Data sources
Fedwright collects notices and records from the federal sources below and keeps them together so that one search covers them. Each source has its own page, which lists the kinds of records it provides and the API operations that return them. The link under each description goes to the publisher’s own site.
CBCA decisions
Civilian Board of Contract Appeals
Decisions of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals on contract disputes with civilian agencies. They show how contracting officers' decisions have been reviewed and what contractors have won or lost.
Data types: Contract appeals
DHS acquisition forecasts
Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security's forecast of planned acquisitions. It shows work that is expected to be solicited before a notice is posted, so a company can prepare early.
Data types: Procurement forecasts
Federal Register
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
The daily journal of federal rules, proposed rules, and agency notices. Fedwright reads its documents to show the policy changes and agency announcements behind an opportunity.
Data types: Federal Register documents
FPDS
General Services Administration
The federal government's record of contract awards and modifications. It shows who won what, from which agency, and for how much, so past awards can be matched to new opportunities.
Data types: Contract awards, Indefinite-delivery vehicles, Other transaction agreements, Other transaction IDVs
Grants.gov
Department of Health and Human Services, for the federal grantmaking agencies
The federal catalog of grant and cooperative agreement opportunities, with their funding, eligibility, and deadlines. It covers the assistance side of federal money.
Data types: Grant opportunities
SAM.gov contract opportunities
General Services Administration
The federal government's marketplace for contract opportunities: solicitations, pre-solicitation and award notices, and amendments from every agency. This is the main source of the notices Fedwright searches.
Data types: Contract opportunity notices
USAspending
Department of the Treasury
The official source of federal spending data: contract and assistance awards, subawards, and the organizations that received them. Fedwright uses it to show what an agency has bought and who supplied it.
Data types: Contract awards, Direct payment awards, Entities, Grant awards, Indefinite-delivery vehicles, Loan awards, Other assistance awards, Subawards