Search State And Local Contract Awards

Search_State_And_Local_Contract_Awards is the GovTribe MCP tool for retrieving state and local award records with monetary fields, issuing entities, and attached supporting materials.

When To Use

• Find state and local awards for a topic, agency-like issuing entity, or geography.

• Build award spend rollups for states, NIGP categories, UNSPSC categories, or issuing entities.

• Pull award rows that include nested state, line items, government files, and points of contact.

• Investigate likely incumbents or prior contracts using date windows and contact filters.

• Retrieve exact awards when GovTribe IDs are already known.

Required Reading

1. Search_Query_Guide: Required before setting free-text query strings when search_mode is used.

2. Search_Mode_Guide: Required before choosing keyword vs semantic retrieval.

3. Date_Filtering_Guide: Required before setting date window filters.

4. Location_Filtering_Guide: Required before setting location filters.

Input Contract

• query: Free-text query string. See Required Reading: Search_Query_Guide.

  • type: string

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• page: 1-based page index.

  • type: null|number

  • required: no

  • default: 1

• per_page: Rows per page.

  • type: null|number

  • required: no

  • default: 10

• search_mode: Query interpretation mode. See Required Reading: Search_Mode_Guide.

  • type: string

  • required: no

  • default: keyword

  • options: keyword, semantic

• award_date_range: Filter by the date the award was issued. See Required Reading: Date_Filtering_Guide.

  • type: object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { from?: null|string, to?: null|string }

• state_ids: Filter by states. Use GovTribe IDs or USPS state codes. See Required Reading: Location_Filtering_Guide.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• state_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for State IDs (GovTribe or USPS code).

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• contact_ids: Filter by points of contact. Use GovTribe IDs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• contact_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for Contact GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• similar_filter: Find similar to the provided govtribe_type + govtribe_id.

  • type: null|object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { govtribe_type: string, govtribe_id: string }

• state_and_local_contract_award_ids: Include or exclude results by GovTribe IDs.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

• state_and_local_contract_award_ids_operator: Choose whether to include or exclude values for GovTribe IDs.

  • type: null|string

  • required: no

  • default: in

  • options: in, not_in

• aggregations: Aggregation keys to compute.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • options: dollars_obligated_stats, top_nigp_codes_by_dollars_obligated, top_unspsc_codes_by_dollars_obligated, top_states_by_dollars_obligated, top_contract_entities_by_dollars_obligated

• sort: Sort configuration.

  • type: object

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • shape: { key?: null|string, direction?: null|string }

  • options: key: awardDate, _score; direction: asc, desc

• fields_to_return: Optional field list for row payloads. If omitted and per_page > 0, rows default to govtribe_id. For per_page: 0 aggregation/meta calls, this field may be omitted. Specify fields_to_return whenever the user asks for fields beyond govtribe_id, and prefer omitting it in pure aggregation workflows.

  • type: array<string>

  • required: no

  • default: n/a

  • options: govtribe_id, govtribe_ai_summary, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name, description, awardee_name, contracting_organization, award_date, completion_date, estimated_annual_value, contract_amount, cumulative_value, contract_number, contract_type, updated_at, state, line_items, unspsc_categories, nigp_categories, government_files, points_of_contact

Output Contract

• Top-level keys:

  • current_page: Current page number when per_page > 0.

  • data: Array of result rows when per_page > 0.

  • from: First row position in the current page.

  • last_page: Last page number for current filters.

  • path: GovTribe search URL for this result set.

  • per_page: Applied page size.

  • to: Last row position in the current page.

  • total: Total matched row count for current query filters.

  • contains: Dataset label for the returned result set.

  • search_results_id_can_generate_saved_search: Saved-search eligibility flag.

  • search_results_id: Server-side search result identifier.

  • view_search_results_url: URL to open this exact result set.

  • aggregations: Aggregation payload keyed by requested aggregation names when requested.

• Aggregation value shapes:

  • dollars_obligated_stats: { count, min, max, avg, sum }.

  • Terms aggregations (top_*_by_dollars_obligated): { doc_count_error_upper_bound, sum_other_doc_count, buckets }.

  • buckets[*]: { key, doc_count, sum_value: { value } }.

  • key is a hydrated object for state/NIGP/UNSPSC aggregations and a string for top_contract_entities_by_dollars_obligated.

• Row keys:

  • govtribe_id

  • govtribe_ai_summary

  • govtribe_type

  • govtribe_url

  • name

  • description

  • awardee_name

  • contracting_organization

  • award_date

  • completion_date

  • estimated_annual_value

  • contract_amount

  • cumulative_value

  • contract_number

  • contract_type

  • updated_at

  • state

  • line_items

  • unspsc_categories

  • nigp_categories

  • government_files

  • points_of_contact

• Relationship retrieval map:

  • government_files

    • resource_type: government_file

    • tool: Search_Government_Files

    • filter: government_file_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

  • line_items

    • resource_type: line_item

    • tool: n/a

    • filter: n/a

    • fallback: No direct Search_* tool returns this resource class; use parent dataset filters and parent IDs.

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

  • nigp_categories

    • resource_type: nigp_category

    • tool: Search_Nigp_Categories

    • filter: nigp_category_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

  • points_of_contact

    • resource_type: contact

    • tool: Search_Contacts

    • filter: contact_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, name, email, govtribe_url

  • state

    • resource_type: state

    • tool: Search_States

    • filter: state_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

  • unspsc_categories

    • resource_type: unspsc_category

    • tool: Search_Unspsc_Categories

    • filter: unspsc_category_ids

    • nested_keys: govtribe_id, govtribe_type, govtribe_url, name

Usage Patterns

Pattern A: State-level spend leaderboard (aggregations only) Tool: Search_State_And_Local_Contract_Awards

{
  "query": "",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "award_date_range": {
    "from": "now-12M/d",
    "to": "now/d"
  },
  "state_ids": [
    "CA"
  ],
  "aggregations": [
    "dollars_obligated_stats",
    "top_contract_entities_by_dollars_obligated",
    "top_nigp_codes_by_dollars_obligated",
    "top_unspsc_codes_by_dollars_obligated",
    "top_states_by_dollars_obligated"
  ],
  "per_page": 0
}

Pattern B: Recent awards for a known contact in a specific state Tool: Search_State_And_Local_Contract_Awards

{
  "query": "",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "award_date_range": {
    "from": "now-18M/d",
    "to": "now/d"
  },
  "state_ids": [
    "MD"
  ],
  "contact_ids": [
    "<CONTACT_GOVTRIBE_ID>"
  ],
  "sort": {
    "key": "awardDate",
    "direction": "desc"
  },
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 25
}

Pattern C: Exact award lookup by GovTribe IDs Tool: Search_State_And_Local_Contract_Awards

{
  "query": "",
  "search_mode": "keyword",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "per_page": 10,
  "state_and_local_contract_award_ids": [
    "<STATE_LOCAL_CONTRACT_AWARD_ID_1>",
    "<STATE_LOCAL_CONTRACT_AWARD_ID_2>"
  ]
}

Pattern D: Semantic topic exploration across state/local awards Tool: Search_State_And_Local_Contract_Awards

{
  "query": "statewide cybersecurity incident response retainer contracts",
  "search_mode": "semantic",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "award_date_range": {
    "from": "now-24M/d",
    "to": "now/d"
  },
  "state_ids": [
    "VA",
    "NC"
  ],
  "per_page": 20
}

Pattern E: Find awards similar to a known state/local award Tool: Search_State_And_Local_Contract_Awards

{
  "query": "",
  "search_mode": "semantic",
  "fields_to_return": [
    "govtribe_id"
  ],
  "similar_filter": {
    "govtribe_type": "state_local_contract_award",
    "govtribe_id": "<STATE_LOCAL_CONTRACT_AWARD_ID>"
  },
  "per_page": 10
}