GovCon Recompete & Incumbent Watch

Government contractors, capture teams, and BD agencies use this actor to watch public federal award records for recompete windows. Provide agencies, keywords, NAICS/PSC codes, recipient names, date windows, and minimum award amounts. The actor returns source-linked incumbent map, recompete candidate, change, report, and optional award rows.

Store Quickstart

Run with dryRun=false and public award search filters.

{
  "awardSearches": [
    {
      "id": "cloud-watch",
      "keywords": ["cloud", "modernization"],
      "naicsCodes": ["541512"],
      "daysUntilEnd": 365,
      "minimumAwardAmount": 1000000
    }
  ],
  "emitBaselineSummary": true,
  "generateReport": true,
  "emitUnchanged": false,
  "dryRun": false
}

Run the next report

• Generate a govcon-recompete-watch-report after the first recompete candidate scan to review incumbent, NAICS/PSC, end-date, and award-size evidence in one row.
• Export govcon-incumbent-map-generated rows when capture teams need a short public-data handoff for agency and keyword watchlists.
• Discover new matched tenders and grants before award history exists with Government Tender & Grants Alert Report.

Input Examples

NAICS watch

{
  "awardSearches": [
    {
      "id": "it-services",
      "naicsCodes": ["541512"],
      "daysUntilEnd": 540,
      "minimumAwardAmount": 500000
    }
  ],
  "dryRun": false
}

Incumbent-name watch

{
  "awardSearches": [
    {
      "id": "incumbent-watch",
      "recipientNames": ["Example Federal LLC"],
      "keywords": ["help desk", "cloud"],
      "daysUntilEnd": 365
    }
  ],
  "generateReport": true,
  "dryRun": false
}

Optional award observation rows

{
  "awardSearches": [
    {
      "id": "cyber-watch",
      "keywords": ["cybersecurity"],
      "pscCodes": ["D310"],
      "daysUntilEnd": 730
    }
  ],
  "emitAwardRows": true,
  "dryRun": false
}

Sample Output

{
  "actorName": "govcon-recompete-incumbent-watch-scraper",
  "rowType": "govcon_recompete_candidate",
  "billingEventName": "govcon-recompete-candidate",
  "searchId": "sample-it-services",
  "incumbentName": "Sample Systems LLC",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/sample"
}

Output Fields

• rowType: govcon_incumbent_map_summary, govcon_recompete_candidate, govcon_incumbent_change, govcon_incumbent_award_observed, or govcon_recompete_watch_report.
• searchId: input search identifier.
• award: normalized public award fields.
• incumbentName: recipient name observed in public award data.
• daysUntilEnd: computed calendar distance to the public award end date.
• sourceUrl: public USAspending award URL.

Pricing And No-Change Runs

• govcon-recompete-candidate: $0.080 per source-linked recompete candidate.
• govcon-incumbent-map-generated: $0.100 per incumbent map summary.
• govcon-incumbent-change-detected: $0.060 per incumbent or award-content change signal.
• govcon-incumbent-award-observed: $0.004 per optional award observation row.
• govcon-recompete-watch-report: $6.000 per portfolio report.

When emitUnchanged=false, repeated unchanged runs emit zero dataset rows and zero charges after state is saved.

Compliance Guardrails

• Official public USAspending data only.
• fixturePath is dry-run/test-only and is rejected for public non-dry runs.
• This is an unofficial tool and is not affiliated with USAspending, SAM.gov, GSA, or any government agency.
• No SAM login, private notices, government approval wording, source-selection inference, procurement advice, legal advice, protest advice, or bid/no-bid recommendation.
• Rows are source-linked public facts for human review.

Bundle Paths

• GovCon Capture: run a low-cost recompete candidate scan first, then generate govcon-recompete-watch-report for capture planning review.
• Pair with SEC disclosure monitoring after Store image verification is complete and the related actor is marked Store-ready.

See Also

• GovCon Capture reports should route to Store-ready public-data actors only.