# US Federal Contract & Grant Winner Lead Scraper (USASpending) (`zinjaink/us-federal-contract-winner-leads`) Actor

Extract B2B companies that recently won -+ US Federal Contracts or SBIR Grants from the official USASpending.gov API. Filter by keyword (AI, Cyber, Construction, Medical), state, agency, and award amount.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/zinjaink/us-federal-contract-winner-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Daniel Thairu](https://apify.com/zinjaink) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 federal contract winner leads

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## US Federal Contract & SBIR Grant Winner Lead Scraper (USASpending API)

Find companies that just won **$100,000 to $50,000,000+ US Federal Procurement Contracts or SBIR/STTR Grants** from the official **USASpending.gov v2 API**.

When a small or mid-sized business wins a federal contract from the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), HHS, DHS, or NASA, they have guaranteed government funding and immediate operational needs:

- **Cybersecurity & Compliance** (`CMMC 2.0`, `FedRAMP`, `NIST 800-171`, `SOC 2`)
- **Cleared Engineering, IT & Technical Staffing**
- **Equipment Leasing, Commercial Insurance & GovCon Accounting**

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### Plug-and-Play Automation (Clay, n8n, Make.com)

#### Synchronous REST Endpoint

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/zinjaink~us-federal-contract-winner-leads/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "keywords": ["software", "cybersecurity", "cloud"],
    "states": ["VA", "MD", "TX", "CA"],
    "awardCategory": "contracts",
    "minAwardAmount": 100000,
    "maxAwardAmount": 15000000,
    "maxResults": 100
  }'
```

# Actor input Schema

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

Filter contract winners by keywords in the award description (e.g., 'software', 'cybersecurity', 'cloud', 'medical', 'logistics', 'construction'). Leave empty for all industries.

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

2-letter US State codes (e.g., 'VA', 'TX', 'CA', 'MD', 'FL'). Leave empty to search nationwide.

## `awardCategory` (type: `string`):

Choose whether to extract Federal Procurement Contracts or Federal Grants / SBIR Awards.

## `minAwardAmount` (type: `integer`):

Minimum contract or grant value in USD (e.g., 100000 for $100K+).

## `maxAwardAmount` (type: `integer`):

Maximum contract or grant value in USD (e.g., 15000000 for $15M cap to target SMB/Mid-Market winners rather than giant defense primes).

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

Earliest award start date (format YYYY-MM-DD).

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

Maximum number of contract winner records to extract (Free tier previews up to 25 leads; Paid tier supports up to 25,000).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "software",
    "cybersecurity"
  ],
  "states": [
    "VA",
    "TX",
    "CA"
  ],
  "awardCategory": "contracts",
  "minAwardAmount": 100000,
  "maxAwardAmount": 15000000,
  "startDate": "2025-01-01",
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `awards` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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",
        "cybersecurity"
    ],
    "states": [
        "VA",
        "TX",
        "CA"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("zinjaink/us-federal-contract-winner-leads").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",
        "cybersecurity",
    ],
    "states": [
        "VA",
        "TX",
        "CA",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("zinjaink/us-federal-contract-winner-leads").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",
    "cybersecurity"
  ],
  "states": [
    "VA",
    "TX",
    "CA"
  ]
}' |
apify call zinjaink/us-federal-contract-winner-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,zinjaink/us-federal-contract-winner-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

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/LCEhbzQdjGU6QTbGN/builds/bBRQQa48dafhcHgy9/openapi.json