# Government Bid Tracker (`technicaldost/government-bid-tracker`) Actor

Track government contracts from SAM.gov. Find RFPs, bids, and federal opportunities.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/technicaldost/government-bid-tracker.md
- **Developed by:** [Technical Dost Solutions](https://apify.com/technicaldost) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, AI
- **Stats:** 7 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Government Contract Bid Tracker

Track government RFPs and contract opportunities from SAM.gov. Filter by keywords, NAICS codes, agencies, and set-aside types.

### 🎯 Features

- **SAM.gov Integration**: Official federal procurement database
- **NAICS Filtering**: Industry classification codes
- **Agency Filters**: DOD, HHS, DHS, NASA, and more
- **Set-Aside Types**: Small business, 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB
- **Active Only**: Filter out expired opportunities
- **Date Range**: Posted within 24h to 90 days

### 📥 Input

```json
{
    "keywords": ["software", "IT services", "cloud"],
    "naicsCodes": ["541512", "541511"],
    "agencies": ["DOD", "HHS"],
    "setAside": ["SB", "8(a)"],
    "opportunityType": ["solicitation", "combined"],
    "postedWithin": "30d",
    "activeOnly": true
}
```

### 📤 Output

```json
{
    "noticeId": "SOL-2024-001234",
    "title": "Cloud Infrastructure Services",
    "solicitationNumber": "W912AB-24-R-0001",
    "agency": "Department of Defense",
    "subAgency": "Army Corps of Engineers",
    "postedDate": "2024-01-10T00:00:00Z",
    "responseDeadline": "2024-02-15T17:00:00Z",
    "naicsCode": "541512",
    "setAside": "SB",
    "description": "Seeking proposals for...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://sam.gov/opp/...",
    "scrapedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}
```

### 📊 Pricing

**Suggested**: $0.01 per opportunity

### ✅ Legal Compliance

Uses public SAM.gov data. All federal procurement notices are public information.

### 💡 Note

For full API access, register at SAM.gov to obtain an API key.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search for in contracts

## `postedWithin` (type: `string`):

Filter by posting date

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum opportunities to retrieve

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "software",
    "IT services"
  ],
  "postedWithin": "30d",
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "software",
        "IT services"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("technicaldost/government-bid-tracker").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "keywords": [
        "software",
        "IT services",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("technicaldost/government-bid-tracker").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "software",
    "IT services"
  ]
}' |
apify call technicaldost/government-bid-tracker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,technicaldost/government-bid-tracker"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/zO5pkcyGIEhFfabhe/builds/me8Bws7GtVN7E9NZM/openapi.json