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Contract Awards in SAM.gov

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GSA continues to create a more modern and unified user experience for the entities that want to do business or currently are doing business with the federal award community while reducing costs for the government and the taxpayer.

The Federal Procurement Data System’s (FPDS.gov) capabilities will transition to SAM.gov on an incremental basis to make way for a modernized procurement data system within SAM.gov

ezSearch

GSA has completed the transition of ezSearch functionalities to SAM.gov, and will decommission ezSearch on February 24, 2026 . The contract award search function in SAM.gov allows users to search federal procurement data and to filter by keyword, agency, and legal business name.  Results are available to anyone with a SAM.gov account, including contractors, agencies, and the public.

The federal government procurement data found in SAM.gov’s search is mostly used for policy and trend analysis.  Search results contain publicly available information about all unclassified contract actions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold and any modifications to those actions that change previously reported data, regardless of dollar value. 

With the transition of ezSearch into SAM.gov, we also made some improvements to the functionality, including:

  • Creating effective navigation between Contract Opportunities, Contract Awards and Subaward Reporting domains.
  • Offering the search filters that are widely used.
  • Developing Pickers for search filters, the functionality that does not exist in FPDS.gov.
  • Developing search filters to be more intuitive and to allow partial searches which do not exist in FPDS.gov.

NASA Specific Awards have not been transitioned to SAM.gov.  NASA Award data may be obtained from the SAM Data Bank or FPDS Advanced Search.

 

Atom Feed

ATOM Feed will be replaced with the SAM.gov Contract Awards API in open.gsa.gov. 

The new API will include the following enhancements:

  • Direct & On-Demand Queries

  • Advanced, Granular Search

  • Flexible Formats (JSON, CSV)

  • Richer Data (Deleted Contracts, etc.) 

Consumers should begin using the open.gsa API today to test and update their consumption methods as necessary. There’s no need to wait. Instructions to obtain an API Key can be found here.

 

We will also be removing the following features and resources from FPDS.gov:

  • Data dictionary: The Legacy FPDS data dictionary will be available at  SAM.gov, including previous and current versions. 
  • FAQ and help resources: All Legacy FPDS content including FAQ documents and Help Guides will be available at SAM.gov Help and FSD.gov 

Contract data reports (the reporting function of FPDS.gov) was integrated into SAM.gov in October of 2020. The migration of contract awards data and search capabilities integration started as a soft launch in July 2025 as the next step in the modernization process. The remaining functions of FPDS.gov will be integrated into SAM.gov in the near future. 

 

Additional decommissions

On February 24, 2026 we’ll also decommission the Interagency Contract Directory application, contractdirectory.gov.  Users should conduct all searches in SAM.gov.  
 

 

Search Contract Awards Data in SAM.gov

Search Consolidated Contracting Data

Search Consolidated Contracting Data

To view results, users will need to sign into SAM. A user account is required to access public data, but no specific role is needed.

 

Manage Contract Award Data

Agencies’ Contract Writing Systems (CWS) will continue to provide data through the SAM Contract Awards Management web portal (Former FPDS database). Starting February 24, 2026, federal users can access the portal at sam.gov/contracting by selecting the “Manage Contract Awards” card.

 

As for the Data Management (DM) process, it will remain the same and requests will be done through the Federal Service Desk.

 

If you need help on managing contract award records, please see the help resources on FSD.gov.

 

 

Resources

Knowledge articles have already been posted at the Federal Service Desk (SAM.gov’s helpdesk) that will help you navigate the new contract award functionality in SAM.gov. Some key articles are:

            Do I need to have a registered SAM.gov account to access Contract Awards?

 

           I have a registered SAM.gov account. How do I access Contract Awards?

 

           Is the Search Results Card different than what I used to see in the FPDS.gov ezSearch-Contracts?

 

           More Knowledge Articles

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why are you making these changes to FPDS.gov?
    • We began integrating FPDS.gov into SAM.gov back in 2020.
  • Why wasn’t there more advanced notice of these changes?
    • All of the changes to IAE systems are done in an iterative manner.  FPDS.gov modernization has been planned for a long time; GSA feels that now is the right time to make it happen.  This also is being done in a phased concurrent roll out which negates the need for extensive advanced notice.
  • What is next for FPDS.gov?
    • We will eventually be retiring the system with the goal of moving all public facing functions of FPDS.gov to SAM.gov by February 24, 2026. Stay tuned here or sign up for update notices from SAM.gov/IAE Interact for more information.