USAspending API Awards: federal contract and grant awards

Who won federal contracts and grants, and for how much? On 2026-09-28 this Actor returned 50 Department of Defense contract awards from the USAspending.gov v2 API (run VdhGBaAbpf5ownpH9), each with recipient, amount, dates, awarding agency and the official USAspending source link.

Not affiliated with the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Spending data may be reused commercially per USAspending licensing, subject to Dun & Bradstreet limitations.

Example output (same run)

Input:

{
  "agency": "Department of Defense",
  "awardTypes": ["A", "B", "C", "D"],
  "maxItems": 50
}

Award ID	Recipient	Amount	Start	Agency	Link
W912DQ24C3003	SEVENSON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.	180000000	2024-09-12	Department of Defense	open
HC101321F0196	AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC	69203569.21	2021-08-26	Department of Defense	open
HC101324CA004	T-MOBILE SECURE FEDERAL OPERATIONS LLC	64214112.9	2024-05-01	Department of Defense	open
W912DQ24F3056	APTIM FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC	33901327.23	2024-09-05	Department of Defense	open
N0016422CJQ86	PRISM MARITIME, INC.	27576573.06	2022-02-28	Department of Defense	open

Full dataset: 50 rows in OZE2RnpUa13bkimG6.

Federal contract awards database

Queries the official USAspending.gov v2 awards endpoint and returns a flat federal contract awards database — award ID, recipient name/UEI, amount, start/end dates, awarding agency, award type and detail URL. Defaults to the last 30 days when dates are omitted.

Government contract awards search

Filter by agency, recipient, naics, keywords, and date range for a government contract awards search. Prefer agency or recipient over broad keywords (the USAspending API is slow on open text).

Federal awards database

Every successful row is one award in a federal awards database export. Optional fetchDetails hydrates award-level fields beyond the search hit. subawards switches the mode when you need subaward rows instead of primes.

Federal assistance award data system

USAspending covers contracts and assistance (grants). Default awardTypes A,B,C,D are contracts/IDVs. For assistance/grant award types, set awardTypes to the assistance codes you need — they are not returned on the default contract run. FAADS-style assistance is therefore an opt-in filter, not the default table.

FAQ

Do I need a usaspending api key?

No. The public USAspending.gov v2 API used here needs no API key and no login.

What is the USAspending API?

USAspending.gov is the official US federal spending portal. This Actor calls its public v2 awards search and returns flat JSON rows.

How do I search by agency, recipient, or NAICS?

Set agency, recipient, and/or naics (and optional keywords / dates). NAICS filters the search; it is not an output column in the current schema.

Are grant / assistance awards included by default?

Not with the default award types. Defaults A–D are contracts/IDVs. Change awardTypes for assistance/grant codes.

Is NAICS in the output?

No. NAICS is an input filter only — declared gap. Use the award detailUrl for NAICS on the USAspending page until added.

Is this affiliated with Treasury / USAspending?

No. Cite USAspending as the source; respect D&B limitations on the site.

Input

Field	Required	Notes
agency	no	e.g. Department of Defense
recipient	no	Recipient name filter
naics	no	Input filter only (not an output field)
keywords	no	Free text (prefer agency/recipient)
awardTypes	no	Default A,B,C,D (contracts/IDVs)
startDate / endDate	no	Default last 30 days
maxItems	no	Cap
fetchDetails	no	Hydrate award detail
subawards	no	Subaward mode

Coverage and gaps

Covered: USAspending.gov v2 awards search; agency / recipient / NAICS / keyword / date filters; contract award types A–D by default; award IDs, amounts, dates, agency, detail URLs.

Gaps: NAICS as an output column; assistance/grant types unless awardTypes changed; SAM.gov opportunity notices (use govcon / Grants Actors). Errors are not charged under PPE.

Pricing

Pay-per-event (live Store PPE):

Event	Price
Actor start	~$0.00005
Dataset item (successful award only)	$0.004
Error / diagnostic rows	Not charged

Examples: 1 start + 50 awards ≈ $0.20 · 1 start + 500 awards ≈ $2.00.

Docs

https://www.usaspending.gov/db_info
https://api.usaspending.gov/
https://geminigeorge22.github.io/usaspending/