SAM.gov Contract Opportunities: federal tenders, no API key

US federal contract opportunities from SAM.gov by keyword: solicitations, sources sought, presolicitations and awards with agency, NAICS, set-aside, deadline, place of performance and award amount. Read from GSA's official daily public extract: no API key, no daily quota. Pay per notice.

Why this scraper

• No API key and no daily quota. The official SAM.gov API allows a public key about ten calls a day. This actor reads GSA's official public extract instead (the Contract Opportunities dataset on data.gov), so a run over 60 days and fifty searches is one download, not hundreds of API calls.
• A legal source. SAM.gov's terms forbid scraping the website and its search; this actor only reads the file GSA publishes for exactly this use.
• Fast and stable. Measured on 03-10-2026: a seven-day window held 6,270 notices and was read in 16 seconds. No browser, no login, no proxy.
• No personal data. The contact person columns of the extract are never read into a row, and email addresses and phone numbers inside notice texts are masked (1,036 of 6,270 texts carried one).
• Only delivered notices are charged. A search without matches comes back as a free error row with the reason.

Who this is for

• Government contractors and small businesses watching for new solicitations in their NAICS codes, set-asides or states.
• Bid and capture teams, consultants and GovCon newsletters that need the week's opportunities as data.
• Analysts tracking awards: winning company, amount and date on award notices.

Who this is not for

Read this before you buy. This actor covers notices posted in the last 60 days at most; it is not a historical archive. It does not deliver the names, emails or phone numbers of contracting officers: open the notice on SAM.gov through its url for those. Attachments (solicitation documents) are not downloaded. The extract is refreshed once a day by GSA, so a notice posted this afternoon appears in tomorrow's runs.

Input fields

Field	Type	Required or default	What it does
searches	list of text	required	One search per row, up to 50: keywords that must all appear in the title or description (for example 'cybersecurity' or 'roof repair'), or * for every notice that passes the filters below.
postedWithinDays	number	7	Only notices posted in the last N days, 1 to 60.
noticeTypes	list of text		Only these types, for example Solicitation, Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, Presolicitation, Sources Sought, Award Notice, Special Notice. Empty means all.
naicsCodes	list of text		Only these NAICS codes; a prefix such as 5415 also matches 541512. Empty means all.
setAsideCodes	list of text		Only these set-asides, for example SBA, 8A, WOSB, SDVOSBC, HZC. Empty means all.
agencies	list of text		Only notices whose department, sub-tier or office contains one of these, for example 'army' or 'veterans affairs'. Empty means all.
states	list of text		Two-letter state codes such as TX or VA. Empty means all.
activeOnly	true/false	true	Skip notices SAM.gov marks as inactive.
openForResponsesOnly	true/false	false	Only notices whose response deadline is today or later.
includeDescription	true/false	true	Add the notice text (up to 20,000 characters).
maxNoticesPerSearch	number	200	Cost ceiling per search, newest first.

Input example

{
    "searches": ["cybersecurity", "*"],
    "postedWithinDays": 7,
    "naicsCodes": ["5415"],
    "setAsideCodes": ["SBA"],
    "openForResponsesOnly": true,
    "maxNoticesPerSearch": 200
}

Output example

Field	Type	What it holds	Example
search	text	The search this row was found with: the keywords, or * for every notice that passed the filters.	cybersecurity
noticeId	text	SAM.gov's own ID of the notice.	d04fee51de354a87bd48c2404aedc15c
title	text	The title of the notice as the agency wrote it.	Test Evaluation and Technical Support Services (TETSS)
solicitationNumber	text	The agency's solicitation number, when it has one.
noticeType	text	Solicitation, Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, Presolicitation, Sources Sought, Award Notice, Special Notice and so on.	Special Notice
baseType	text	The type the notice was first posted as; differs from noticeType after an amendment.
postedDate	text	When the notice was posted, ISO 8601.	2026-10-02T13:30:22
responseDeadline	text	When offers or responses are due, ISO 8601 with the agency's time zone.	2026-10-14T17:00:00-04:00
archiveDate	text	When SAM.gov archives the notice.
active	true/false	Whether SAM.gov lists the notice as active.
department	text	The department or independent agency.	DEPT OF DEFENSE
subTier	text	The sub-tier agency, for example DEPT OF THE ARMY.	DEPT OF THE ARMY
office	text	The contracting office.
naicsCode	text	The NAICS industry code of the requirement.	541330
classificationCode	text	The product or service code (PSC).
setAsideCode	text	Short code of the set-aside, for example SBA or SDVOSBC.
setAside	text	The set-aside in words, for example Total Small Business Set-Aside.	No Set aside used
placeOfPerformanceCity	text	City where the work is performed.
placeOfPerformanceState	text	Two-letter state where the work is performed.	TX
placeOfPerformanceZip	text	ZIP code where the work is performed.
placeOfPerformanceCountry	text	Country where the work is performed.
awardNumber	text	Contract number, on award notices.
awardDate	text	Date of the award, on award notices.
awardAmount	number	Award value in US dollars as a number, on award notices.
awardee	text	The company that won, on award notices.
officeCity	text	City of the contracting office.
officeState	text	State of the contracting office.
officeCountry	text	Country of the contracting office.
additionalInfoLink	text	Extra link the agency added, when there is one.
url	text	The notice on SAM.gov.	https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d04fee51de354a87bd...
description	text	The notice text, up to 20,000 characters; email addresses and phone numbers are masked.

A real row from a run on 03-10-2026 (description shortened):

{
  "search": "*",
  "noticeId": "d04fee51de354a87bd48c2404aedc15c",
  "title": "Test Evaluation and Technical Support Services (TETSS)",
  "solicitationNumber": null,
  "noticeType": "Special Notice",
  "baseType": "Special Notice",
  "postedDate": "2026-10-02T13:30:22",
  "responseDeadline": "2026-10-14T17:00:00-04:00",
  "archiveDate": "2026-10-29",
  "active": true,
  "department": "DEPT OF DEFENSE",
  "subTier": "DEPT OF THE ARMY",
  "office": "W6QM MICC-FDO FT HOOD",
  "naicsCode": "541330",
  "classificationCode": "R425",
  "setAsideCode": "NONE",
  "setAside": "No Set aside used",
  "placeOfPerformanceCity": "Fort Hood",
  "placeOfPerformanceState": "TX",
  "placeOfPerformanceZip": "76544",
  "placeOfPerformanceCountry": "USA",
  "awardNumber": null,
  "awardDate": null,
  "awardAmount": null,
  "awardee": null,
  "officeCity": "FORT HOOD",
  "officeState": "TX",
  "officeCountry": "USA",
  "additionalInfoLink": null,
  "url": "https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d04fee51de354a87bd48c2404aedc15c/view",
  "description": "NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE. This is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source published in ..."
}

Error codes: INVALID_INPUT, NO_RESULTS, BAD_SOURCE, DUPLICATE_INPUT, BLOCKED.

Related actors from steadydata

• eu-tenders: the same for EU-wide notices on TED
• uk-contracts-finder: UK public sector tenders and awards
• sec-edgar-filings: official filings of a US-listed awardee

Pricing

Pay per event: one notice-listed event per delivered notice. No charge for searches without matches, no separate platform-usage surcharge, and one download of the extract serves every search in the run.

Free Apify plan: this actor delivers up to 25 rows per run for accounts on the Apify free plan, and then stops with a message. That limit is set by us, not by Apify. Any paid Apify plan runs it at full size, billed per delivered row.

FAQ

Do I need a SAM.gov account or API key? No. The actor reads the public extract GSA publishes daily.

How fresh is the data? GSA refreshes the extract once a day, early in the morning US time. Notices posted after that appear the next day.

How do keyword searches match? Every word must appear in the title or the notice text, case-insensitive. Use * to take everything that passes the filters.

Can I get only open solicitations for my NAICS code? Yes: put the code (or a prefix) in naicsCodes, set noticeTypes to Solicitation and Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, and switch on openForResponsesOnly.

Is personal data collected? No. Contact names, emails, phones and faxes of contracting officers are dropped, and email addresses and phone numbers inside notice texts are masked. Awardees are companies.

What happens when the source changes? The actor is monitored daily. If GSA changes the file, runs return a clear BAD_SOURCE error row instead of wrong data, and you are not charged.