# Federal Contracts ICP intelligence. AI Agent Connect > Federal Contracts ICP pulls live data from the US federal spending database. It lets your AI client verify if a target company is a proven federal vendor, find fresh contract wins to use as outreach hooks, and benchmark competitors within specific industries or agencies. No API keys or accounts are required; just connect and start querying. ## Overview - **Category:** government-public-data - **Price:** Free - **Endpoint:** https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_slWRQdjKKlm0fcs5lUzkqBD40MkwxAgbZK3fzW90/ai-agent-connect - **Tags:** federal-contracts, usaspending, icp, outbound, gtm, federal-spend, vendor-lookup, timing ## Description You can stop guessing if a target company is worth your time. This MCP turns the massive US federal spending database into actionable intelligence for your agent. If a company is winning federal contracts, they have the budget, the compliance structure, and the proven trackability you need for a high-quality ICP. You can use your AI client to pull a company's entire federal footprint, including total dollars, agencies served, and recent award counts. Instead of generic outreach, you can use fresh budget triggers to time your messages exactly when a recipient starts a new contract. This allows you to lead with specific context, like mentioning a recent award in a specific NAICS code. Whether you are benchmarking the biggest players in a vertical or digging into the specific details of a single award ID, this MCP provides the raw data your agent needs to build personalized, high-intent sales plays. ## Tools ### company_federal_footprint This tool provides a deep dive into a specific company's federal history. It returns total dollars, agencies served, and their NAICS mix to prove they are a valid ICP. ### award_detail This tool pulls a full data card for a specific award ID. It provides the recipient, amount, period, and description text needed for highly personalized outreach. ### federal_icp_targets This tool aggregates data for all companies receiving federal contract dollars. It helps you discover new targets by listing total awarded, award counts, and agency involvement. ### new_budget_triggers This tool identifies federal awards where performance has just started. It acts as a pure timing signal for companies that just received new budget to spend. ### recent_contract_wins This tool retrieves the most recently modified federal contract awards. Use it to find fresh timing signals for outreach based on recipient, NAICS code, or agency. ### top_federal_vendors This tool ranks the largest federal vendors by dollars awarded. Use it to benchmark your vertical or identify major competitors within a specific agency or NAICS code. ## Prompt Examples **Prompt:** ``` Is Palantir a proven federal ICP? How big is its footprint? ``` **Response:** ``` Palantir is a proven federal vendor with 47 recently modified contract awards totaling $1.9B. They serve agencies including the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Air Force, and NASA, with a NAICS mix of 541511 and 541519. ``` **Prompt:** ``` What fresh federal budget landed in custom computer programming this month? Only deals over $10M. ``` **Response:** ``` I found 3 qualifying awards in NAICS 541511 for over $10M in the last 30 days. One example is Amazon Web Services, Inc., which received a $15.2M award from the Department of Defense for an RF analytics contract. ``` **Prompt:** ``` Read award FA930125P0031 in full. ``` **Response:** ``` Award FA930125P0031 is for Amazon Web Services, Inc. (UEI NQEWN6C1LSU5). The amount is $4.5M for NAICS 541511 (Custom Computer Programming Services). It was awarded by the Department of Defense for a period from 2025-06-16 to 2027-06-15. The description is: CSO — RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) DATA ANALYTICS FOR AFTC DET 1/MDTF. ``` ## Capabilities ### ICP Verification Your agent checks if a target company has a history of winning federal contracts. ### Timing Triggers The MCP identifies newly started contracts to signal when a company has fresh budget. ### Market Benchmarking Your AI client ranks the top vendors in a specific industry or agency. ### Outreach Personalization The tool extracts specific award descriptions to help you write better messages. ### Target Discovery Your agent finds new companies by aggregating all recipients of federal funds. ## Use Cases ### Validating Prospects Check if a company is a legitimate federal vendor before starting an outbound campaign. ### Competitive Intelligence Identify which vendors are dominating a specific agency or industry vertical. ### Timing Outreach Monitor for new contract starts to catch companies as they begin new projects. ### Deep Prospect Research Pull specific award details to understand exactly what a company was hired to do. ## Benefits - Verify ICP status using real government spending records. - Identify fresh budget triggers to time your outreach. - Access all federal spending data without needing an API key or account. - Personalize messages using specific award descriptions and details. ## How It Works The MCP connects your AI client directly to the US federal spending database. 1. Connect the MCP to your AI client through Vinkius. 2. Ask your agent to query company footprints or industry trends. 3. The MCP pulls data from the public federal spending API. 4. Your agent receives the data and provides the specific insights you requested. ## Frequently Asked Questions **Do I need an API key to use this MCP?** No. This MCP uses the public federal spending database through an open API that requires no keys or accounts. **Which AI clients can use this MCP?** You can use this MCP with any MCP-compatible client, including Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code. **How fresh is the contract data?** The MCP can access recently modified awards and new budget triggers to provide the most current information available in the public database. **Can I find specific details about a single contract?** Yes. If you have an award ID, you can use the award detail tool to get the recipient, amount, agency, and description. **How do I know if a company is a good target?** You can use the company federal footprint tool to see their total dollars, agencies served, and NAICS mix to confirm they meet your ICP criteria. **Do I need an API key or an account?** No. The federal government publishes its own contract spending data through an open API with no credentials — the same data behind the national contract-expenditure site. There is nothing to issue, rotate or store. **What counts as a "new budget" trigger?** An award whose performance period just started and that was modified inside your freshness window (default 30 days). The recipient took new money: new scope, new teams, new tooling decisions. Filter by minimum amount to keep only deals big enough to matter, and by NAICS or agency to focus a vertical. **Why do rankings and totals sometimes look partial?** The open API exposes a ranked, paged view rather than a server-side census per company, so every aggregation works over the most recently modified matching awards in the slice you asked for. The result says how many awards it scanned, and a longer window or deeper paging gives a fuller picture. That is documented in each result, never silently assumed. **How is the public source protected from repeated scans?** Each distinct query is cached in memory for one hour, so re-asking the same question minutes apart costs nothing upstream. If the source rate-limits, the error tells you to vary the query or try again later instead of hammering in a loop.