# US Federal Contracts & Grants - USAspending Search (`pushbuild/us-federal-contracts`) Actor

Search US government contract, grant and loan awards from the official USAspending.gov data by keyword, company, agency, NAICS, PSC, state, date and amount. Returns recipient, UEI, amount, agency, dates, codes and a link to each award.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pushbuild/us-federal-contracts.md
- **Developed by:** [Pushbuild Data](https://apify.com/pushbuild) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 awards

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## US Federal Contracts & Grants - USAspending Search

Search every US federal contract, grant and loan award from the official USAspending.gov data, as clean JSON.

### Filters

Keywords, recipient company or UEI, awarding agency, award type (contracts, IDVs, grants, loans, direct payments), NAICS and PSC codes, place-of-performance state, date range, amount range and small-business only.

### Each award

Award ID, type, recipient and UEI, amount and outlays, description, start, end and signed dates, agency and sub-agency, NAICS and PSC codes with descriptions, CFDA number, place of performance, and a USAspending link.

### Uses

GovCon competitor research, teaming and subcontracting leads, sales prospecting at agencies, market sizing by NAICS, grant research. Pay per award.

# Actor input Schema

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

Words in the award description or recipient (3+ characters each).

## `recipients` (type: `array`):

Company names or UEIs that received the award.

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

Top-tier agency names, e.g. Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs.

## `awardTypes` (type: `array`):

contracts, idvs (indefinite-delivery vehicles), grants, loans, directPayments, other.

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

Industry codes (2-6 digits), e.g. 541512.

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

Product and service codes, e.g. D310.

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

Two-letter state codes.

## `fromDate` (type: `string`):

Awards active on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `untilDate` (type: `string`):

Awards active on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

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

Smallest award amount.

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

Largest award amount.

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

Only awards to small businesses.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order of results.

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

Up to 10,000 per award type.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "cybersecurity"
  ],
  "awardTypes": [
    "contracts"
  ],
  "fromDate": "2025-10-01",
  "smallBusinessOnly": false,
  "sort": "amount",
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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"
    ],
    "fromDate": "2025-10-01"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pushbuild/us-federal-contracts").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"],
    "fromDate": "2025-10-01",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pushbuild/us-federal-contracts").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"
  ],
  "fromDate": "2025-10-01"
}' |
apify call pushbuild/us-federal-contracts --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pushbuild/us-federal-contracts"
        }
    }
}
```

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/DgsXYBtzSlVu8UmYX/builds/nF9V0PLWLdDZbWVzz/openapi.json