# TenderFeed: US Federal Contract Awards (USAspending.gov API) (`tenderfeed/usaspending-contract-awards`) Actor

Track US federal contract awards and winners from USAspending.gov: NAICS, PSC, agency, set-aside, competitor, amount. Offers, options value, recompete dates. No API key. MCP-ready.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tenderfeed/usaspending-contract-awards.md
- **Developed by:** [TenderFeed](https://apify.com/tenderfeed) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Open source, 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 results

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

## US Federal Contract Awards Scraper (USAspending.gov API, No Key) by TenderFeed

Track **who wins US federal contracts, for how much, and when they are up for recompete**. This Actor reads **USAspending.gov**, the official US Treasury site for federal spending (DATA Act), and returns every new contract award or IDV (IDIQ, GWAC, schedule, BPA). Filter by **NAICS, PSC, awarding agency or sub-agency, winner (competitor) name or UEI, place-of-performance state, set-aside type, extent competed, amount and date**. Each row includes the **number of offers received, value including all options, potential end date, solicitation ID, parent IDV and parent company**.

Built by **TenderFeed** ([tenderfeedhq.com](https://tenderfeedhq.com)) on the official, key-free **USAspending API v2**. No API key, no login, no browser.

### What can you do with it?

- **Competitor tracking**: every new award won by Booz Allen, Leidos, SAIC or your local rival, delivered daily.
- **Recompete pipeline**: `potentialEndDate` and `baseAndAllOptionsValue` show which contracts in your NAICS expire in the next 12–24 months.
- **Teaming and partner search**: find small businesses that win SDVOSB, 8(a), HUBZone or WOSB set-asides in your agency and state.
- **Pricing and bid/no-bid intel**: `numberOfOffers`, `extentCompeted` and `pricingType` tell you how competitive a market really is.
- **AI agents**: call it as an **MCP tool** and ask *"Who won VA construction contracts over $1M in the last 60 days?"*

### Why TenderFeed?

- **Award details included**: the USAspending search list has no set-aside, offers, options value or end date. TenderFeed makes one extra detail call per award (`fetchDetails`, on by default) and adds them.
- **Same schema as our opportunity Actors** ([SAM.gov](../sam-gov-opportunities), [Grants.gov](../grants-gov-us), [EU TED](../ted-eu-tenders), [UK](../uk-tenders)): opportunities and awards merge into one table, and the `naicsCodes` and `otherClassificationCodes` (PSC) columns match across them.
- **Monitoring mode** (`onlyNew`): you get, and pay for, only awards you have not seen before.
- **Handles API quirks for you**: it widens 3- and 5-digit NAICS prefixes to codes the API accepts and narrows them again on the results. It also matches PSC prefixes such as `D`, splits contract and IDV requests, and paginates automatically.

### Input example

```json
{
  "naicsCodes": ["5415"],
  "awardTypes": ["contracts"],
  "dateType": "new_awards_only",
  "dateFrom": "30 days",
  "awardingAgencies": ["Department of Veterans Affairs"],
  "setAsideTypes": ["SDVOSBC", "SBA"],
  "placeOfPerformanceStates": ["VA", "MD", "DC"],
  "minAmount": 250000,
  "sortBy": "largest",
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

- **Competitor watch**: `{"recipients": ["Booz Allen Hamilton"], "dateFrom": "30 days"}`
- **Sole-source awards**: `{"extentCompeted": ["C", "G"], "naicsCodes": ["541512"]}`
- **New IDIQ/GWAC vehicles**: `{"awardTypes": ["idvs"], "sortBy": "largest"}`

### Output example

Real row from a live run on 2026-10-29 (`naicsCodes: ["5415"]`, last 7 days):

```json
{
  "source": "usaspending",
  "sourceId": "CONT_AWD_80NSSC27FA062_8000_NNG15SC69B_8000",
  "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80NSSC27FA062_8000_NNG15SC69B_8000",
  "title": "ORACLE HARDWARE PREMIER SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT RENEWAL",
  "noticeType": "DELIVERY ORDER",
  "status": "awarded",
  "procedureType": "SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE AWARD FAIR OPPORTUNITY",
  "buyerName": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER",
  "naicsCodes": ["541519"],
  "otherClassificationCodes": ["DK10"],
  "placeOfPerformance": "El Segundo, CA, 90245, USA",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-27",
  "awardedValue": 18484.52,
  "currency": "USD",
  "setAside": "SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE - TOTAL",
  "awardees": ["DYNAMIC SYSTEMS INC"],
  "awardId": "80NSSC27FA062",
  "parentAwardId": "NNG15SC69B",
  "recipientUei": "Z78DJNKYJ2K5",
  "recipientParentUei": "PK8BEKCV73B4",
  "recipientCity": "El Segundo",
  "recipientState": "CA",
  "naicsDescription": "OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES",
  "pscDescription": "IT AND TELECOM - STORAGE AS A SERVICE",
  "awardingOffice": "NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER",
  "baseAndAllOptionsValue": 18484.52,
  "startDate": "2026-11-30",
  "potentialEndDate": "2027-11-29",
  "solicitationId": "394056",
  "numberOfOffers": 1,
  "extentCompeted": "FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION AFTER EXCLUSION OF SOURCES",
  "pricingType": "FIRM FIXED PRICE"
}
```

Other fields: `description` (full award description), `awardCategory` (contract/idv), `recipientName`, `recipientParentName`, `recipientCountry`, `recipientBusinessCategories` (e.g. "Small Business", "Woman Owned Business"), `fundingAgency`, `obligatedAmount`, `totalOutlays`, `endDate`, `lastModifiedAt` and `disasterEmergencyFundCodes`. `estimatedValue` holds the base-and-all-options value.

#### Field coverage (live test, 100 largest small-business set-aside awards, last 30 days)

Set-aside, number of offers, options value and potential end date: 100/100. Parent IDV: 67/100 (standalone contracts have none). Solicitation ID: 58/100.

### Good to know

- **DoD data is delayed about 90 days.** The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a roughly 90-day delay. In our test, DoD had only 1 new award dated 2026-10-01 to 10-29. To see recent DoD awards, widen the window (for example `dateFrom: "180 days"`).
- **No personal contact data.** USAspending publishes no buyer contact persons. Officer compensation data (`executive_details`) is never included. An `includeBuyerContacts` switch is not needed here.
- **Keywords** match award descriptions. These are often terse and upper-case, so combine keywords with NAICS or PSC codes for the best results.
- Amounts are obligations as reported by the agency. `baseAndAllOptionsValue` is the potential total value if every option is exercised.

### Daily alerts ("only new" monitoring mode)

Turn on `onlyNew` and set a `monitoringId` (for example `"it-awards-daily"`), then schedule the Actor daily. In our test, the first run of a 3-day NAICS 5415 search returned 39 awards. The second run returned 0, because there was nothing new to charge for.

### Pricing

**Pay per result: $2.00 per 1,000 awards** ($0.002 per row), plus Apify's small run-start fee. Every row includes the award detail record. A daily competitor or NAICS alert with 20 new awards costs about **$1.20 a month**.

### Use it as an MCP tool for AI agents

Add the Apify MCP server (`https://mcp.apify.com`) to Claude Desktop, Cursor or any MCP client and enable this Actor. Your agent can then answer questions like *"Which 8(a) firms won DHS IT contracts this quarter, and how many offers did each award get?"*

### FAQ

**Is this official data?** Yes. USAspending.gov is run by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Federal award data is public information.

**Contracts vs IDVs?** Contracts carry obligated money (definitive contracts, purchase orders, delivery and task orders, BPA calls). IDVs are vehicles such as IDIQs, GWACs and schedules, and agencies place orders under them later. Pick one or both in `awardTypes`.

**Something missing?** Open an issue on the Actor page. TenderFeed answers within one business day.

# Actor input Schema

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

Words or phrases searched in the award description (USAspending keyword search, min. 3 characters). Leave empty for all awards.

## `keywordMode` (type: `string`):

ANY keyword (server-side) or ALL keywords.

## `awardTypes` (type: `array`):

Contracts = money actually awarded. IDVs = vehicles under which agencies later place orders.

## `dateType` (type: `string`):

How the date window below is applied.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD or relative (e.g. "30 days"). Default: last 7 days. Earliest supported: 2007-10-01.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Default: today.

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

2-6 digit NAICS codes or prefixes, e.g. 5415 (computer systems design), 236 (building construction), 541330.

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

4-character PSC codes (e.g. DA01) or prefixes (e.g. D = IT services, R4 = professional support). Prefixes are matched on the results.

## `awardingAgencies` (type: `array`):

Exact top-tier names, e.g. Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, General Services Administration, Department of Defense.

## `awardingSubAgencies` (type: `array`):

Exact sub-tier names, e.g. Department of the Army, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Federal Acquisition Service.

## `recipients` (type: `array`):

Track a competitor or partner: company names or UEIs, e.g. Booz Allen Hamilton.

## `placeOfPerformanceStates` (type: `array`):

2-letter state codes, e.g. VA, MD, TX.

## `setAsideTypes` (type: `array`):

Only awards made under these set-asides.

## `extentCompeted` (type: `array`):

Filter by how the award was competed (e.g. find sole-source awards).

## `minAmount` (type: `integer`):

Obligated amount filter.

## `maxAmount` (type: `integer`):

Obligated amount upper bound.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Order in which awards are fetched (matters when Max results is set).

## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Adds set-aside, number of offers, extent competed, solicitation ID, pricing type, value incl. all options, potential end date (recompete timing), awarding office, parent company and business categories. One extra API call per award.

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

Maximum number of awards to save. 0 = no limit.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Remember what earlier runs delivered and return (and charge for) only awards you have not received yet. Ideal for scheduled daily award alerts.

## `monitoringId` (type: `string`):

Name of the watch-list memory used by 'Only new'. Use a different ID per saved search/schedule.

## `includeRawData` (type: `boolean`):

Adds the original search row under `raw`.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "software"
  ],
  "keywordMode": "any",
  "awardTypes": [
    "contracts"
  ],
  "dateType": "new_awards_only",
  "dateFrom": "30 days",
  "sortBy": "newest",
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "maxResults": 20,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "includeRawData": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All normalized records from the default dataset, opened in the Overview view.

# 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": [
        "software"
    ],
    "dateFrom": "30 days",
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tenderfeed/usaspending-contract-awards").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": ["software"],
    "dateFrom": "30 days",
    "maxResults": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tenderfeed/usaspending-contract-awards").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": [
    "software"
  ],
  "dateFrom": "30 days",
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call tenderfeed/usaspending-contract-awards --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tenderfeed/usaspending-contract-awards"
        }
    }
}
```

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/3PwikfRwO8Ep51558/builds/dMRO2ebeC4dF9Tezg/openapi.json