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Contract Award Data
To manage and run reports on contract award data, access the
DataBank
. To search for specific contract award data, use the "Contracting" domain and select "Contract Awards."
Contract data provides detailed information on all contract actions that are required to be reported by federal agencies. These are actions with an estimated value of $10,000 or more.
SAM Search
If you have a specific searchable phrase (e.g.: small business contracts, information technology, SHIP AND MARINE EQUIPMENT, termination for cause), you can use the options mentioned below:
Keyword Search > Simple Search > Any Words
Keyword Search > Simple Search > All Words
Keyword Search > Simple Search > Exact Phrase
If you intend to search using a SQL query-like conditions, then use Keyword Search > Search Editor
If you intend to search using the pre-designed search parameters/filters, then select enter/select one or many values from the following:
Contracting Federal Organizations:
Offers Department and Sub-tier selections
Entity:
Offers Entity Name (Legal Business Name), Unique Entity Identifier and CAGE/NCAGE selections
Socio-Economic Status:
Offers Entity socio-economic credits as selections
Product or Service Information:
Offers NAICS and PSC selections
Place of Performance:
Offers Country, State, City, Zip Code and Congressional District selections
Contract Identification:
Offers PIID, Referenced IDV PIID, Solicitation ID and Document Type selections. PIID, Referenced IDV PIID and Solicitation ID allow partial and wildcard searches. E.g.: W58, GS*89.
Dates:
Offers Date Signed, IDV Last Date to Order and Contract Fiscal Year selections
Competition:
Offers Extent Competed, Type of Set Aside and Contract Opportunities Notice selections
Status:
Active (not Closed Out CARs) and Inactive (Closed Out CARs) selections
NOTE:
The Keyword Search has the ability to find a match by searching across several data elements.
Non-fed users,
will have access to all the Award (Delivery/Task Order, Purchase Order, Definitive Contract, BPA Call), IDV (FSS, GWAC, BOA, BPA, IDC) and Other Transaction (Order, Agreement, IDV) data, except for the DoD Unrevealed (within the 90 days from the signed date) data.
Federal users
, will have access to all the Award (Delivery/Task Order, Purchase Order, Definitive Contract, BPA Call), IDV (FSS, GWAC, BOA, BPA, IDC) and Other Transaction (Order, Agreement, IDV) data, except for the DoD Unrevealed (within the 90 days from the signed date) data.
DoD users
, will have access to all the Award (Delivery/Task Order, Purchase Order, Definitive Contract, BPA Call), IDV (FSS, GWAC, BOA, BPA, IDC) and Other Transaction (Order, Agreement, IDV) data, including the DoD Unrevealed (within the 90 days from the signed date) data.
NOTE:
The five NASA Specific Awards (Cooperative Agreement, Funded Space Act Agreement, Grant for Research, Intra-governmental and Training Grant) will be made available under the Federal Assistance domain in the near future.
Is the Search Results Card different than what I used to see in the FPDS.gov ezSearch-Contracts?
Do I need to have a registered SAM.gov account to access Contract Awards?
What other features are available?
Do SAM.gov and FPDS.gov sync contract data? When is data refreshed?
Part 1: Introduction and static reports (11:16)
Part 2: Standard reports and drilling (19:03)
Part 3.1: Ad hoc reports using the report builder (15:33)
Part 3.2: Ad hoc reports using a blank report (10:29)
Part 3.3: Ad hoc reports post-execution functions (09:24)
Learn about contract data ad hoc reports
Learn about attributes and metrics
Create and save an ad hoc report
Edit a saved ad hoc report
Share an ad hoc report
Add a total row to an ad hoc report
Send report data or links to others
Drill in standard, administrative, and ad hoc reports
Export report results
Do I need a user account?
You must sign up for a user account to access the contract data. All users including public users can search contract award data and run contract data reports, but you must be signed in.
Quick start guide for creating a login.gov account
Sign up at login.gov
Government users:
We encourage you to request a contract data role if you need access to restricted data such as DoD’s 90-day award data.
Request a federal role
Contract Award Reports
There are pre-formatted standard reports, advanced Ad Hoc reports, and controlled Administrative reports within the Data Bank.
List of available standard reports
What are contract data ad hoc reports?
What are the available contract data static reports?
Reference guide for standard reports
Go to Contract Award Reports
Manage Contract Awards
Federal users can manage contract award records by selecting the "manage contract awards" button and logging in with the legacy FPDS credentials.
Frequently Asked Questions
Go to Contract Award Login
Connect to Data Services
How to use data services
Go to public contract award API
System Accounts
Creating a system account
Renewing a system account Password
Go to public contract award API
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