Data Sources

Official public sources

GovAwardData.com is designed to draw from official public federal procurement systems. Access details and terms are documented and verified in our data source audit before any live ingestion is enabled.

• USAspending.gov — public award and transaction data and bulk download endpoints. Currently understood to be publicly accessible without an API key (subject to verification and rate limits).
• SAM.gov — entity and contract award data. SAM.gov APIs generally require a registered account and API key, and some require system-account approval. We do not assume key-less access.
• Official data dictionaries — used to map and define each retained field.

Fields we retain

For awards, we retain identifiers, parties, values, dates, and classifications, including:

• PIID, award identifiers, and source record URL
• Recipient legal business name, UEI, and CAGE code
• Awarding agency, sub-agency, office, and funding agency
• Base obligation, current total value, and potential total value
• Action/obligation date and period of performance
• NAICS and PSC codes with descriptions
• Place of performance
• Source system, source updated date, and last synced date

For entities, we retain legal name, DBA names, UEI, CAGE, location, and NAICS/PSC mix.

What we do not claim

We do not claim to be an official source, and we are not affiliated with the U.S. government. See our methodology for transformation and freshness details.