Who has the government actually paid, for what, and how much?
Who has the government actually paid, for what, and how much? Search USAspending federal award history (contracts and assistance) by recipient name or UEI, awarding agency, NAICS prefix, CFDA number, amount range, and action-date window — competitor award research, incumbent lookup before a recompete, and grant-winner analysis in one call.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
260 msmedian answer time
$1.25listed price per call
$1.25price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://api.govparse.io/v1/awards/search
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | api.govparse.io |
| Networks | eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $1.25 | 260 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"agency": "defense",
"recipient": "lockheed",
"uei": "ZQGD2Xix75A5"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"properties": {
"agency": {
"description": "Awarding agency or sub-agency name fragment. Example: 'defense'.",
"examples": [
"defense"
],
"type": "string"
},
"amount_max": {
"description": "Maximum award amount in USD.",
"examples": [
50000000
],
"type": "number"
},
"amount_min": {
"description": "Minimum award amount in USD.",
"examples": [
1000000
],
"type": "number"
},
"awarded_after": {
"description": "Action date on or after (YYYY-MM-DD).",
"examples": [
"2025-10-01"
],
"type": "string"
},
"awarded_before": {
"description": "Action date on or before (YYYY-MM-DD).",
"examples": [
"2026-07-16"
],
"type": "string"
},
"cfda": {
"description": "CFDA / Assistance Listing number, exact match (assistance awards).",
"examples": [
"93.243"
],
"type": "string"
},
"kind": {
"description": "contract | assistance (grants, loans, direct payments). CSV for both.",
"examples": [
"contract"
],
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max rows (default 25, cap 100).",
"examples": [
25
],
"type": "integer"
},
"naics": {
"description": "NAICS code prefix(es), CSV.",
"examples": [
"5415"
],
"type": "string"
},
"offset": {
"description": "Rows to skip, for paging.",
"examples": [
0
],
"type": "integer"
},
"recipient": {
"description": "Award recipient name fragment. Example: 'lockheed'.",
"examples": [
"lockheed"
],
"type": "string"
},
"sort": {
"description": "field:direction \u2014 amount | action_date. Default 'amount:desc'.",
"examples": [
"action_date:desc"
],
"type": "string"
},
"uei": {
"description": "Recipient Unique Entity Identifier (SAM UEI), exact match.",
"examples": [
"ZQGD2Xix75A5"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [],
"type": "object"
}
},
"type": "object"
}