# SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Scraper: Federal Bids (`scrapemint/sam-gov-contract-opportunities`) Actor

US federal contract opportunities from SAM.gov by keyword, NAICS, set-aside, notice type, state and posted date: deadlines, agency, contracting officer email and phone, place of performance, full description and attachment links. No API key needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapemint/sam-gov-contract-opportunities.md
- **Developed by:** [Ken M](https://apify.com/scrapemint) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.50 / 1,000 contract notices

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.

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

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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 Scraper: Federal Bids

**Every US federal contract opportunity on SAM.gov, as clean rows.** Search by **keyword**, **NAICS code**, **set-aside** (small business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB...), **notice type**, **state** and **posted date**, and get one row per notice:

- **The bid:** title, notice type, solicitation number, posted date, **response deadline**
- **Who is buying:** department, agency, sub-tier, contracting office and its address
- **Classification:** NAICS codes, PSC code, set-aside type
- **Where:** place of performance (city, state, ZIP)
- **Who to talk to:** contracting officer **name, email and phone**
- **Everything else:** full description text, **attachment download links**, and for award notices the **awardee, UEI, amount and contract number**

Set **posted in the last 1 day** and schedule it daily for a feed of new solicitations in your NAICS codes. No SAM.gov API key needed and no 1,000-calls-a-day limit.

### What you get

`noticeId`, `title`, `solicitationNumber`, `noticeType`, `noticeTypeCode`, `postedDate`, `modifiedDate`, `responseDeadline`, `responseTimeZone`, `active`, `cancelled`, `department`, `agency`, `subTier`, `office`, `officeCode`, `officeAddress`, `naicsCodes`, `pscCode`, `setAside`, `setAsideCode`, `placeOfPerformance`, `contacts`, `description`, `attachments`, `award`, `archiveDate`, `parentNoticeId`, `relatedNoticeId`, `url`

### Example input

Small-business software bids in the last week:

```json
{
  "naicsCodes": ["541511", "541512"],
  "setAsides": ["SBA"],
  "postedWithinDays": 7
}
```

Open janitorial bids in Texas and Virginia due in the next 30 days:

```json
{
  "keywords": "janitorial",
  "states": ["TX", "VA"],
  "noticeTypes": ["o", "k"],
  "responseDueWithinDays": 30
}
```

Who won recent janitorial contracts, and for how much:

```json
{
  "keywords": "janitorial",
  "noticeTypes": ["a"],
  "activeOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "noticeId": "4924a9998b8444c3ace265513047df72",
  "title": "SILVAH software coding",
  "solicitationNumber": "12760426Q0195",
  "noticeType": "Sources Sought",
  "postedDate": "2026-10-22T17:26:33+00:00",
  "responseDeadline": "2026-11-11T15:00:00-05:00",
  "department": "AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF",
  "agency": "FOREST SERVICE",
  "office": "USDA FS WO AQM IT SUPPORT BRANCH",
  "officeAddress": "4000 MASTHEAD NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87109",
  "naicsCodes": ["541511"],
  "pscCode": "DA01",
  "setAside": "Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)",
  "setAsideCode": "SBA",
  "placeOfPerformance": { "city": "Parsons", "state": "WV", "country": "USA", "text": "Parsons, WV" },
  "contacts": [
    { "type": "primary", "name": "Brandon Newland", "email": "brandon.newland@usda.gov", "phone": null }
  ],
  "description": "The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) is conducting market research to identify capable sources to repair SILVAH version 8 in C++ code...",
  "attachments": [
    { "name": "RFI_Silvah_12760426Q0195.pdf", "type": "file", "sizeBytes": 172184, "url": "https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/b51f1395e56844acbf0a2b1a68453084/download" }
  ],
  "award": null,
  "url": "https://sam.gov/opp/4924a9998b8444c3ace265513047df72/view"
}
```

Award notices fill `award`:

```json
{ "awardee": "SOUTHERN FEDERAL, LLC", "awardeeUei": "TDFJKE6SBJD5", "amount": 213669, "date": "2026-10-16", "contractNumber": "W911SA27PA006" }
```

### Uses

- **Bid pipelines:** daily new solicitations in your NAICS codes and set-asides, straight into a spreadsheet or CRM
- **Sources sought and presolicitations:** get in front of the contracting officer before the RFP drops
- **Competitor research:** who wins awards in your space, at what price, with which agencies
- **Teaming and subcontracting:** find primes that just won work you can support
- **Pair it with** [Government Contract Winner Leads](https://apify.com/scrapemint/government-contract-winner-leads) for award history from USAspending

### Notice type codes

`o` Solicitation, `k` Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, `p` Presolicitation, `r` Sources Sought, `s` Special Notice, `a` Award Notice, `u` Justification, `i` Intent to Bundle, `g` Sale of Surplus Property

### Pricing

- **$0.0015** per notice, contacts and attachments included
- No start fee. A run that finds nothing is free.

Data comes from SAM.gov, the official US government system for federal contract opportunities.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

Words to search in titles and descriptions, e.g. cybersecurity, janitorial, "cloud migration". Leave empty to list everything that matches the filters.

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

e.g. 541511 (custom programming), 541512 (systems design), 541330 (engineering), 236220 (commercial building), 561720 (janitorial), 541611 (management consulting).

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

Empty = all types. Default: open bids and early-stage notices.

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

Keep only notices reserved for these business types. Empty = any.

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

Two-letter state codes, e.g. TX, VA, DC.

## `postedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

0 = any date. Use 1 on a daily schedule for a feed of new and amended notices.

## `responseDueWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Only notices whose response deadline falls between today and N days from now. 0 = any deadline.

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

Off includes archived and past notices (useful for award history).

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Reads each notice: contracting officer name, email and phone, NAICS and PSC codes, set-aside, place of performance, full description, attachment links and award details. Off = search fields only, faster.

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

Newest first. SAM.gov returns up to 10,000 per search.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": "software",
  "noticeTypes": [
    "o",
    "k",
    "p",
    "r"
  ],
  "setAsides": [],
  "postedWithinDays": 0,
  "responseDueWithinDays": 0,
  "activeOnly": true,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxResults": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `notices` (type: `string`):

Title, notice type, solicitation number, agency, deadline, NAICS, set-aside, place of performance, contacts, description, attachments and award.

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

Matching notices, rows written and the search used.

# 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": "software"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapemint/sam-gov-contract-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": "software" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapemint/sam-gov-contract-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": "software"
}' |
apify call scrapemint/sam-gov-contract-opportunities --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapemint/sam-gov-contract-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/EFSBt12FeAUwxfQkr/builds/5KytHcHMlAjSwBFRr/openapi.json