# US Government Contract Awards Search

> US Government Contract Awards Search is a paid API for AI agents from store.agentexchange.work, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Search and retrieve US federal government contract award data by keyword or sector, returning award counts, total spend, top recipients, and activity scores over a configurable lookback window.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://store.agentexchange.work/gov/contracts
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/us-government-contract-awards-search-14924e69
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ikAM6nGtNZhl-FTLVrA25

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability us-government-contract-awards-search-14924e69
```

Example prompt: Search US federal government contract awards for 'cybersecurity' over the last 12 months — I want to know the total dollars awarded, top recipients, and how active the sector is.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured federal contract award data searchable by keyword or sector, especially for GovCon market research, competitive intelligence on government spending, or identifying top contractor recipients in a domain. Prefer this over general web search when you need structured, aggregated spend data with activity scoring rather than raw news or press releases.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'q' parameter returns a 400 or validation error
- Invalid months value outside 1-36 range may return an error or default to 12
- Payment not included or insufficient USDC results in a 402 Payment Required response
- No matching contracts for obscure keywords returns empty top_awards array and zero counts
- Rate limiting or network issues may cause timeout or 5xx errors

## How this service works

Machine-payable data APIs for AI agents across web search, on-chain reads, trading data, market judgment, and AI visibility. The canonical x402 catalog currently exposes 82 paid routes. Pay per call in USDC via x402 on Base. No API keys, no signup.

## Output

A JSON object containing the search query, a list of top contract awards (with date, agency, amount, and recipient), total award count, lookback window in months, an activity score (0-100), and total USD awarded across all matching contracts in the period.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Keyword / sector, e.g. 'cybersecurity', 'AI', 'cloud migration'"
      },
      "months": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Lookback window in months, 1-36 (default 12)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "top_awards": {
       "type": "array"
      },
      "activity_score": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "total_awarded_usd": {
       "type": "number"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "query": "cybersecurity",
  "top_awards": [
   {
    "date": "2026-02-11",
    "agency": "DoD",
    "amount": 95000000,
    "recipient": "Booz Allen Hamilton"
   }
  ],
  "award_count": 1840,
  "window_months": 12,
  "activity_score": 88,
  "total_awarded_usd": 4200000000
 }
}
```

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