# GovCon API

> Federal contracting & grants API for developers. Clean JSON access to contract opportunities (SAM solicitations) and grant opportunities (grants.gov NOFOs), prime contract awards (FPDS) and grant awards (financial assistance), FFATA subawards, the SAM entity registry (~873K registered firms), debarment exclusions, and contracting-officer contacts. No SAM.gov registration, no rate-limit pain.

## Reference

- [API Guide (HTML)](https://govconapi.com/api-guide): Full reference with worked examples and integration patterns.
- [Interactive Docs](https://govconapi.com/docs): Live testing UI (Scalar).
- [OpenAPI 3.1 Spec](https://govconapi.com/openapi.json): Machine-readable, importable into Postman / openapi-generator.
- [Single-file Markdown Bundle](https://govconapi.com/docs/all.md): Every endpoint rendered as one Markdown file for AI tool ingestion.

## Data APIs

- [Contract Opportunities](https://govconapi.com/api-guide): SAM solicitations, never archived, with full descriptions and attachments.
- [Federal Contract Awards (FPDS)](https://govconapi.com/federal-contract-awards-api): every prime contract action, by recipient, agency, NAICS, or PIID.
- [Grant Opportunities (grants.gov NOFOs)](https://govconapi.com/federal-grant-opportunities-api): open and forecasted federal grant funding, filterable by eligibility, agency, CFDA program, funding category, and deadline. Pro adds program intelligence: who has historically won each program, whether it is an open competition or wired to incumbents, and the realistic award size.
- [Grant Awards (financial assistance)](https://govconapi.com/federal-grant-awards-api): block, formula, and project grants plus cooperative agreements, by recipient UEI, agency, or CFDA.
- [Subawards (FFATA)](https://govconapi.com/subawards-api): prime-to-sub supply-chain reporting.

## Capabilities

- [Capabilities tour](https://govconapi.com/capabilities)
- [Vendor Risk Intelligence](https://govconapi.com/vendor-risk-api)
- [Companies API](https://govconapi.com/companies-api)
- [SAM Entity Registration Expiration Checker](https://govconapi.com/sam-registration-expiration-checker)
- [Federal Contractor Search](https://govconapi.com/federal-contractor-search-api)
- [Teaming Partner Finder](https://govconapi.com/teaming-partner-api): find federal contractors with proven past performance for a NAICS, agency, state, or set-aside, with named points of contact. Pro.
- [MCP server](https://govconapi.com/mcp): Federal contracts in Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client.

## Pricing

- [Plans](https://govconapi.com/pricing): Free trial (25 req/day, 14 days), Developer ($19/mo, 1000 req/hr), Pro ($39/mo, adds Vendor Risk + Renewal Radar + Companies + Grant Program Intelligence + unlimited contacts).
- [Enterprise](https://govconapi.com/enterprise): Custom endpoints, custom data slices (Snowflake / S3 / Parquet / BigQuery), custom enrichments. Starts at $1500/mo.

## Authentication

All endpoints (except `/api/agency-crosswalk`) require Bearer token authentication: `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY`. Free trial keys emailed instantly via `POST /api/v1/keys?email=YOUR_EMAIL&plan=free`.