Search ACTIVE US federal contract opportunities (solicitations, RFPs/RFQs, sources-sought) from SAM.gov. Requires postedFrom + postedTo (MM/DD/YYYY, ≤1yr span); optional title, naics, state, setAside, ptype. Returns notice id, title, solicitation number, type, department, deadline, NAICS, set-asi...
AI agents call gov.contract-opportunities to retrieve information from Mcp without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves and returns publicly available data from SAM.gov about federal contract opportunities. There are no side effects, no data modification, and no financial transactions initiated. It is a pure read/query operation.
From the tool's definition Search ACTIVE US federal contract opportunities... Returns notice id, title, solicitation number, type, department, deadline, NAICS, set-aside, office location, and a sam.gov link. Free, public-domain.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search ACTIVE US federal contract opportunities (solicitations, RFPs/RFQs, sources-sought) from SAM.gov. Requires postedFrom + postedTo (MM/DD/YYYY, ≤1yr span); optional title, naics, state, setAside, ptype. Returns notice id, title, solicitation number, type, department, deadline, NAICS, set-aside, office location, and a sam.gov link. Free, public-domain. Distinct from gov.usaspending-awards (past) — this is what is OPEN to bid now. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gov.contract-opportunities: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp. Nothing to install.
gov.contract-opportunities is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the gov.contract-opportunities rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for gov.contract-opportunities. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
gov.contract-opportunities is provided by the MCP server (@2sio/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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