# SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Monitor (`starwebdigital/samgov-contract-notice-monitor`) Actor

Find & monitor federal contract opportunities (RFPs, RFQs, solicitations) from SAM.gov's official daily file. Filter by NAICS, set-aside, agency, state & deadline. Get new/amended alerts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/starwebdigital/samgov-contract-notice-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Datawell](https://apify.com/starwebdigital) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 notice returneds

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

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# README

## SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Monitor

Find and monitor **U.S. federal contract opportunities** from SAM.gov: **RFPs, RFQs, solicitations, combined synopses, sources sought, presolicitations and award notices**. Filter by **NAICS, PSC, set-aside (SBA, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB), agency, state, posted date, response deadline and keywords**. Turn on **monitor mode** to get only **new or amended** notices on each run. Schedule it daily and you have a federal bid alert feed.

- ✅ **No SAM.gov account, API key or login.** It reads SAM.gov's official public daily extract.
- ✅ **Reliable.** One file download per run. No screen scraping, no search-page rate limits.
- ✅ **New and amended detection.** It catches new notices, amendments and deadline changes, with a separate saved state for each monitor.
- ✅ **Deadline-aware.** Every row has `daysUntilDeadline` and a `deadlineSoon` flag.
- ✅ **Clean output.** Normalized JSON, CSV or Excel, with a direct SAM.gov link for every notice.
- ✅ **No personal contact data.** Contracting officer names, emails and phones are left out.

### Who uses it

| Who | What for |
|---|---|
| Small businesses & GovCon startups | Daily alerts for solicitations in your NAICS codes and set-aside category |
| Business development & capture teams | Track target agencies and states. Never miss an amendment or deadline change |
| Proposal writers & GovCon consultants | Build client pipelines and weekly opportunity digests |
| Bid-matching apps, CRMs & AI agents | Feed structured federal opportunity data to Sheets, Airtable, HubSpot, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n or an LLM |
| Market researchers | Analyze federal demand by NAICS, PSC, agency and place of performance |

### How it works

1. Downloads SAM.gov's **Contract Opportunities public extract** (`ContractOpportunitiesFullCSV.csv`, about 200 MB, about 70,000 active notices, rebuilt daily by SAM.gov).
2. Streams through it and applies your filters.
3. Saves matching notices to the dataset. In **monitor mode** it compares each match with your previous runs and returns only `new` or `amended` notices.

A full scan takes about 1-2 minutes. Runs with a low `maxResults` stop as soon as the cap is reached.

### Input examples

**Small-business IT solicitations, due in the next 30 days**

```json
{
  "naicsCodes": ["5415"],
  "setAsideCodes": ["SBA", "8A", "SDVOSBC", "WOSB"],
  "noticeTypes": ["Solicitation", "Combined Synopsis/Solicitation", "Sources Sought"],
  "deadlineWithinDays": 30,
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

**Daily monitor: construction in Virginia & Maryland (schedule every morning)**

```json
{
  "naicsCodes": ["236", "237", "238"],
  "states": ["VA", "MD"],
  "monitorMode": true,
  "monitorStateKey": "construction-va-md",
  "maxResults": 0
}
```

**Precise keyword search (title only)**

```json
{
  "keywords": ["cybersecurity", "zero trust"],
  "keywordSearchIn": "title",
  "postedWithinDays": 14
}
```

#### Filters

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `keywords`, `excludeKeywords`, `keywordSearchIn` | Any-match text search in the title + description (default) or the title only |
| `naicsCodes` | NAICS codes or prefixes (`5415` matches 541511, 541512, ...) |
| `pscCodes` | Product Service Code prefixes (`D3`, `R4`, `Z1`...) |
| `setAsideCodes` | `SBA`, `SBP`, `8A`, `8AN`, `HZC`, `HZS`, `SDVOSBC`, `SDVOSBS`, `WOSB`, `WOSBSS`, `EDWOSB`, `VSA`, `ISBEE`, `IEE`, `NONE` |
| `noticeTypes` | Solicitation, Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, Presolicitation, Sources Sought, Special Notice, Award Notice, Justification... |
| `agencyKeywords` | Matches department, sub-tier agency and office names (e.g. `VETERANS AFFAIRS`, `ARMY`) |
| `states` | Place-of-performance state codes |
| `postedWithinDays`, `postedAfter` | Posted-date window |
| `deadlineWithinDays`, `responseDeadlineFrom`, `responseDeadlineTo` | Response-deadline window |
| `excludeExpired` | Hide notices whose deadline has passed (default on) |
| `deadlineSoonDays` | Threshold for the `deadlineSoon` flag (default 7) |
| `monitorMode`, `monitorStateKey`, `monitorFirstRunOutputs` | New/amended monitoring. Use one state key per saved search |
| `includeDescription`, `descriptionMaxLength`, `maxResults` | Output size controls |

### Output sample

```json
{
  "noticeId": "f50d635e4b9d4404916c47df2357fc66",
  "title": "Admin Management, Data Management, Software Development (Quality Assurance Inspection Software for EMS)",
  "solicitationNumber": "36C26026Q1017",
  "noticeType": "Combined Synopsis/Solicitation",
  "department": "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF",
  "subTier": "VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF",
  "office": "260-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 20 (36C260)",
  "postedDate": "2026-10-13T18:26:14",
  "responseDeadline": "2026-11-03T17:00:00-08:00",
  "daysUntilDeadline": 16,
  "deadlineSoon": false,
  "naicsCode": "541519",
  "pscCode": "H979",
  "setAsideCode": "SDVOSBC",
  "setAside": "Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)",
  "placeOfPerformance": { "city": null, "state": "OR", "zip": "97239", "country": "USA" },
  "officeLocation": { "city": "VANCOUVER", "state": "WA", "zip": "98661", "country": "USA" },
  "award": null,
  "active": true,
  "samUrl": "https://sam.gov/opp/f50d635e4b9d4404916c47df2357fc66/view",
  "description": "Amendment 0001- Answer Questions submitted from vendors by questions deadline of 10/05/2026 and adding attachment 1 revised RFQ 36C26026Q1017 ...",
  "changeType": null,
  "fileLastModified": "2026-10-18T03:30:36.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T19:02:22.924Z"
}
```

- `changeType` is `new` or `amended` in monitor mode.
- `daysUntilDeadline` counts whole days left (0 = due within 24 hours).
- Award notices also include `award.number`, `award.date`, `award.amount` and `award.awardee`.

### Pricing

Pay per event. There are no platform usage fees on top.

| Event | Price | When it's charged |
|---|---|---|
| Run start | **$0.01** per run | Once per run. Covers downloading and scanning the full SAM.gov file |
| Notice returned | **$0.002** per notice | Each notice returned in search mode ($2 per 1,000) |
| New or amended notice | **$0.005** per notice | Each new or changed notice in monitor mode. **Unchanged notices are free** |

**Examples**

- One-off search returning 100 notices: **$0.21** total ($0.01 run fee plus 100 × $0.002)
- Daily monitor finding 3 new notices: **$0.025** that day
- Daily monitor on a day with nothing new: **$0.01**
- Typical niche monitor (a few NAICS codes, a few states, about 2 new notices a day): about **$0.60 a month**

Set a **maximum cost per run** and the Actor stops as soon as it's reached.

### FAQ

**How fresh is the data?**
SAM.gov rebuilds the public extract about once a day, usually overnight U.S. Eastern time. A notice posted today usually appears after the next rebuild. Every row includes `fileLastModified`. If you need notices within minutes of posting, use the official SAM.gov API with your own key.

**Does it include archived or historical notices?**
No. The extract contains currently **active** notices only.

**Why are there no contracting officer names, emails or phones?**
By design, this Actor outputs no personal contact data. It also removes emails and phone numbers from description text, on a best-effort basis. Open `samUrl` to see the official point of contact.

**Does it download attachments (SOW, RFP documents)?**
No. Open `samUrl` to view the notice's attachments on SAM.gov.

**How is "amended" detected?**
The Actor keeps a fingerprint of each notice's key fields: title, type, posted date, deadline, archive date, set-aside, NAICS, PSC, place of performance, award fields and description. If any of them change, the notice comes back as `amended`. State is stored per `monitorStateKey`, so you can run several independent monitors.

**Why do some keyword matches look unrelated?**
Many notices include boilerplate clauses (cybersecurity, CUI, and so on) in the description. Set `keywordSearchIn` to `title` for precise matches.

**Why is there a $0.01 run fee?**
Every run downloads and scans SAM.gov's full daily file, even when nothing new matches. The flat fee covers that work and keeps per-notice prices low.

**Can I send results to Google Sheets, Slack or my CRM?**
Yes. Use Apify integrations (Google Sheets, Slack, email, webhooks, Zapier, Make, n8n) or the Apify API. Schedule the Actor daily in monitor mode to push only new rows.

**What time zone are dates in?**
`responseDeadline` is passed through as published, usually with a UTC offset. `postedDate` has no time zone in the source file.

### Data source, disclaimer & warranty

The data comes from the **SAM.gov Contract Opportunities public data extract** at [sam.gov/data-services](https://sam.gov/data-services), published by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). SAM.gov's Terms of Use point to its APIs and data extracts as the way to get this data. This Actor uses only the public extract. It doesn't log in, doesn't scrape SAM.gov pages, and doesn't use sensitive or FOUO data. Works of the U.S. federal government are generally in the public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105).

**This Actor is unofficial. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by SAM.gov, GSA or any U.S. government agency.**

The data is provided **"as is", without warranty of any kind**, express or implied, including accuracy, completeness or fitness for a particular purpose. Always confirm details, amendments and deadlines on the official SAM.gov notice before you bid.

# Actor input Schema

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

Return notices whose title or description contains ANY of these words or phrases (case-insensitive). Leave empty for no keyword filter.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Skip notices whose title or description contains any of these words or phrases.

## `keywordSearchIn` (type: `string`):

Where to look for keywords. 'Title only' gives fewer, more precise matches (many descriptions contain boilerplate clauses that mention e.g. cybersecurity).

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

NAICS codes or prefixes. '5415' matches 541511, 541512, etc. Any listed code matches.

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

Product Service Codes or prefixes, e.g. 'D3' (IT services) or 'Z1' (maintenance of real property).

## `setAsideCodes` (type: `array`):

Small-business set-aside codes. Common: SBA (total small business), SBP (partial), 8A, 8AN, HZC, HZS, SDVOSBC, SDVOSBS, WOSB, WOSBSS, EDWOSB, VSA, ISBEE, IEE, NONE.

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

Limit to these notice types. Leave empty for all.

## `agencyKeywords` (type: `array`):

Match against department, sub-tier agency and office names, e.g. 'VETERANS AFFAIRS', 'ARMY', 'FOREST SERVICE'.

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

Two-letter state codes for the place of performance, e.g. VA, MD, TX.

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

Only notices posted (or last updated) in the last N days. 0 = no limit.

## `postedAfter` (type: `string`):

Only notices posted on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `responseDeadlineFrom` (type: `string`):

Only notices whose response deadline is on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Notices without a deadline are excluded when a deadline window is set.

## `responseDeadlineTo` (type: `string`):

Only notices whose response deadline is on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `deadlineWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Shortcut: only notices due within the next N days. 0 = no limit.

## `excludeExpired` (type: `boolean`):

Skip notices whose response deadline is already in the past. Notices without a deadline are kept.

## `deadlineSoonDays` (type: `integer`):

Rows due within this many days get deadlineSoon = true.

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Remember what was returned before and only return notices that are new or changed since the previous run with the same state key. Schedule the Actor daily to get a feed of fresh opportunities.

## `monitorStateKey` (type: `string`):

Name for this saved search. Use a different key for each separate monitor (e.g. 'it-va', 'construction-tx').

## `monitorFirstRunOutputs` (type: `boolean`):

On the first run of a new monitor, return all current matches (charged as new). Turn off to save a silent baseline and only get changes from the next run on.

## `includeDescription` (type: `boolean`):

Include the notice description. Emails and phone numbers inside the text are removed.

## `descriptionMaxLength` (type: `integer`):

Truncate descriptions to this many characters. 0 = no limit.

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

Maximum notices to return in this run. 0 = no limit.

## `sourceUrl` (type: `string`):

Leave empty. Only for testing with a mirror of the official extract.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "cybersecurity"
  ],
  "keywordSearchIn": "titleAndDescription",
  "excludeExpired": true,
  "deadlineSoonDays": 7,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "monitorStateKey": "default",
  "monitorFirstRunOutputs": true,
  "includeDescription": true,
  "descriptionMaxLength": 5000,
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Normalized contract opportunity notices that matched the filters (in monitor mode: only new or amended notices). Overview table view.

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

JSON summary of the run: rows scanned, matched, emitted, new/amended/unchanged counts, file last-modified time, and whether the run stopped early.

# 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"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("starwebdigital/samgov-contract-notice-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 = { "keywords": ["cybersecurity"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("starwebdigital/samgov-contract-notice-monitor").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"
  ]
}' |
apify call starwebdigital/samgov-contract-notice-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,starwebdigital/samgov-contract-notice-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

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/hJBC8yfQeDiPB1edd/builds/xctIiKRYpZdwaFvwI/openapi.json