# AwardCast Federal Contracts (remote · awardcast.ai)

US federal contracting data: open solicitations, buying agencies, contractors, price history.

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-18

## Components

- remote · `awardcast.ai`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-awardcast-federal-contracts/awardcast.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-awardcast-federal-contracts/awardcast)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://awardcast.ai/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-18.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 8 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 85/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 908 tokens (~113/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (25% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http ai-awardcast-federal-contracts https://awardcast.ai/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ai-awardcast-federal-contracts]
url = "https://awardcast.ai/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ai-awardcast-federal-contracts": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://awardcast.ai/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ai-awardcast-federal-contracts --url https://awardcast.ai/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-awardcast-federal-contracts:
    url: "https://awardcast.ai/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-awardcast-federal-contracts": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://awardcast.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-17 (score 68, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-08-16 (score 67)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (8)

### `search` (~138 tokens)

Search AwardCast's US federal contracting record: buying agencies, federal contractors, and solicitations open right now. Call this first for any question about who buys, who sells, or what is open in US federal procurement. Returns results with an id and a citable URL; pass the id to the fetch tool to open the full record.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many results to return, 1 to 50.
- `query` (string, required): Search term: an agency name ("Department of Veterans Affairs"), a company name, a NAICS code ("541519"), a solicitation number, or a word from the work itself ("stucco").

Output parameters:

- `results` (array)

### `fetch` (~79 tokens)

Open the full record behind an id returned by search: an agency profile with price by category and its top winners, a contractor's award history, or a solicitation with its scope and deadline. Call this whenever you need the detail behind a search result, and always before citing a number.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): The exact id returned by search, unchanged.

Output parameters:

- `id` (string)
- `metadata` (object)
- `text` (string): The complete record, as prose.
- `title` (string)
- `url` (string)

### `track_record` (~72 tokens)

Accuracy scorecard for AwardCast's forecasts, scored against the real contract value once FPDS publishes it. Call this when the user asks whether the forecasts are reliable, what the margin of error is, or wants evidence before trusting a number. Returns coverage and median error by value band, including where the model is weakest.

### `open_solicitations` (~132 tokens)

US federal solicitations OPEN right now, from SAM.gov, each with the buying agency, the NAICS code and the place of performance. Call this when the user asks what is open, hunts for opportunities in a sector or agency, or wants to know what they can bid on. Does not return a price forecast: for that, point the user to https://awardcast.ai/pricing.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many solicitations to return, 1 to 50. Use 5 to 10 for an exploratory question, and the ceiling only when the user asked for the full list.

### `upcoming_recompetes` (~99 tokens)

US federal contracts nearing expiry that are likely to be recompeted, i.e. opportunities BEFORE they become a published solicitation. Each carries the incumbent and the current contract value. Call this when the user plans pipeline, asks what is coming, or wants to position ahead of competitors. Distinct from open_solicitations, which is already open for bids today.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many contracts to return, 1 to 50.

### `agency_profile` (~105 tokens)

Buying profile of a US federal agency: how many contracts it awards, how much it obligates, what share is competed, the typical price per NAICS category, its largest contractors, and which of its contracts expire soon. Call this when the user asks how an agency buys, what it pays, or who already sells to it.

Input parameters:

- `agency` (string, required): The agency name ("Department of Veterans Affairs") or its slug ("department-of-veterans-affairs"). Both work.

### `contractor_profile` (~141 tokens)

Federal award history of a contractor: how many contracts it has won, total obligated, median win value, which agencies it sells to, its recent awards, and its set-aside status (small business, 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, SDVOSB). Call this when the user asks about a competitor, about the incumbent on a contract, or who has already won in a given market.

Input parameters:

- `uei` (string, required): The company UEI (SAM.gov 12-character identifier, e.g. "W52ZM2KUANR3"). If you only have the name, find the UEI with the search tool first.

### `price_band` (~142 tokens)

Historical closing-price range for an agency and NAICS category pair: the 10th percentile, median and 90th percentile of contracts already awarded, plus the average number of competing offers. Call this when the user asks what a contract in this market usually goes for, or wants a benchmark before pricing a bid. This is aggregated HISTORY, not a forecast: the forecast for a specific solicitation is paid, at https://awardcast.ai/pricing.

Input parameters:

- `agency` (string, required): Agency name as it appears in USASpending, e.g. "Department of Defense".
- `naics` (string, required): Six-digit NAICS code, e.g. "541519".

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-awardcast-federal-contracts/awardcast#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-18: 68
- 2026-08-17: 68
- 2026-08-16: 67

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://awardcast.ai/mcp
- Website: https://awardcast.ai/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-awardcast-federal-contracts/awardcast.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-awardcast-federal-contracts/awardcast.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-awardcast-federal-contracts/awardcast