Federal Contract Awards

Overview

Federal Contract Awards track US government contract and grant awards from USASpending.gov. Each signal identifies a company that just won a federal contract, including award amount, awarding agency, NAICS classification, and LLM-enriched analysis of what the company will need to execute the contract.

We process awards daily, filtering to tech and professional services NAICS codes with a >$100K threshold. Each award is enriched with domain resolution, business category classification, and outreach hooks.

Signal Subtype

Signal	Subtype Enum	Description
Federal Contract	`companyFederalContract`	Company awarded a federal contract or grant

Schema

{
  "signal_id": "usg-75D30126F00005",
  "signal_type": "federal-contract-award",
  "signal_subtype": "companyFederalContract",
  "association": "company",
  "detected_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z",
  "company": {
    "name": "Acme Data Systems",
    "domain": "acmedata.com",
    "industries": ["Information Technology"]
  },
  "data": {
    "award_id": "75D30126F00005",
    "internal_id": 356696291,
    "award_amount": 311340,
    "total_obligation": 311340,
    "base_and_all_options": 311340,
    "awarding_agency": "Department of Health and Human Services",
    "awarding_sub_agency": "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention",
    "funding_agency": "Department of Health and Human Services",
    "funding_sub_agency": "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention",
    "funding_office": "CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES",
    "award_type_code": "D",
    "start_date": "2026-04-01",
    "end_date": "2027-05-01",
    "potential_end_date": "2027-05-01",
    "naics_code": "541519",
    "naics_description": "Other Computer Related Services",
    "psc_code": "D399",
    "psc_description": "SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: DATA COLLECTION",
    "description": "Data analytics platform for health surveillance",
    "place_of_performance_city": "Atlanta",
    "place_of_performance_state": "GA",
    "recipient_uei": "LECJQDCLHVE5",
    "recipient_address": "275 E MAIN ST",
    "recipient_city": "ATLANTA",
    "recipient_state": "GA",
    "recipient_zip": "30301",
    "recipient_business_categories": ["Small Business", "SBA Certified Small Disadvantaged Business"],
    "parent_company_name": "Acme Data Systems Inc",
    "parent_company_uei": "LECJQDCLHVE5",
    "competition_type": "FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION",
    "number_of_offers": 5,
    "pricing_type": "FIRM FIXED PRICE",
    "set_aside_type": "SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE",
    "commercial_item_status": "COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS/SERVICES",
    "source_url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_75D30126F00005_7523",
    "summary": "Acme Data Systems won a $311K contract from CDC for data collection and analytics.",
    "detail": "This award focuses on health data collection infrastructure. The company will likely need cloud analytics tools and data management platforms to execute.",
    "relevance": 0.8,
    "primary_topic": "Healthcare IT",
    "topics": ["Health Data", "Analytics", "Government IT"],
    "pain_points_extracted": ["Data collection infrastructure", "Analytics capabilities"],
    "use_cases_extracted": ["Data analytics platforms", "Cloud infrastructure"],
    "outreach_hooks": [
      "Congrats on the CDC award — we help government contractors scale their data infrastructure.",
      "Noticed your new HHS contract. Our platform accelerates health data analytics."
    ],
    "tags": ["healthcare-it", "government", "data-analytics"],
    "confidence": "high",
    "sentiment": "positive"
  }
}

Field Reference

Core Fields

Field	Type	Description
`signal_id`	string	Unique identifier (prefixed `usg-`)
`signal_type`	string	Always `"federal-contract-award"`
`signal_subtype`	string	Always `"companyFederalContract"`
`detected_at`	string (ISO 8601)	Award effective date
`association`	string	Always `"company"`

Company Object

Field	Type	Description
`company.name`	string	Award recipient name
`company.domain`	string	Company website domain (when resolved)
`company.industries`	array[string]	Industry classifications

Award Details

Field	Type	Description
`award_id`	string	Federal award identifier (PIID or FAIN)
`award_amount`	number	Award dollar amount
`total_obligation`	number	Total government obligation
`base_and_all_options`	number	Full contract value including options
`awarding_agency`	string	Federal agency making the award
`awarding_sub_agency`	string	Sub-agency
`funding_agency`	string	Agency providing funds
`funding_office`	string	Specific office
`award_type_code`	string	Contract type code (A-D for contracts, 02-05 for grants)
`start_date`	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	Contract start date
`end_date`	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	Contract end date
`potential_end_date`	string	Including option years
`naics_code`	string	NAICS industry code
`naics_description`	string	NAICS code description
`psc_code`	string	Product/Service code
`psc_description`	string	PSC description
`description`	string	Award description from USASpending
`source_url`	string	Direct link to USASpending.gov award page

Recipient Details

Field	Type	Description
`recipient_uei`	string	Unique Entity Identifier (SAM.gov)
`recipient_address`	string	Street address
`recipient_city`	string	City
`recipient_state`	string	State code
`recipient_zip`	string	ZIP code
`recipient_business_categories`	array[string]	SBA categories (small business, 8(a), HUBZone, etc.)
`parent_company_name`	string	Parent company name
`parent_company_uei`	string	Parent company UEI

Competition & Pricing

Field	Type	Description
`competition_type`	string	How the contract was competed
`number_of_offers`	integer	Number of bids received
`pricing_type`	string	Contract pricing structure
`set_aside_type`	string	Small business set-aside type
`commercial_item_status`	string	Commercial vs. government-specific

Enrichment Fields

Field	Type	Description
`summary`	string	LLM-generated award summary
`detail`	string	Analysis of what the company will need to execute
`relevance`	float (0-1)	B2B relevance score
`primary_topic`	string	Primary topic classification
`topics`	array[string]	Topic tags
`pain_points_extracted`	array[string]	Inferred pain points
`use_cases_extracted`	array[string]	Potential vendor use cases
`outreach_hooks`	array[string]	Ready-to-use outreach messages
`tags`	array[string]	Classification tags
`confidence`	string	`high`, `medium`, or `low`
`sentiment`	string	`positive`, `neutral`, or `negative`

Delivery

Detail	Value
GCS Bucket	`gs://autobound-federal-contract-award/`
Refresh	Daily
Format	JSONL + Parquet
Source	USASpending.gov
Filter	Tech/services NAICS codes, >$100K awards