Federal Contract Opportunity Monitor

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Federal contract opportunities post hourly on SAM.gov. Pulling them by hand stopped scaling at the 50th RFI.

This actor turns public SAM.gov opportunity search results and USAspending award records into a normalized feed for GovCon advisors, federal sales teams, MSPs, and lead generation services. It is built for teams that need an API first contract signal, not another browser tab.

The actor runs in Standby mode for low latency API calls and also supports batch runs through Apify input. It uses the public SAM.gov internal opportunity search endpoint and the public USAspending awards API. No SAM.gov API key is required.

Quick start

Fetch recent consulting opportunities:

curl"https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/george.the.developer~federal-contract-opportunity-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=APIFY_TOKEN"\
-H"Content-Type: application/json"\
-d'{"mode":"opportunities","keyword":"consulting","days":90,"limit":3}'

Fetch partnership leads from recent awarded contracts:

curl"https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/george.the.developer~federal-contract-opportunity-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=APIFY_TOKEN"\
-H"Content-Type: application/json"\
-d'{"mode":"leads","keyword":"consulting","awarded_amount_min":100000,"limit":3}'

Standby endpoints:

Flow

flowchart LR
 A[Input keyword, PSC, topic, recipient, or fiscal year] --> B[SAM.gov opportunity search]
 A --> C[USAspending award search]
 B --> D[Normalize opportunity fields]
 C --> E[Normalize award rows]
 D --> F[Deterministic topic tagging]
 E --> G[Optional lead aggregation]
 F --> H[Dataset and JSON response]
 G --> H

Opportunity schema

Lead schema

Lead bands are deterministic. warm means one recent award and less than $500K total. qualified means 2 to 4 awards or $500K to $5M total. priority means 5 or more awards or more than $5M total.

Topic tagging

Default categories are keyword based and deterministic: it-services, professional-services, construction, medical, r-and-d, logistics, compliance-services, and training. Pass topic= to filter by one of those categories, or pass keyword= to search for a custom term.

Pricing

Health check payloads such as test, ping, and https://example.com return mock data and do not call upstream sources.

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Use cases

1. GovCon advisor lead enrichment for firms that need new contract signals.
2. Federal sales team opportunity feed by topic, PSC, keyword, or NAICS.
3. Subcontract introduction outreach from recent award recipient data.
4. Recipient watch lists for consulting firms and MSPs tracking prime activity.
5. NAICS specific opportunity digests for newsletters and internal alerts.

FAQ

How fresh is coverage? SAM.gov opportunities are fetched live at request time. USAspending award data depends on agency reporting cadence.

Can I customize topics? Yes. Use keyword= for custom matching or topic= for the shipped deterministic topic set.

Does USAspending lag? Yes. Award reporting can lag behind contract activity, so leads are best treated as sales signals, not real time award alerts.

Are there rate limits? The actor keeps requests bounded with limit and upstream timeouts. For large monitoring jobs, run smaller scheduled batches.

Do health checks cost money? Mock health check payloads short circuit and return sample shaped data.

Who do I contact for support? Use the Apify actor issue tab or contact the actor owner through the Apify Store profile.