Federal Contract Awards API

Finding out who won federal contracts should be simple. In practice, it's not.

SAM.gov publishes award notices, but they're mixed into the same feed as solicitations, presolicitations, and sources sought notices. There's no way to search specifically by awardee name or UEI. If you want to answer "what has Boeing won recently?" you have to pull everything and filter it yourself.

FPDS.gov has award data too, but the API is SOAP-based (XML, not JSON), poorly documented, and returns data in a format that takes significant effort to parse. USASpending.gov has a modern REST API, but its search endpoint doesn't return NAICS codes, solicitation IDs, or obligation amounts for individual awards.

If you're building an application that needs federal award data, you end up integrating multiple government data sources, each with different schemas, rate limits, and data quality issues.

A single endpoint that answers: who won what, from which agency, for how much, and when.

Every record is a federal contract award notice from SAM.gov, normalized into a consistent 16-field JSON structure. You can search by any combination of:

• Company name - partial match, case-insensitive. "boeing" finds "THE BOEING COMPANY", "BOEING DISTRIBUTION SERVICES", "BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE"
• UEI - exact match on the company's Unique Entity Identifier
• Agency - partial match. "defense" finds all DoD sub-agencies, "health" finds HHS and its components
• NAICS code - what type of work was awarded (e.g., 541519 for IT services, 236220 for commercial construction)
• Award amount range - minimum and maximum dollar values
• Date range - awards on or after/before specific dates
• State - awardee's state (2-letter code)

All filters are available on all plans. No feature gating on search parameters.

Get an API key at govconapi.com, then start searching:

Each award record includes 16 fields:

Field	Description
award_number	Contract/award identifier
awardee_name	Winning company name
awardee_uei	Company UEI identifier
award_amount	Award value in dollars
award_date	Date of award
agency	Full agency path (e.g., "DEPT OF DEFENSE.DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY...")
naics	NAICS codes (array)
solicitation_number	Links back to the original solicitation
title	Award notice title
set_aside_type	Set-aside designation (SBA, 8(a), SDVOSB, etc.)
awardee_cage_code	CAGE code
awardee_city	Company city
awardee_state	Company state (2-letter)
contact_name	Contracting officer name
contact_email	Contracting officer email
notice_id	Reference ID for the full opportunity record

Need the full 59-field record? Use notice_id with the opportunity detail endpoint.

Competitive intelligence

Find out who's winning contracts in your space. Search by NAICS code to see every company winning that type of work, how much they're getting, and from which agencies. Compare award sizes across competitors.

Company due diligence

Before teaming with a company or choosing a subcontractor, check their federal award history. Search by UEI or company name to see their track record: total awards, agencies they work with, and typical contract sizes.

Market sizing

How much is the government spending on a specific NAICS code? Filter by NAICS and date range to see total award volume. Break it down by agency to find where the money is concentrated.

Proposal research

Before writing a proposal, look up the solicitation number to find related awards. See who won similar contracts, at what price point, and whether incumbents tend to win re-competes.

Business development tools

Build alerts for new awards in specific NAICS codes or from specific agencies. Track competitors' wins. Generate reports on agency spending patterns.

	GovCon API Awards	SAM.gov Direct	FPDS.gov	USASpending.gov
Search by awardee name	Yes	No direct filter	Yes (SOAP/XML)	Keyword only
Search by UEI	Yes	No	Yes (DUNS-based)	No
JSON response	Yes	Yes	No (XML)	Yes
NAICS in response	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not on search endpoint
CO contact info	Yes	Sometimes	Yes	No
Rate limit	1,000/hour	10-1,000/day	Undocumented	No published limit
Setup time	Minutes	2-3 weeks (entity reg)	Hours (SOAP setup)	Minutes

All award data comes from SAM.gov award notices, collected daily and normalized into a consistent structure.

• Coverage: Federal contract awards posted to SAM.gov. This includes definitive contracts, purchase orders, BPAs, and IDV awards. It does not include grants, loans, or contract modifications.
• Update frequency: Daily. New awards appear within 24 hours of being posted to SAM.gov.
• Historical depth: Awards going back to 2020, with the most complete coverage from 2023 forward.
• Agency coverage: All federal agencies that post to SAM.gov. Department of Defense sub-agencies are the largest share, followed by GSA, VA, and civilian agencies.

This is award-notice-level data. It captures who won and for how much, not the full contract lifecycle (modifications, de-obligations, option exercises). For obligation-level detail, USASpending.gov is the authoritative source.

Awards search is included in all GovCon API plans.

• Free trial (14 days): All filters, 50 results per request, 25 requests/day
• Developer ($19/month): All filters, 1,000 results per request, 1,000 requests/hour

All search filters are available on every plan. The only restriction is result count per request. See full pricing details.

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