Search Federal Contracts

Broad SEARCH of U.S. federal contract AWARDS (already-signed obligations) across many recipients, sourced from USAspending.gov. Combine any filters — awarding agency, NAICS code, PSC code, keywords, obligation value range, contract start-date range, small-business set-aside type, recipient name/UEI — and get back matching awards with recipient, awarding agency/sub-agency, obligated dollar amount, contract type, dates, and place of performance. Results are ranked by amount or date.

Use this when you want to discover awards by criteria rather than for one known company — e.g. "which vendors won DoD cybersecurity contracts over $10M?", "recent NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design) awards", "small-business set-aside awards from the VA", or "who holds contracts with the Department of Energy?".

Do NOT use this when: (1) you already know the company and want ITS contract footprint — use company_contracts (a specific company's ICT/GSI and, optionally, federal awards); (2) you want OPEN solicitations / RFPs a company can still bid on rather than awards already made — use search_gov_opportunities (open opportunities) or company_gov_opportunities (one company's pipeline); (3) you want a company's agency relationships/history — use company_gov_relationships.

Requires the SAM.gov (Data.gov) integration to be configured.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
recipientName	string	❌ No	-	Recipient (awardee) company name, partial/fuzzy match, e.g. "Lockheed Martin". For a single known company prefer company_contracts; use recipientUei here for an exact match.
recipientUei	string	❌ No	-	Exact 12-character SAM.gov Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) of the recipient. Use for a precise match instead of fuzzy recipientName; takes precedence when both are given.
awardingAgency	string	❌ No	-	Awarding agency name to filter by, e.g. "Department of Defense" or "Department of Veterans Affairs".
naicsCode	string	❌ No	-	6-digit NAICS industry code to filter by, e.g. "541512" (Computer Systems Design Services). Look codes up with search_industries_naics_sic if unknown.
pscCode	string	❌ No	-	Product/Service Code (PSC) to filter by, e.g. "D310" (IT & telecom — cyber security). Categorizes what was bought, complementary to naicsCode.
keywords	string	❌ No	-	Free-text terms matched against contract descriptions, e.g. "cybersecurity" or "cloud migration".
minAmount	number	❌ No	-	Minimum total obligated amount in USD (inclusive), e.g. 10000000 for $10M+ awards.
maxAmount	number	❌ No	-	Maximum total obligated amount in USD (inclusive).
startDateAfter	string	❌ No	-	Only awards whose period-of-performance start date is on/after this date (ISO "YYYY-MM-DD", e.g. "2024-01-01").
startDateBefore	string	❌ No	-	Only awards whose period-of-performance start date is on/before this date (ISO "YYYY-MM-DD").
setAsideType	string	❌ No	-	Small-business set-aside type code, e.g. "SBA" (Total Small Business), "8A", "WOSB", "HZC" (HUBZone). Omit to include all award types.
limit	number	❌ No	50	Maximum number of awards to return (1-100, default 50).
offset	number	❌ No	0	Number of awards to skip for pagination, in the current sort order (default 0).
sortBy	string	❌ No	amount	Ranking field: "amount" (obligated dollar value) or "date" (award start date). Default "amount".
sortOrder	string	❌ No	desc	Sort direction for sortBy: "desc" (largest/most recent first) or "asc". Default "desc".

Required Integrations

• datagov

Use Cases

• Which vendors won the largest federal awards in a NAICS category? — naicsCode + sortBy:amount
• Recent Department of Defense cybersecurity awards — awardingAgency + keywords + sortBy:date
• Find $10M+ federal awards across all recipients — minAmount, ranked by obligation
• Small-business set-aside awards from a given agency — setAsideType + awardingAgency
• All federal awards to a recipient by exact UEI (no fuzzy name match) — recipientUei

Example Usage

Largest Computer Systems Design (NAICS 541512) awards over $10M

{
  "tool": "search_federal_contracts",
  "arguments": {
    "naicsCode": "541512",
    "minAmount": 10000000,
    "sortBy": "amount",
    "limit": 10
  }
}

Recent DoD cybersecurity awards

{
  "tool": "search_federal_contracts",
  "arguments": {
    "awardingAgency": "Department of Defense",
    "keywords": "cybersecurity",
    "sortBy": "date",
    "limit": 10
  }
}

IT-services (PSC D310) awards after 2024, by date

{
  "tool": "search_federal_contracts",
  "arguments": {
    "pscCode": "D310",
    "startDateAfter": "2024-01-01",
    "sortBy": "date"
  }
}

Related Tools

company_contracts, search_gov_opportunities, company_gov_opportunities, company_gov_relationships, search_companies