Search the text inside SAM.gov and DIBBS attachments, replay amendment history, and pull USAspending awards — one stable record model over REST and MCP.
Browse the live data/v1/opportunities ?source=sam_current&status=active
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data[0].recordId
data[0].sourceName
data[0].summary
data[0].documents[].text
data[0].history.events[]
meta.nextCursorThe same current SAM.gov opportunities the API serves, in a public browser. Open a record, check its documents, history, and buyer context when available, then make the same call from your code.
A procurement record is not just a title and due date. The attachment text says what the work requires. The history shows what changed, when it changed, and which source record supports the current answer.
Search extracted attachment text across indexed opportunity documents. Results include the document, opportunity, snippet, matched terms, and character offsets.
/v1/documents/search/v1/opportunities/{recordId}/documents/search/v1/opportunities/{recordId}/documents/textUse change feed, history, snapshots, and stable thread keys to see what changed and which source record produced the current view.
/v1/changes/v1/opportunities/{recordId}/history/v1/opportunities/{recordId}/relatedEvery source is normalized into a stable envelope with source identity, documents, history, and links where the upstream supports them.
{
"recordId": "…",
"threadKey": "…",
"summary": { … },
"documents": { … },
"history": { … }
}Permanent IDs, source names, documents, and replayable history use the same field groups across current and archive records.
Versioned routes, cursor pagination.
Incremental updates, no source polling.
Same records through model-facing tools.
Use versioned routes for applications and MCP tools for agents. The key, quota, records, and provenance stay the same.
00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001Dashboards, sync pipelines, alerts. Versioned /v1/* endpoints, bearer auth, cursor pagination where supported.
# From your backend script or notebook curl https://api.boringdataplatform.com/v1/opportunities/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"API reference
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# Inside Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP client
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{ "recordId": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001" }Setup guideStart with the record and its provenance. Then build the workflow around it: an agent answering document questions, a dashboard watching change events, or a capture brief that needs buyer context.
32 MCP tools for document search, opportunity history, awards, entities, exclusions, and analysis. Same auth and quota as REST.
See MCP setupUse one API contract for search, detail, documents, changes, related records, rollups, and source-specific provenance.
Read API docsBuyer context, document evidence, recent awards, similar work, and history where available for capture briefs, watchlists, and market maps.
See capture workflowsToday, teams working with federal procurement data wire up three things: a notice feed, a document fetcher with OCR, and a diffing layer to reconstruct what changed. Each has its own auth, rate limits, and field drift. Boring Data Platform returns the current record, its supporting documents, its change history, and its source relationships against one contract.
Documents, history, and analysis fields are populated where the source and endpoint support them.
Need to slice rather than fetch-by-id? Hit /v1/opportunities/analysis for structured filters — NAICS, set-aside, contract type, and feature flags (hasExtractedText, hasPdf, hasTechnicalDocuments) — plus /analysis/rollups for aggregated facet counts.
The public sources are useful alone. They become more useful when the API connects them: agency spend, opportunity features, vendor registration, source relationships, exclusions, and integrity signals.
Group awards by agency, vendor, NAICS, or PSC without pulling the full awards feed into your own warehouse first.
/v1/awards/analysis/rollups?group_by=awarding_agency_code&fiscal_year=2025Facet live opportunities by source, status, set-aside, NAICS, document availability, and derived features.
/v1/opportunities/analysis/rollups?hasPdf=true&naics=541512Connect SAM registration, recent awards, agency rollups, exclusions, and public integrity records in one call.
/v1/entities/{uei}/profileReturn contacts, office path, similar postings, and recent award/vendor signals from one opportunity record.
/v1/opportunities/{recordId}/buyer-profileEach source lists its current records, document coverage, history, freshness, and status from the source catalog.
| Source | Records | Documents | History | Freshness | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SAM.gov current opportunitiesLive federal procurement notices from SAM.gov, with source attachments, extracted text, and document search indexed as part of the current pipeline. | 6.4M | Attachments + extracted text | Per record | Every 6h | Live |
SAM.gov archived opportunitiesHistorical SAM.gov notices for backtesting and research. Public API clients opt in with source=sam_archive. | 14.2M snapshots | Per record | 8 years | Frozen | Archive |
DIBBS RFQsDLA DIBBS request-for-quote postings with package pages, PDFs, technical-document metadata, and searchable extracted text where enrichment has run. | Measured live | Measured live | Per record | Daily | Live |
USAspending.gov Contract AwardsFederal prime contract award actions (FPDS-equivalent) sourced from USAspending.gov. Public v1 award rows currently exclude IDV records. | 33M+ | — | FY2021–FY2025 | Daily | Live |
SAM.gov Entity RegistrationsFederal-government-facing entity registrations (UEI + CAGE + socioeconomic + address). Sourced from SAM.gov monthly public entity extracts; history accumulates as each monthly snapshot is preserved. | 10.6M+ | — | Monthly snapshots (forward from first preserved extract) | Monthly | Live |
SAM.gov ExclusionsActive federal exclusion records from SAM.gov public Exclusions V2 extracts, preserving UEI/CAGE/NPI join keys and daily snapshot history. | 170K+ | — | Daily snapshots from preserved SAM public extracts | Daily | Live |
SAM.gov Responsibility & Integrity RecordsPublic Responsibility/Qualification and FAPIIS (Integrity Information) records sourced from SAM.gov DataBank static reports, preserving UEI/CAGE join keys with snapshot history. | 3.7K+ | — | Snapshots accumulate from preserved DataBank XLSX reports | Weekly static-report check | Live |
SAM.gov Federal Hierarchy PublicPublic SAM.gov Federal Hierarchy department/independent-agency and sub-tier organization reference data. | Department/Ind. Agency + Sub-Tier rows from the SAM.gov public Federal Hierarchy API | — | Snapshots accumulate from public API pulls | On-demand public API snapshots; recurring refresh cadence pending | Live |
SAM.gov Assistance ListingsPublic SAM.gov Assistance Listings / CFDA federal program reference data with agency codes and program descriptions. | SAM.gov Assistance Listings / CFDA program rows with Federal Hierarchy enrichment | — | Snapshots accumulate from preserved API pulls | On-demand public API snapshots; recurring refresh cadence pending | Live |
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