Government Contract Award Monitor | Award & Competitor Watch

Stop digging manually through complex government websites and let this automated data extractor deliver timely public-sector market intelligence straight to your team. The government contract award monitor is purpose-built for sales professionals, product managers, and revenue operations teams who need to extract actionable data from official agency feeds. By directly scraping SAM.gov and Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), this tool allows you to track competitor signals and spot lucrative incumbent recompetes the moment they are announced in the search results.

Users consistently rely on this scraper to run targeted keyword watchlists that filter out irrelevant websites, capturing only the exact details needed to generate high-quality B2B leads. You can easily schedule the monitor to run daily or weekly digests, ensuring your pipeline is always full of fresh opportunities. The extractor automatically pulls crucial fields such as the awarding agency name, publication date, precise docket number, document type, and direct source urls. Using this scraped data, you can seamlessly integrate fresh contact details and public tender award histories into your internal workflows. Whether you are looking to outmaneuver competitors or automate your lead generation pipeline without using a manual browser, this tool provides the exact extraction capabilities required to stay ahead in the public-sector market.

Store Quickstart

What first success looks like:

Key Features

• 🏛️ Government-sourced — Pulls directly from official agency feeds — no third-party aggregators
• ⏱️ Timely digests — Daily/weekly rollups of new filings, rulings, or actions
• 🔍 Keyword watchlists — Flag items matching your compliance/legal watch terms
• 📊 Structured metadata — Agency, date, docket, document type, link — all dataset-ready
• 📡 Webhook alerts — Push to legal/compliance teams the moment new items match watchlist

Use Cases

Who	Why
Developers	Automate recurring data fetches without building custom scrapers
Data teams	Pipe structured output into analytics warehouses
Ops teams	Monitor changes via webhook alerts
Product managers	Track competitor/market signals without engineering time

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
feeds	array	required	One entry per watch target. Each feed produces one digest row in the output. At minimum, set id, name, and source. Add k
watchTerms	string	—	Company names, incumbents, or competitor terms to flag in award notices. Any award matching a watch term receives a watc
lookbackDays	integer	14	Fetch award notices published within this many days. Keep it short (7–30) for recurring runs to stay fast; widen it for
maxAwardsPerFeed	integer	50	Upper bound on awards fetched per feed per run. Increase for discovery runs; keep lower for recurring digest runs.
minValue	number	0	Skip awards below this value. Applied globally unless overridden per feed. Set 0 to include all.
delivery	string	"dataset"	dataset stores results in the Apify dataset. webhook posts the digest JSON to webhookUrl.
webhookUrl	string	—	POST target for award digest payload. Leave empty for dataset delivery.
datasetMode	string	"all"	all emits every feed digest row. action_needed emits only feeds that have new awards or watch-term hits. new_only emits

Input Example

{
  "lookbackDays": 14,
  "maxAwardsPerFeed": 50,
  "minValue": 0,
  "delivery": "dataset",
  "datasetMode": "all",
  "snapshotKey": "contract-award-monitor-state",
  "samApiUrl": "https://api.sam.gov/opportunities/v2/search",
  "tedApiUrl": "https://api.ted.europa.eu/v3/notices/search",
  "usaSpendingApiUrl": "https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/",
  "requestTimeoutSeconds": 30,
  "notifyOnNoNew": true,
  "dryRun": false
}

Input Examples

Example: Single-target audit

{
  "targets": [
    "example-target-1"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerTarget": 30
}

Example: Bulk portfolio

{
  "targets": [
    "target-1",
    "target-2",
    "target-3"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerTarget": 50,
  "snapshotKey": "government-contract-award-monitor-state"
}

Example: Recurring delta watch

{
  "targets": [
    "target-1"
  ],
  "snapshotKey": "government-contract-award-monitor-state",
  "emitChangedOnly": true
}

Output

When delivery="dataset", the actor writes one dataset item per emitted feed digest and also saves the full payload to output/results.json.

Field	Type	Description
meta	object
errors	array
digests	array
digests[].feedId	string
digests[].feedName	string
digests[].source	string
digests[].checkedAt	timestamp
digests[].status	string
digests[].newAwardCount	number
digests[].totalAwardCount	number
digests[].totalValue	number
digests[].currency	string
digests[].changedSinceLastRun	boolean
digests[].actionNeeded	boolean
digests[].recommendedAction	string
digests[].topAwardees	array
digests[].watchTermHits	array
digests[].signalTags	array
digests[].awards	array
digests[].error	null

Output Example

{
  "meta": {
    "generatedAt": "2026-04-15T09:00:00.000Z",
    "now": "2026-04-15T09:00:00.000Z",
    "lookbackDays": 14,
    "feedCount": 2,
    "totalAwards": 6,
    "newAwards": 4,
    "watchTermHitCount": 2,
    "actionNeededCount": 1,
    "sourceCounts": {
      "ted_awards": 1,
      "usaspending": 1
    },
    "snapshot": {
      "key": "contract-award-monitor-sample",
      "loadedFrom": "local",
      "savedTo": "local"
    },
    "warnings": [],
    "executiveSummary": {
      "overallStatus": "action_needed",
      "brief": "1 feed(s) have competitor/incumbent watch-term hits requiring review.",
      "topAwardees": [
        {
          "name": "Accenture Federal Services",
          "awardCount": 2,
          "totalValue": 8500000,
          "isWatchTermHit": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Devoteam",
          "awardCount": 2,
          "totalValue": 3200000,
          "isWatchTermHit": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Leidos",
          "awardCount": 1,
          "totalValue": 12000000,

API Usage

Run this actor programmatically using the Apify API. Replace YOUR_API_TOKEN with your token from Apify Console → Settings → Integrations.

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/taroyamada~government-contract-award-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "lookbackDays": 14, "maxAwardsPerFeed": 50, "minValue": 0, "delivery": "dataset", "datasetMode": "all", "snapshotKey": "contract-award-monitor-state", "samApiUrl": "https://api.sam.gov/opportunities/v2/search", "tedApiUrl": "https://api.ted.europa.eu/v3/notices/search", "usaSpendingApiUrl": "https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/", "requestTimeoutSeconds": 30, "notifyOnNoNew": true, "dryRun": false }'

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("taroyamada/government-contract-award-monitor").call(run_input={
  "lookbackDays": 14,
  "maxAwardsPerFeed": 50,
  "minValue": 0,
  "delivery": "dataset",
  "datasetMode": "all",
  "snapshotKey": "contract-award-monitor-state",
  "samApiUrl": "https://api.sam.gov/opportunities/v2/search",
  "tedApiUrl": "https://api.ted.europa.eu/v3/notices/search",
  "usaSpendingApiUrl": "https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/",
  "requestTimeoutSeconds": 30,
  "notifyOnNoNew": true,
  "dryRun": false
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript / Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('taroyamada/government-contract-award-monitor').call({
  "lookbackDays": 14,
  "maxAwardsPerFeed": 50,
  "minValue": 0,
  "delivery": "dataset",
  "datasetMode": "all",
  "snapshotKey": "contract-award-monitor-state",
  "samApiUrl": "https://api.sam.gov/opportunities/v2/search",
  "tedApiUrl": "https://api.ted.europa.eu/v3/notices/search",
  "usaSpendingApiUrl": "https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/",
  "requestTimeoutSeconds": 30,
  "notifyOnNoNew": true,
  "dryRun": false
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Tips & Limitations

• Run daily for active watchlists; weekly for passive monitoring.
• Webhook delivery works well for compliance team Slack channels — include docket URL for 1-click access.
• Use watchKeywords generously — false positives are cheap to triage, false negatives miss filings.
• Pair with regulatory-change-monitor for cross-agency coverage.
• Archive Dataset rows weekly for long-term compliance evidence retention.

FAQ

How far back does history go?

This actor monitors forward-only — new items since first run. For historical data, use the agency's own search tool.

What timezones are used?

All timestamps are UTC. Use your downstream pipeline to convert to agency-local time if needed.

Does it translate non-English content?

No — original language is preserved. Use downstream translation services if needed.

Is the data official?

Yes — sourced directly from official government websites and feeds. Not a third-party aggregator.

Can I use this for legal research?

For alerting and monitoring, yes. For litigation research, cross-verify with primary sources (agency websites) — this actor is a monitoring tool, not a legal database.

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Cost

Pay Per Event:

• actor-start: $0.01 (flat fee per run)
• dataset-item: $0.003 per output item

Example: 1,000 items = $0.01 + (1,000 × $0.003) = $3.01

No subscription required — you only pay for what you use.

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