# GovCon Monitor - SAM.gov + Expiring Contract Recompetes (`splendorous_astrolabe_xs9/govcon-monitor`) Actor

SAM.gov opportunities joined with USAspending award history. Recompete radar finds expiring incumbent contracts before they hit the street.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/splendorous\_astrolabe\_xs9/govcon-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Mike](https://apify.com/splendorous_astrolabe_xs9) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 33.3% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 contract 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## GovCon Monitor — SAM.gov Opportunities + Expiring-Contract Recompete Radar

Federal contracting is a $700B/year market where the winners are decided long before the RFP drops. This actor is a standing monitor with three modes:

1. **opportunities** — new SAM.gov notices matching your NAICS / agency / set-aside / keyword filters (official free SAM.gov API).
2. **awards** — recently signed contract awards from USAspending (official free API, no key).
3. **recompete** — *the money mode*: contracts whose **period of performance ends within your horizon**, pulled from USAspending award history and (when you provide a SAM.gov key) joined against live SAM.gov notices to show which expirations already have a recompete posted — and which are still open field. Nobody else does this join.

### Why recompete mode matters

Every expiring contract is a future RFP. If you find it 12 months out you can shape the requirement, meet the program office, and team up. If you find it on SAM.gov, you're 6 months behind the incumbent. Recompete mode gives you, per contract: incumbent, agency, NAICS, value, end date, `days_until_expiry`, an `expiry_bucket` (0-3 / 3-6 / 6-12 / 12+ months) and `recompete_posted` with any matching live notices.

### Output sample (recompete mode)

```json
{
  "record_type": "recompete",
  "award_id": "70US0921F1DHS0015",
  "recipient": "AVER LLC",
  "awarding_agency": "Department of Homeland Security",
  "awarding_sub_agency": "Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency",
  "naics": "541512",
  "naics_description": "COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES",
  "amount": 4689264.0,
  "start_date": "2021-09-13",
  "end_date": "2027-08-03",
  "days_until_expiry": 364,
  "expiry_bucket": "6-12 months",
  "description": "CDM DEFEND TASK ORDER...",
  "usaspending_url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_...",
  "recompete_posted": false,
  "possible_recompete_notices": []
}
```

When a SAM.gov key is provided, `possible_recompete_notices` lists live notices whose NAICS matches and whose title overlaps the award description/incumbent (heuristic join, matched terms included so you can judge each hit).

### Input

```json
{
  "mode": "recompete",
  "samApiKey": "YOUR-FREE-SAM-GOV-KEY",
  "naicsCodes": ["541512", "541511"],
  "agencies": ["Department of Defense"],
  "setAsides": ["SBA", "SDVOSBC"],
  "keywords": ["cybersecurity"],
  "monthsAhead": 12,
  "minAwardAmount": 1000000
}
```

#### Getting your free SAM.gov API key (2 minutes, standard practice)

1. Sign in (or register, free) at [sam.gov](https://sam.gov).
2. Click your name → **Account Details**.
3. In the **API Key** section, enter your password and click **Request/Generate API Key**. Copy it into the `samApiKey` input.
4. Keys expire after 90 days — regenerate in the same place when the actor reports an auth error.

`awards` mode needs no key at all; `recompete` works without one (the live-notice join is simply skipped and `recompete_posted` is `null`).

### Use cases

- **BD pipeline for contractors** — a scheduled recompete run per NAICS is your 12-month capture list.
- **Small-business set-aside hunting** — filter opportunities by `SDVOSBC`, `8A`, `WOSB`...
- **Competitive intel** — track every award your competitors win (awards mode, keyword = their name).
- **Teaming radar** — expiring contracts where the incumbent is out of your size standard = prime/sub openings.

### Using from Claude / MCP

```json
{
  "tool": "your-username/govcon-monitor",
  "input": { "mode": "recompete", "samApiKey": "…", "naicsCodes": ["541512"], "monthsAhead": 12 }
}
```

*"Which DHS IT contracts over $1M expire in the next year and don't have a recompete posted yet?"* — one call.

### Pricing

Monthly rental: **$15/month** flat after a 7-day free trial. It's a monitoring product — schedule it daily/weekly and every run is included. (One shaped opportunity pays for a decade of subscriptions.)

### Data & fair use

Both upstream APIs are official U.S. government open-data services (SAM.gov Get Opportunities Public API, USAspending API). The SAM.gov key is **your own** and is used only against api.sam.gov; it is stored as a secret input. Requests are paced and retried with exponential backoff to stay well inside published rate limits.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

<b>opportunities</b>: fresh SAM.gov notices (requires your free SAM.gov API key). <b>awards</b>: recently signed awards from USAspending (no key needed). <b>recompete</b>: contracts whose period of performance ends within your horizon — incumbents to displace and RFPs to expect; enriched with matching live SAM.gov notices when a key is provided.

## `samApiKey` (type: `string`):

Your own free SAM.gov Public API key — takes 2 minutes to get (sam.gov → sign in → Account Details → API Key; see README). Required for <b>opportunities</b> mode; optional for <b>recompete</b> (enables the live-notice join); unused in <b>awards</b> mode.

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

NAICS codes to match, e.g. <code>541512</code> (computer systems design), <code>541511</code>, <code>236220</code>. Leave empty for all — not recommended, the firehose is large.

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

Awarding agency names (top-tier), e.g. <code>Department of Defense</code>, <code>Department of Veterans Affairs</code>, <code>General Services Administration</code>. Leave empty for all agencies.

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

Limit to these set-aside programs (SAM.gov codes). Leave empty for all.

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

Free-text keywords matched against notice titles / award descriptions (any match).

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

opportunities: how far back to scan posted notices. awards: window of recently signed awards.

## `monthsAhead` (type: `integer`):

recompete mode: include contracts whose period of performance ends within this many months. 12-18 months is the sweet spot — agencies typically start recompete planning about a year out.

## `minAwardAmount` (type: `integer`):

awards / recompete: ignore contracts below this obligated amount.

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

Cap on records pushed per run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "recompete",
  "naicsCodes": [
    "541512"
  ],
  "agencies": [],
  "setAsides": [],
  "keywords": [],
  "daysBack": 7,
  "monthsAhead": 12,
  "minAwardAmount": 100000,
  "maxResults": 2000
}
```

# 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 = {
    "naicsCodes": [
        "541512"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("splendorous_astrolabe_xs9/govcon-monitor").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 = { "naicsCodes": ["541512"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("splendorous_astrolabe_xs9/govcon-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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": [
    "541512"
  ]
}' |
apify call splendorous_astrolabe_xs9/govcon-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=splendorous_astrolabe_xs9/govcon-monitor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/TIOFdltAmZYxXWc8f/builds/Qa9MArtq7vk7aSih7/openapi.json