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USAspending Federal Contracts & Grants + New Award Alerts

Search US federal contract and grant awards from the official USAspending.gov API. Input: keywords, recipientNames. Output (JSON/CSV): one row per item with awardId, awardType, recipientName, amount, description, awardingAgency, awardingSubAgency, startDate, endDate, placeState.

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What it's for

Find who won federal contracts in your NAICS to target as partners or customers
Daily alerts for new awards to competitors
Grant and contract research for journalists and analysts

Example input

{
 "keywords": [
  "drone"
 ],
 "awardTypes": [
  "contracts",
  "grants"
 ],
 "startDate": "2026-01-01",
 "minAmount": 100000,
 "maxResults": 10,
 "monitorMode": true
}

Example output

{
  "awardId": "W912CH26CA009",
  "awardType": "contracts",
  "typeDetail": "DEFINITIVE CONTRACT",
  "recipientName": "NAPATREE TECHNOLOGY LLC",
  "amount": 265382200,
  "description": "PROCUREMENT OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES FOR AS3 SURVEYOR DRONES, BUMBLEBEE V1, BUMBLEBEE V2, AND HORNETS.",
  "awardingAgency": "Department of Defense",
  "awardingSubAgency": "Department of the Army",
  "startDate": "2026-03-10",
  "endDate": "2026-10-01",
  "placeState": "VA",
  "naicsCode": "336411",
  "naicsDescription": "AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING",
  "pscCode": "AS12",
  "pscDescription": "TRANSPORTATION R&D SERVICES; SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSIT, AND RAIL; APPLIED RESEARCH",
  "cfdaNumber": null,
  "awardUrl": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W912CH26CA009_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-",
  "recipientUrl": "https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/68658eb5-82b2-6707-2614-5ae21c6a47d4-C/latest"
}

Input reference

Field	Type	Notes
`keywords`	array	Keywords
`recipientNames`	array	Company names or UEIs.
`awardTypes`	array	Award types
`agencies`	array	Top-tier names, e.g. Department of Defense.
`naicsCodes`	array	NAICS codes
`pscCodes`	array	PSC codes
`states`	array	2-letter codes.
`startDate`	string	YYYY-MM-DD (default: 1 year ago)
`endDate`	string	YYYY-MM-DD
`minAmount`	integer	Minimum amount (USD)
`maxResults`	integer	Max results per award type
`sortBy`	string	Sort by
`monitorMode`	boolean	Remember results; later runs flag new ones.
`onlyNew`	boolean	Monitor mode only.
`stateStoreName`	string	State store name

Pricing

Pay per event: Award record $0.001, New award (monitor) $0.005. Plus Apify's small per-run start fee. Apify's free plan includes monthly credit to try it.

How to run

Open the Store page and click Try for free.
Fill in the input (or paste the example JSON in the JSON tab).
Click Start, then export results as CSV, Excel or JSON, or call it via the Apify API.
Optional: add a Schedule and a webhook/Slack/email integration for ongoing monitoring.

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