# USAspending Federal Contract Awards Watch (`socosupply/usaspending-awards-watch`) Actor Scheduled monitor for new or modified US federal contract awards from the official USAspending API (no API key). Filter by NAICS, PSC, awarding agency, recipient name, award amount, and place of performance. Pairs with SAM.gov opportunity watches for govcon pipeline tracking. - **URL**: https://apify.com/socosupply/usaspending-awards-watch.md - **Developed by:** [Soco Supply](https://apify.com/socosupply) (community) - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $4.00 / 1,000 award records 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 ## USAspending Federal Contract Awards Watch Monitor **new or modified US federal contract awards** using the official [USAspending.gov API](https://api.usaspending.gov/) (no API key). Each scheduled run returns awards that are **new or changed** since the previous run, filtered to your NAICS, PSC, agency, recipient, amount, and state criteria. State is stored in the named key-value store `usaspending-awards-watch-state`. Use alongside [SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Watch](https://apify.com/socosupply/sam-opportunities-watch) to watch both **pre-award solicitations** and **post-award spending** for the same NAICS niche. ### Input example ```json { "naicsCodes": ["541511"], "pscCodes": [], "awardingAgencies": ["Department of Veterans Affairs"], "recipientSearchTerms": [], "keywords": ["cloud"], "placeOfPerformanceStates": ["CA", "VA"], "minAwardAmount": 100000, "maxAwardAmount": 0, "modifiedWithinDays": 14, "maxResults": 50, "emitAll": false } ``` ### Output example ```json { "awardId": "36C24825F0149", "generatedInternalId": "CONT_AWD_36C24825F0149_3600_V797D70260_3600", "recipientName": "BECKMAN COULTER, INC", "awardAmount": 549031.84, "awardingAgency": "Department of Veterans Affairs", "naicsCode": null, "pscCode": null, "placeOfPerformanceState": "FL", "lastModifiedDate": "2026-10-04 23:38:33", "description": "HEMATOLOGY COST PER TEST, EQUIPMENT, REAGENTS, AND ALL SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.", "uiLink": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C24825F0149_3600_V797D70260_3600", "changeType": "new" } ``` Recipient names are **organization names from federal award records** (public data). Individual contact details are never included. ### Sample run vs. monitoring | Mode | `emitAll` | What you get | |------|-----------|--------------| | **Sample / first look** | `true` | Up to `maxResults` matching awards (changeType `new`, `updated`, or `unchanged`) so you can inspect the feed. | | **Scheduled monitoring** | `false` | Only awards that are **new** or **updated** since the last successful run. Second run with the same filters typically emits **zero** rows. | Turn `emitAll` off after your first run when scheduling daily or hourly checks. ### Pricing Pay per event: **$4.00 per 1,000 dataset items** returned, plus **$0.003 per Actor start** (1 GB default memory). ### Data source - API: `POST https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/` - Contract award types: A, B, C, D - Terms: [USAspending](https://www.usaspending.gov/) is US federal open data; respect API rate limits (the Actor pauses 250 ms between pages). # Actor input Schema ## `naicsCodes` (type: `array`): Include contract awards with these NAICS codes. Empty = any NAICS. ## `pscCodes` (type: `array`): Product Service Code filter. Empty = any PSC. ## `awardingAgencies` (type: `array`): Top-tier awarding agency names as in USAspending (e.g. Department of Veterans Affairs). Empty = any agency. ## `recipientSearchTerms` (type: `array`): Match awards where the recipient organization name contains any of these terms (official USAspending recipient_search_text filter). ## `keywords` (type: `array`): Match if any keyword appears in the award description or award ID (case-insensitive). ## `placeOfPerformanceStates` (type: `array`): Two-letter US state codes where work is performed. Empty = any. ## `minAwardAmount` (type: `number`): 0 = no minimum. ## `maxAwardAmount` (type: `number`): 0 = no maximum. ## `modifiedWithinDays` (type: `integer`): Only include awards whose Last Modified Date on USAspending is within this many days (UTC). The API query window is sized to this range. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Stop after pushing this many award records (0 = unlimited). ## `emitAll` (type: `boolean`): If true, push every award matching filters (changeType will be new, updated, or unchanged). If false, only new or updated since the last run. The example input turns this on so a first run shows a sample; turn it off for scheduled monitoring. ## Actor input object example ```json { "naicsCodes": [ "541511" ], "pscCodes": [], "awardingAgencies": [], "recipientSearchTerms": [], "keywords": [], "placeOfPerformanceStates": [], "minAwardAmount": 0, "maxAwardAmount": 0, "modifiedWithinDays": 14, "maxResults": 10, "emitAll": true } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): New or updated federal contract awards from this run (default dataset). # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "naicsCodes": [ "541511" ], "pscCodes": [], "awardingAgencies": [], "recipientSearchTerms": [], "keywords": [], "placeOfPerformanceStates": [], "minAwardAmount": 0, "maxAwardAmount": 0, "modifiedWithinDays": 14, "maxResults": 10, "emitAll": true }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("socosupply/usaspending-awards-watch").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "naicsCodes": ["541511"], "pscCodes": [], "awardingAgencies": [], "recipientSearchTerms": [], "keywords": [], "placeOfPerformanceStates": [], "minAwardAmount": 0, "maxAwardAmount": 0, "modifiedWithinDays": 14, "maxResults": 10, "emitAll": True, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("socosupply/usaspending-awards-watch").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 '{ "naicsCodes": [ "541511" ], "pscCodes": [], "awardingAgencies": [], "recipientSearchTerms": [], "keywords": [], "placeOfPerformanceStates": [], "minAwardAmount": 0, "maxAwardAmount": 0, "modifiedWithinDays": 14, "maxResults": 10, "emitAll": true }' | apify call socosupply/usaspending-awards-watch --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,socosupply/usaspending-awards-watch" } } } ``` 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 ` 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/cRVxBrjR88RkbmaWM/builds/6T3Skb9uWzBh5Ypgl/openapi.json