SAM.gov Opportunities MCP server

This MCP server lets an AI assistant (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code or any other MCP client) search U.S. federal contract opportunities on SAM.gov: solicitations, sources sought, presolicitations and award notices.

Each call runs the Apify actor cleandatalabs/samgov-opportunities under your own Apify token. You don't need a SAM.gov API key and there is no 10-requests-per-day limit.

Not a developer? If you'd rather have a person watch a SAM.gov search for you, Clean Data Labs offers a free hand-checked sample: one search, the last 7 days, up to 10 notices.

Tools

Compact rows include the notice ID, title, solicitation number, type, department, agency and office, posted and deadline dates, NAICS, PSC, set-aside, place of performance, primary contact, attachment count, award fields (amount, date, awardee name, UEI, CAGE, award number), monitor change fields (change_type, changed_fields, change_summary, text_diff, previous values), optional attachment_archive / attachments_archived when the actor archived files, and the SAM.gov link. detail: "full" adds the description, all contacts and attachment links.

search_opportunities and get_opportunity are read-only. what_changed_since_last_check stores its memory (a samgov-monitor-state key-value record) in your own Apify account.

Cost

The actor charges $0.003 per returned notice (25 results cost $0.075), billed to the Apify account that owns the token. Apify's free plan includes $5 of monthly credit. Each tool call carries a spending cap: the lower of max_results × $0.003 and SAMGOV_MAX_CHARGE_USD (default $0.30). Each result reports estimated_cost_usd.

Install

You need uv (for uvx), or Python 3.10+ with pip, and an Apify API token from Console > Settings > API & Integrations.

Claude Desktop / Cursor / any client with an mcpServers config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "samgov": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["samgov-opportunities-mcp"],
      "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "apify_api_..." }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add samgov --env APIFY_TOKEN=apify_api_... -- uvx samgov-opportunities-mcp

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

{
  "inputs": [{ "type": "promptString", "id": "apify-token", "description": "Apify API token", "password": true }],
  "servers": {
    "samgov": { "type": "stdio", "command": "uvx", "args": ["samgov-opportunities-mcp"],
                "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "${input:apify-token}" } }
  }
}

From source

git clone https://github.com/clean-data-labs-org/samgov-opportunities-mcp && cd samgov-opportunities-mcp
pip install -e .
APIFY_TOKEN=apify_api_... samgov-opportunities-mcp   # speaks MCP over stdio

Configuration

Actor 0.3.7 (on latest): monitor rows include change_summary and text_diff, and every row carries set_aside / set_aside_description. Attachment archiving is opt-in on the actor via downloadAttachments: true (files land in a persistent KV store with sha256 dedupe; rows get attachment_archive[] / attachments_archived). This MCP package does not yet expose a download_attachments tool flag; set it only if you call the actor directly.

Example prompts

• "Find small-business set-aside janitorial contracts in Colorado posted this week."
• "Any VA construction solicitations under NAICS 2362 due in the next 30 days?"
• "Who won solicitation FA813226Q0061, and for how much?"
• "What changed since last check in my construction-co watch (NAICS 236220, Colorado)?"
• "Show me HUBZone IT services opportunities (NAICS 5415) from the Army since 2026-11-01."

No-install alternative: Apify's hosted MCP server

To skip installing anything, point your client at Apify's hosted server and limit it to this actor:

{ "mcpServers": { "samgov": { "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=cleandatalabs/samgov-opportunities" } } }

It signs you in with OAuth, or you can send Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>. It exposes the actor as one generic tool with every raw actor input, plus run and dataset helper tools. This package instead offers three focused tools with typed filters, compact output and a per-call spending cap.

Development

pip install -e ".[test]"
pytest                                  # offline tests over a real MCP stdio session
SAMGOV_LIVE=1 APIFY_TOKEN=... pytest    # adds a live search + get (about $0.01)
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector -e APIFY_TOKEN=... -- samgov-opportunities-mcp

Data source and disclaimer

The data comes from public SAM.gov notices. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. General Services Administration or SAM.gov. Always confirm deadlines and requirements on the official notice before you bid.

License

MIT