About GovCon API
The federal contracts API that developers actually want to use. Built by contractors, for contractors.
Our Mission
Federal contracting generates over $650 billion annually, but accessing contract data shouldn't require a PhD in government bureaucracy. GovCon API eliminates the barriers between developers and federal contract opportunities.
We believe that better access to government contracting data leads to more competition, better prices for taxpayers, and opportunities for businesses of all sizes to participate in federal procurement.
The Problem We Solve
SAM.gov is the official source for federal contract notices, but accessing their data programmatically is unnecessarily complex.
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Entity Registration Required You need a DUNS number, entity registration, and role approvals just to access their API - a process that takes weeks.
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Extreme Rate Limits Only 10 requests per day for free accounts. Building anything meaningful is impossible with such restrictions.
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Missing Descriptions Their API often truncates or omits the full contract description text, requiring you to scrape their website to get the actual requirements.
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Data Disappears Contract notices are archived and become inaccessible, making historical analysis and lifecycle tracking impossible.
How It Works
We've built a comprehensive data pipeline that collects, normalizes, and serves federal contract data through a modern REST API.
Daily Data Collection: Our automated system runs daily at 6 AM UTC. We use multiple API keys to ensure reliable collection and sophisticated deduplication.
Complete Descriptions: Unlike SAM.gov's API, we extract and provide full contract requirement descriptions by parsing the full text directly from their website.
Award Intelligence: We track the complete lifecycle from opportunity posting to contract award, including winner names, award amounts, dates, and locations.
Technical Architecture
- FastAPI Backend: High-performance Python API with automatic documentation.
- PostgreSQL Database: Reliable data storage with full-text search capabilities.
- Railway Deployment: Cloud hosting with automatic scaling.
- Data Collection: Comprehensive SAM.gov opportunities and award data.
Built by Contractors
We built this because we were tired of parsing massive XML dumps and waiting weeks for role approvals just to run a simple query. Our goal is simple: make federal contracting data as accessible as Stripe or Twilio.