govcon_award_search
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Who has the government actually paid, for what, and how much? Search USAspending federal award history (contracts and assistance) by recipient name or UEI, awarding agency, NAICS prefix, CFDA number, amount range, and action-date window — competitor award research, incumbent lookup before a recompete, and grant-winner analysis in one call. [price: $0.05/row]
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| recipient | string | no | Award recipient name fragment. Example: 'lockheed'. |
| uei | string | no | Recipient Unique Entity Identifier (SAM UEI), exact match. |
| agency | string | no | Awarding agency or sub-agency name fragment. Example: 'defense'. |
| naics | string | no | NAICS code prefix(es), CSV. |
| kind | string | no | contract | assistance (grants, loans, direct payments). CSV for both. |
| cfda | string | no | CFDA / Assistance Listing number, exact match (assistance awards). |
| amount_min | number | no | Minimum award amount in USD. |
| amount_max | number | no | Maximum award amount in USD. |
| awarded_after | string | no | Action date on or after (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| awarded_before | string | no | Action date on or before (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| sort | string | no | field:direction — amount | action_date. Default 'amount:desc'. |
| limit | integer | no | Max rows (default 25, cap 100). |
| offset | integer | no | Rows to skip, for paging. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"recipient": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Award recipient name fragment. Example: 'lockheed'.",
"examples": [
"lockheed"
]
},
"uei": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Recipient Unique Entity Identifier (SAM UEI), exact match.",
"examples": [
"ZQGD2Xix75A5"
]
},
"agency": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Awarding agency or sub-agency name fragment. Example: 'defense'.",
"examples": [
"defense"
]
},
"naics": {
"type": "string",
"description": "NAICS code prefix(es), CSV.",
"examples": [
"5415"
]
},
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "contract | assistance (grants, loans, direct payments). CSV for both.",
"examples": [
"contract"
]
},
"cfda": {
"type": "string",
"description": "CFDA / Assistance Listing number, exact match (assistance awards).",
"examples": [
"93.243"
]
},
"amount_min": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Minimum award amount in USD.",
"examples": [
1000000
]
},
"amount_max": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Maximum award amount in USD.",
"examples": [
50000000
]
},
"awarded_after": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Action date on or after (YYYY-MM-DD).",
"examples": [
"2025-10-01"
]
},
"awarded_before": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Action date on or before (YYYY-MM-DD).",
"examples": [
"2026-07-16"
]
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"description": "field:direction — amount | action_date. Default 'amount:desc'.",
"examples": [
"action_date:desc"
]
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max rows (default 25, cap 100).",
"examples": [
25
]
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Rows to skip, for paging.",
"examples": [
0
]
}
},
"required": []
}