Find task orders and child awards under an Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV). Useful for understanding who holds a contract vehicle and who is getting task orders. IDVs are contract vehicles like GWACs, GSA Schedules, and BPAs that spawn individual task orders.
AI agents call search_idv_awards to retrieve information from USASpending MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries the USASpending.gov API to retrieve and display existing data about IDV awards and their associated task orders. It performs a read-only search operation to analyze government spending information. There are no side effects, data modifications, destructive operations, financial transactions, or code execution involved.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Find task orders and child awards' and is designed for 'understanding' contract structures.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Find task orders and child awards under an Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV). Useful for understanding who holds a contract vehicle and who is getting task orders. IDVs are contract vehicles like GWACs, GSA Schedules, and BPAs that spawn individual task orders. It is categorised as a Read tool in the USASpending MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the USASpending MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_idv_awards: 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 USASpending MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_idv_awards 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 search_idv_awards 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 search_idv_awards. 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.
search_idv_awards is provided by the USASpending MCP Server MCP server (khowabunga/usaspending-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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