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Civic AI aggregates public procurement data from federal systems and state/local portals. This page describes the major source categories and how we use them.

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Federal sources

Federal solicitations on SAM.gov are the system of record for most prime federal opportunities. USAspending provides authoritative award and obligation data for competitive research. GSA CALC+ powers Labor Pricing with public MAS not-to-exceed hourly rates (see Labor pricing).

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Classification reference data

The Classifications browse pages use official government code lists: See NAICS and PSC codes for how to use these in search.

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State and local sources

State, local, education, and special-district procurement is published across hundreds of portals. Civic AI runs dedicated ingestion pipelines for many of these systems, including:
  • Statewide eProcurement platforms
  • City and county bid boards
  • Public utility and transit agency posting sites
  • Cooperative purchasing networks
  • Public notice aggregators (where used as primary sources)
Coverage expands as new pipelines ship. Portals differ in fields available — some publish full RFP PDFs, others only title and deadline.

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What Civic AI adds

Raw portal data is hard to search consistently. Civic AI normalizes records so you can:
  • Search across sources in plain English
  • See deadlines, agencies, and set-asides on unified result cards
  • Link back to the official posting for submission
  • Connect solicitations to award history for the same buyers and vendors

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Open data access

Developers can access public procurement data through our open-source client:

civiccontracts-data on GitHub

Python and TypeScript client for Civic AI open data APIs.
See the API docs for product API documentation as endpoints become available.

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Accuracy and limitations

Always verify final requirements on the official source before bidding. Civic AI reflects public data as published; amendments, cancellations, and corrections may lag the portal by hours.
  • Not legal advice — eligibility, set-asides, and compliance require your own review
  • Incomplete fields — some local portals publish minimal metadata
  • Subcontract data — prime awards are well covered; sub-tier visibility varies