`usa_award_search`

Pack: usaspending · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usaspending/mcp

Search US federal PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS / government contract awards for goods and services. Use recipient_name for “contracts won by Lockheed Martin”; keywords searches award descriptions/topics, not contractor identity. Dates are optional and default to the last 12 months for “recent” questions. Returns recipient, award amount, dates, and contract type.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`keywords`	array	no	Search keywords (e.g., [“cybersecurity”, “cloud”] or [“goods”, “services”])
`items`	string	no
`recipient_name`	string	no	Contractor/recipient name (e.g., “Lockheed Martin”). Use for awards won by a company; do not put company names in keywords.
`state`	string	no	Place-of-performance US state, 2-letter code (e.g., “MD”, “TX”). Filters to contracts performed in that state.
`agency`	string	no	Awarding agency name (e.g., “Department of Defense”)
`start_date`	string	no	Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format
`end_date`	string	no	End date in YYYY-MM-DD format
`naics`	string	no	NAICS code to filter by (e.g., “541512”)
`set_aside`	string	no	Small-business set-aside filter. Accepts a family name (“HUBZone”, “8(a)”, “WOSB”, “EDWOSB”, “SDVOSB”, “Veteran”, “Small business”, “Indian”), a FAR code (“HZC”, “8AN”, “SDVOSBC”), or the literal USAspending description (“HUBZONE SET-ASIDE”). Matches both the set-aside and sole-source variants of a family.
`limit`	number	no	Number of results (1-100, default 10)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "recipient_name": "Lockheed Martin",
  "limit": 10
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usaspending/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"usa_award_search","arguments":{"recipient_name":"Lockheed Martin","limit":10}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('usa_award_search', {
  "recipient_name": "Lockheed Martin",
  "limit": 10
});

More examples

{
  "keywords": [
    "cybersecurity"
  ],
  "start_date": "2024-01-01",
  "end_date": "2024-12-31"
}

{
  "keywords": [
    "cloud",
    "infrastructure"
  ],
  "agency": "Department of Defense",
  "start_date": "2023-01-01",
  "end_date": "2024-12-31",
  "naics": "541512",
  "limit": 25
}

{
  "agency": "Department of Defense",
  "start_date": "2024-10-01",
  "end_date": "2024-12-31",
  "limit": 10
}

Response shape

Always returns: total_results, limit, awards

Field	Type	Description
`total_results`	number	Total number of matching awards
`limit`	number	Number of results returned
`awards`	array	List of matching contract awards

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total_results": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of matching awards"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of results returned"
    },
    "awards": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "award_id": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Unique award identifier"
          },
          "recipient_name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Name of the contractor/recipient"
          },
          "award_amount": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Total award amount in dollars"
          },
          "total_outlays": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Total amount paid out"
          },
          "start_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Award start date"
          },
          "end_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Award end date"
          },
          "awarding_agency": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Name of the awarding agency"
          },
          "awarding_sub_agency": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Sub-agency that awarded the contract"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Award description"
          },
          "naics_code": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "NAICS industry code"
          },
          "contract_type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Type of contract award"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "award_id",
          "recipient_name",
          "award_amount",
          "total_outlays",
          "start_date",
          "end_date",
          "awarding_agency",
          "awarding_sub_agency",
          "description",
          "naics_code",
          "contract_type"
        ]
      },
      "description": "List of matching contract awards"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "total_results",
    "limit",
    "awards"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usaspending": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/usaspending/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

usa_award_search