setAsides": ["SDVOSBC", "VSA"]}`
- **Who won construction awards this week:** `{"daysBack": 7, "noticeTypes": ["Award Notice"], "naicsCodes": ["2362", "2382"]}`

### Output example

```json
{
  "noticeId": "1f94236c982c498ab6f090876fb3fdb7",
  "title": "Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Readiness and Validation Status",
  "solicitationNumber": "1106202612072026",
  "noticeType": "Sources Sought",
  "postedDate": "2026-11-09",
  "responseDeadline": "2026-12-07T23:59:00-05:00",
  "daysToDeadline": 27.6,
  "department": "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION",
  "subTier": "FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE",
  "office": "FC ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS DEV/IDV ACQ MANAGEMENT",
  "naicsCode": "541519",
  "setAsideCode": null,
  "popCity": "Washington",
  "popState": "DC",
  "contactName": "Vivian Panagakis",
  "contactEmail": "innovationiwm@gsa.gov",
  "samUrl": "https://sam.gov/opp/1f94236c982c498ab6f090876fb3fdb7/view",
  "agentSummary": "Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Readiness and Validation Status [1106202612072026]: Sources Sought; posted 2026-11-09; FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE; NAICS 541519; place Washington, DC; due 2026-12-07 (27.6 days left); contact Vivian Panagakis <innovationiwm@gsa.gov>."
}
```

This notice is a real public SAM.gov record from the public Contract Opportunities extract, retrieved 2026-11-10 (some fields left out here for length).

### For AI agents

Use this Actor to answer "which open federal bids match NAICS X / set-aside Y / state Z, and when are they due?". Minimal input: `{"daysBack": 3, "naicsCodes": ["5415"]}`. Read `agentSummary` per notice (title, solicitation number, type, agency, NAICS, set-aside, deadline and days left or awardee and amount, contact) or the SUMMARY `takeaway` (counts by type, how many are due within 7 days, set-asides, top agencies).

- **MCP:** add this Actor to Claude, Cursor, Copilot or any MCP client through the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com): `https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=pandadad0214/sam-gov-opportunities`, then ask in plain English.
- **API:** `POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/pandadad0214~sam-gov-opportunities/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN` with the input JSON.
- Every row has an **`agentSummary`** line, and the **SUMMARY** record has a one-line **`takeaway`** plus `nextSteps`, so an agent can answer without parsing every field.
- Schedule it daily and connect Zapier, Make, n8n, Slack, Google Sheets or a webhook to the dataset for bid alerts.

### Pricing

**$0.0015 per notice returned** (pay per event) plus Apify's tiny Actor-start fee of $0.00005. A daily alert with 20 matching notices costs $0.03; 1,000 notices cost $1.50. Runs that return nothing cost nothing, and failed source downloads are never charged. Set **Maximum results** or Apify's *maximum charge per run* to cap any run; the Actor stops at your limit.

**Apify paid-plan discounts:** Bronze members pay 10% less, Silver 20% less and Gold 30% less per notice; the discount applies automatically. Apify's free plan includes monthly credit to try it.

### FAQ

**Where does the data come from?** GSA publishes the full list of active SAM.gov Contract Opportunities as a public CSV extract on SAM.gov Data Services (Contract Opportunities → datagov, also linked from data.gov), refreshed daily. The Actor streams that file; it does not log in to SAM.gov or call the key-gated Opportunities API.

**How fresh is it?** The extract is rebuilt once a day (overnight US time). Notices posted today usually appear the next morning. The SUMMARY shows the file's `fileUpdated` time.

**Do I get attachments?** No. Use the `samUrl` link to open the notice and download the solicitation documents on SAM.gov. Always confirm deadlines there before you bid.

**What does Open only do?** It drops notices whose response deadline has already passed. Notices without a deadline (award notices, many special notices) stay in the results; use **At least N days to deadline** to keep only biddable notices.

**How is this different from Federal Contract Finder?** [Federal Contract Finder](https://apify.com/pandadad0214/federal-contract-finder) searches **past awards** on USAspending (incumbents, values, recompete dates). This Actor lists **current SAM.gov notices** you can respond to. Use both: find the recompete there, watch for the solicitation here.

**Can I contact the people listed?** These are the contracting officers named on public notices for questions about that notice. Follow each notice's instructions and the usual rules for business email.

### More Panda Federation tools

- [Federal Contract Finder](https://apify.com/pandadad0214/federal-contract-finder): USAspending awards, incumbents and recompete radar
- [SBIR/STTR Topic Radar](https://apify.com/pandadad0214/sbir-sttr-topic-radar): open SBIR/STTR topics to bid
- [Grants Finder](https://apify.com/pandadad0214/grants-finder): Grants.gov opportunities plus NIH and NSF awards
- [EU TED Tenders](https://apify.com/pandadad0214/eu-ted-tenders): European public procurement notices
- [Company Website Enricher](https://apify.com/pandadad0214/company-website-enricher): emails and phones for teaming partners
- Full catalog and MCP server: [Panda Federation Tools on GitHub](https://github.com/pandadad0214/panda-federation-tools)

*Built by Panda Federation. Questions or a custom version? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab.*

### Changelog

- **2026-11-10:** First release (0.1.0): SAM.gov public Contract Opportunities extract (no API key), posted-date window streamed newest first, keyword / NAICS / PSC / set-aside / notice type / agency / state / deadline filters, open-only default, contracting contacts, award notices with awardee and amount, Excel and CSV (`SAM_XLSX` / `SAM_CSV`) with By deadline and Award notices sheets, `agentSummary` and SUMMARY `takeaway`, pay-per-event pricing with Bronze/Silver/Gold discounts.

# Actor input Schema

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

Default 7. Matches the SAM.gov posted date. Use 1 or 2 on a daily schedule. The source file is newest first, so short windows are fast.

## `postedFrom` (type: `string`):

Optional YYYY-MM-DD; overrides days back.

## `postedTo` (type: `string`):

Optional YYYY-MM-DD.

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

Keep notices whose title or description contains any of these words or phrases (case-insensitive), e.g. janitorial, cybersecurity, HVAC.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Drop notices containing any of these words, e.g. brand name only.

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

Starts-with match, e.g. 5415 (IT services), 541330 (engineering), 236220 (commercial building), 561720 (janitorial).

## `pscCodes` (type: `array`):

Product/service code starts-with, e.g. D3 (IT), R4 (professional services), Z2 (building repair), S2 (housekeeping).

## `setAsides` (type: `array`):

Empty = any. NONE keeps notices with no set-aside (full and open).

## `noticeTypes` (type: `array`):

Empty = all. Award Notice rows carry the awardee and amount (teaming and subcontracting leads).

## `agencies` (type: `array`):

Match department, sub-tier or office (case-insensitive), e.g. veterans affairs, army, GSA, NASA.

## `states` (type: `array`):

Two-letter codes matched on the place of performance or the contracting office state, e.g. AZ, TX, VA.

## `openOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Default on. Drops notices whose response deadline has passed. Notices with no deadline (award notices, many special notices) are kept.

## `minDaysToDeadline` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Keep notices with at least this many days left to respond (drops notices with no deadline).

## `requireContactEmail` (type: `boolean`):

Keep notices that list a primary point-of-contact email.

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Default on (SAM.gov Active = Yes).

## `descriptionChars` (type: `integer`):

Characters of the notice description to include. Default 600; 0 = none.

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

You pay per notice returned, so this also caps the cost. Default 500; hard max 10000.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 7,
  "keywords": [
    "cybersecurity"
  ],
  "openOnly": true,
  "requireContactEmail": false,
  "activeOnly": true,
  "descriptionChars": 600,
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `table` (type: `string`):

No description

## `xlsx` (type: `string`):

No description

## `csv` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Agent-friendly keys: `takeaway` (one-line result), counts, `nextStep` and `nextSteps`.

# 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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "cybersecurity"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pandadad0214/sam-gov-opportunities").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 = { "keywords": ["cybersecurity"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pandadad0214/sam-gov-opportunities").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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "cybersecurity"
  ]
}' |
apify call pandadad0214/sam-gov-opportunities --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pandadad0214/sam-gov-opportunities"
        }
    }
}
```

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/Xc3fEWRGsMe32AiIQ/builds/t8hMH0FA6bzwRIfn5/openapi.json