Evidence-backed facts
- The SAM.gov public opportunities API exposes published federal contract opportunity notices and associated identifiers, dates, agencies, classifications, locations, links, and attachments. informative
- Requests require a registered API key, which must remain secret; read access does not grant entity registration, bid submission, notice publication, award, or procurement authority. informative
- Clients must bind posted-date ranges and supported notice filters, page through bounded results, preserve notice identifiers, and follow documented attachment and throttling behavior. informative
- Opportunity notices can be amended, cancelled, archived, delayed, or incomplete and do not prove vendor eligibility, award likelihood, available funding, or a binding solicitation interpretation. informative