GovCon API

Federal Contracts API
for Developers

Opportunities, awards, the SAM entity registry, exclusions, contacts, and full notice descriptions. Clean JSON. Skip SAM.gov's registration and rate limits.

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240,645
Notices
15,544
Open
57,919
Awards
201,495
Descriptions
4h ago
Last Synced

Works in Claude or any MCP-compatible client

Ask in plain English. Included with any paid plan. pipx install govconapi-mcp

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One-time database dump: 240,645 opportunities, 59 fields, ready for Excel/analysis.

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Federal Buyer Intelligence

21,000+ federal buyers: contacts, spending history, vendor insights. AI-powered analysis.

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What you get

See full capabilities tour → with use cases, code samples, and tier breakdown for each.

Contract Notices

240,645 notices · 59 fields · daily sync

Every federal contract notice from SAM.gov, normalized into clean JSON. Full-text search, NAICS/PSC filtering, date ranges, set-asides. SAM.gov API guide.

Award Intelligence

57,919 contracts with winner data

Who won, how much, when. Awardee name, UEI, CAGE code, award amount, date. Linked to the original solicitation. Awards API guide.

Full Descriptions

83.7% coverage · updated hourly

Full opportunity descriptions. SAM.gov doesn't return these in their API or CSV. We extract them from the source so your AI / proposal tool / search index has the actual text.

Exclusions Database

163,244 entities · full SAM.gov debarment list

Every debarred and suspended entity. Search by name, UEI, CAGE, agency, or state. Required before teaming or subcontracting. Exclusions guide.

Vendor Risk Intelligence

7 fraud-pattern signals per UEI · triage verdict

Screen any vendor in one call: address cluster, name-variant cluster, coordinated enforcement wave, last-award-to-debarment gap. Try the free lookup or see how it works.

Company Lookup

~873K SAM-registered firms · profile, award history, peers

Federal contractor profiles: SAM registration status, expiration, certifications, address, plus aggregated award history (totals, top agencies, NAICS spread, peers by overlap). Companies API.

SAM Entity Lookup

UEI or CAGE in · full SAM record out · Developer tier

Single-entity SAM lookup. Pass a 12-character UEI or 5-character CAGE, get back registration status, expiration, business-type certifications, NAICS, addresses. UEI lookup · CAGE lookup.

Federal Contractor Search

Multi-filter across 873K firms · Pro Bundle

Programmatic equivalent of SBA's DSBS. Filter by NAICS, state, business-type certification, active-status, name. Paginated JSON results. Try the free search or see the API.

Renewal Radar

SAM registrations expiring within N days · Pro Bundle

Every active federal contractor whose SAM registration expires soon, sorted most-urgent first. Filter by state or NAICS for targeted compliance dashboards or renewal-services campaigns. Expiration checker.

Procurement Contacts

Name, email, phone, title

Contracting officer contact info on every notice. Extended profiles via GovCon Contacts.

Attachments

79,584 notices with files

SOWs, RFP documents, amendments, and supporting files. Direct download URLs. Filter to find only notices with attachments. Attachments endpoint.

MCP for Claude

6 tools · pipx install govconapi-mcp

Federal contracts data inside Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client. Search opportunities, check exclusions, look up agencies in plain English. Setup guide.

Live Data

Query our API directly. Returns standard JSON with ISO dates and strict typing.

GET /demo/opportunities 
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Federal contract data has traditionally been locked behind expensive enterprise platforms. We think that's wrong – so we built the clean data layer and opened it up.

200+
Developers
600K+
API calls served
Daily
SAM.gov sync

Pricing

Free Trial

$0/14 days
  • 25 requests per day
  • 50 results max per page
  • All 59 fields per contract notice
  • Awards search + exclusions
  • MCP access (Claude, Cursor, etc.)
  • No credit card required
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Developer

$19/ month
  • 1,000 requests per hour (24,000/day)
  • 1,000 results max per page
  • CSV exports (15 per day)
  • All filters (NAICS, PSC, set-aside, agency)
  • Awards search + exclusions
  • No SAM.gov entity required
  • UEI Lookup API + CAGE Code LookupSAM entity data (873K firms) by UEI or CAGE
  • MCP access (Claude, Cursor, etc.)
  • 30 profile views/mo via GovCon Contacts
Best Value

Pro Bundle

$39/ month

GovCon Contacts is $29/mo standalone, save $9