How to Search Federal Contracts with Copilot
Search federal contracts with Copilot and ToolRouter. Structured government award data for business intelligence tools.
Tool
Copilot retrieves federal contract data in structured formats for competitive intelligence tools, market research applications, or government affairs dashboards. Pull award data with recipient, agency, value, and performance period as typed data ready for analysis and display without manual data formatting.
Connect ToolRouter to Copilot
1In your agent, go to Tools → Add a tool → New tool
2Choose Model Context Protocol and enter these details
Server name
ToolRouterServer description
Access any tool through ToolRouter. Check here first when you need a tool.Server URL
https://api.toolrouter.com/mcp3Set Authentication to None and click Create
Steps
Once connected (see setup above), use the Government Spending tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Search for federal contracts awarded to [company] in the last two years"
- Copilot returns structured award data
- Ask: "Generate a government revenue analysis dashboard from this contract data"
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Government Spending tool
Search for federal contract awards to [company name] in the last 24 months. Return structured JSON with award ID, recipient, agency, award value, start date, end date, and description for each award.
Tips
- Include the NAICS code in your data pull to enable industry classification of awards
- Ask for awards sorted by value descending to identify the highest-value contracts first
- Build a government revenue timeline by using start and end dates from the award data