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PUBLIC DATA · PRACTICAL TOOLS

Public records.
Less digging.

Find the useful details inside government datasets. Get focused reports with the relevant details, supporting text from government records, and sources you can check.

Explore the data APIs
01 / Official records02 / Fixed processing rules03 / Usable reports
THE CATALOG

Four focused APIs.

Run on Apify. Use the results in a spreadsheet, your own software, or an AI agent.

01

UNITED STATES · FEDERAL CONTRACTS

Which federal contracts in your field end soon?

Find federal contracts whose current period of performance ends in the months ahead, by NAICS, product/service code, place of performance and awarding agency. See the incumbent, the agency, obligated and potential value, option dates and set-aside.

  • A rule-based recompete signal on every row, with plain-English reasons
  • Option runway in months and an incumbent snapshot for the run

Government source: USAspending.gov · Federal award data

Prime contract awards as published on USAspending.gov. Defense awards appear after a 90-day reporting delay. An ending contract may be extended, re-awarded or left to lapse; it does not guarantee a new solicitation.

Spec: an end-date window of up to 24 months (default 3–18) · data fetched from USAspending.gov at run time · JSON, CSV or Excel via Apify.

Freefirst 25 contracts per run, then $0.02 per contract

View Recompete API Prefer a finished Excel report?See a worked example
02

AUSTIN, TEXAS · COMMERCIAL PERMITS

What’s planned for this property?

Find commercial building permits that explicitly describe a change from one use to another. See the previous use, planned new use, address, and official permit link.

  • Full permit descriptions and the text supporting each change
  • Issue dates, statuses, and summary counts

Government source: City of Austin · Issued Construction Permits

Covers explicit change-of-use wording in Austin commercial building permits. A permit does not confirm a business opening or completed work.

Spec: choose up to 31 days of permit issue dates per report · data fetched from the city at run time · JSON via API; HTML, CSV and JSON for the $9 report.

$1per nonempty API report

View Austin API View sample report
Get report$9 · No account needed
Readable report + spreadsheet
03

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS · BUILDING PERMITS

Spot changes in use and occupancy.

Find Chicago permit descriptions with explicit changes in property use or occupancy, including commercial and residential records. See the text from the permit that supports each extracted change.

  • Previous and planned uses, with evidence quotes
  • Addresses, permit status, and summary counts

Government source: City of Chicago · Building Permits

City of Chicago only. Select up to 31 days of permit issue dates per report. Results are not an exhaustive list of changes or current occupancy.

Spec: up to 31 days of permit issue dates per report · data fetched from the city at run time · JSON via API; free HTML sample report.

$1per nonempty API report

View Chicago API View sample report
04

UNITED STATES · FDA IMPORT REFUSALS

Look up a facility’s refusal history.

Enter a facility’s FDA Establishment Identifier (FEI). Get matching records from the FDA’s 2024–current import refusal export, with refusal charge descriptions and source coverage details.

  • Exact FEI matching and decoded charge codes
  • Original records, summary counts, and retrieval details

Government source: U.S. FDA · Import Refusal Reports

Import refusals only. Does not check recalls, warning letters, or import alerts. No matches does not mean a supplier is cleared.

Spec: one exact FEI per report · FDA’s 2024–current refusal export, fetched at run time · JSON via API; free HTML sample report.

$0.50per nonempty API report

View FDA API View sample report

No report charge for successful queries with no matches. An authenticated Apify account and sufficient run budget are required. Current pricing and full coverage limits are on each listing. See dataset specs and the data dictionary.

DONE FOR YOU

Prefer a finished report?

Tell us your sector, codes or file, and get a checked spreadsheet back. Ordering, payment and delivery happen on Fiverr.

Federal recompetes and open SAM.gov bids for your NAICS

An Excel report of federal contracts ending in the next 3–18 months, with incumbents, option runway and the open bids in your NAICS code.

From $25

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UK and Ireland contracts due for renewal

Public contracts ending soon and tenders open now in your sector, from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender and Ireland’s eTenders, with incumbents.

From $25

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Clean your recurring CSV or Excel export automatically

An Excel or Google Sheets automation: paste the export, get a clean table and a Checks tab that shows every row and total balances.

From $40

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Foundations likely to fund your nonprofit

A ranked Excel list of private foundations that recently made grants to similar organizations in your state and cities, with the grant evidence and source filing behind each one.

From $35

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Research and data services only: no bid or grant writing, legal advice, or guaranteed awards or funding. Reports use public data or the sample you provide, and no personal contact details.

PUT THE DATA TO WORK

Austin permits.
Meet Google Sheets.

Use our published n8n template to bring commercial permit-use changes into a sheet for review.

Get the n8n template

The template is free. Apify report charges and your n8n hosting costs may apply.

1

Choose a permit date range.

2

Run the Austin API through n8n.

3

Review the results in Google Sheets.

WHAT WE ADD

The records are public.
The preparation is the product.

Government datasets are free to access. We handle the queries, extract a narrow set of useful details, and return consistent reports with the original evidence.

Each Apify run fetches the publisher’s current data and processes it with fixed extraction rules. No LLM calls are used to produce these reports. Source updates can lag events, and downloaded reports remain snapshots.

Collection failures are reported as errors, rather than passed off as successful searches with no matches.

Read the full documentation on Apify
FOR AGENTS & DEVELOPERS

Use the same tools
from your workflow.

Each listing includes input fields, output documentation, examples, and API access. Connect an agent through Apify’s MCP server, or call the Actor through the Apify API.

For Austin and Chicago, empty input uses the latest seven UTC dates. For FDA, supply an exact FEI. The Recompete API’s form is prefilled with an example search. Review the listing’s coverage before running.

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GET IN TOUCH

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