Federal transaction data type
A contract, financial assistance, or sub-award transaction with action-level details such as value, action date, agency, recipient, and place of performance.
- Source: SAM.gov contract award data for contract award and IDV transactions, USAspending.gov assistance award data for prime grant award transactions, and SAM.gov sub-award reporting data for federal sub-award transactions.
- Update frequency: Daily source updates, daily deleted-record checks, and periodic backfills.
- Volume: About 128.2 million GovTribe records as of May 2026.
- Export: Federal transaction
- MCP: Search federal transactions MCP tool
Attributes
| Field | Type | Attribute |
|---|---|---|
govtribe_id | string | GovTribe ID |
govtribe_type | string | GovTribe type |
date | string | null | Date |
last_mod_number | string | Last modification number |
reason_for_modification | string | null | Reason for modification |
total_value | number | null | Total value |
federal_value | number | null | Federal value |
non_federal_value | number | null | Non-federal value |
updated_at | string | null | Updated at |
awardee | relationship | Vendor |
funding_federal_agency | relationship | Federal agency |
contracting_federal_agency | relationship | Federal agency |
Related articles
- Federal award values and transactions: Compare transaction-level value splits with award-level values and obligations.
- Vendor, awardee, recipient, and subcontractor roles: Interpret the awardee vendor on federal transaction records.
- Source identifiers and record matching: Use source identifiers when connecting transactions to their awards.