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Highergov

Monitors federal, state, and local government spend to identify new contract opportunities and tracks competitor award history in real time.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Highergov integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Highergov calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Highergov data, across all 16 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Highergov access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Highergov, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Highergov is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Highergov.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Highergov action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Highergov, and when to use it.

Get Contracts
Pull federal contract data using filters like date or search ID to identify historical spending patterns.
Get Opportunities
Retrieve a list of open government opportunities filtered by source type or date to find new leads.
Get Award History
Pull historical award data to analyze which companies are winning contracts over time.
Get SBIR Opportunities
List Small Business Innovation Research opportunities to find R and D funding leads.
Get People
Search for specific individuals associated with contracts or grants to identify key stakeholders.
Get NAICS Codes
Pull a list of NAICS codes or search by title to ensure your opportunity filters are accurate.
Get Prime Contract Awards
Retrieve a paginated list of prime awards to analyze the top tier of government vendors.
Get Subcontract Awards
List subcontract awards to find potential partners or analyze a prime contractor's supply chain.
Get Grant Opportunities
Retrieve open grant opportunities filtered by agency or keyword for non profit or research funding.
Get Task Orders
Pull task order data associated with specific contracts to see how a large vehicle is being spent.
Get Agency Info
Retrieve details on government agencies to understand their organizational structure and spend.
Get Documents
Fetch metadata for documents associated with specific contracts or opportunities for deep review.
Get Agencies
Tool to retrieve agencies information. Use when you need to list agencies with pagination.
Get Contract History
Tool to retrieve contract history. Use when you need paginated historical data for a specific contract (via award_id/contract_id) or across contracts using last_modified_date.
Get Contract IDVs
Tool to retrieve Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contract records via the HigherGov Contracts endpoint. Use when you need to list IDVs with pagination, optionally leveraging a saved search_id that filters to IDVs.
Get Contract Vehicles
Tool to retrieve contract vehicles. Use when you need to list contract vehicles with pagination.
Get Defense Programs
Tool to retrieve defense programs information. Use when you need to list defense programs with pagination.
Get DLA Contract Opportunities
Tool to retrieve DLA contract opportunities. Use when needing paginated DLA procurement listings.
Get Grant History
Tool to fetch historical data on grants. Use when you need paginated historical data for a specific grant (via award_id) or across grants using last_modified_date.
Get Grant Programs
Tool to retrieve information on grant programs. Use when you need to list available grant programs with pagination.
Get Opportunity History
Tool to retrieve opportunity history. Use when you need paginated historical data for a specific opportunity or across the dataset using captured_date.
Get Prime Grant Awards
Tool to retrieve information on prime grant awards. Use when you need a paginated list of awarded federal grants.
Get Programs
Tool to retrieve a list of government programs and categories. Use when exploring available programs with pagination.
Get Product and Service Codes
Tool to retrieve information on Product and Service Codes. Use when fetching PSC entries with optional pagination and filtering by code.
Get Pursuits
Tool to retrieve user specific pursuits. Use when you need to fetch a user's pursuits with optional filtering by status and pagination.
Get SLED Contract Opportunities
Tool to retrieve state and local (SLED) contract opportunities. Uses the general Opportunity endpoint with optional filters.
Get Subgrant Awards
Tool to retrieve subgrant awards information. Use when you need to list subgrant awards with optional filters such as recipient name, fiscal year, or program.
Get Tech Programs
Tool to retrieve information on technology programs. Use when you need to list technology programs with pagination.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven manages HigherGov pagination automatically by iterating through the cursor or page tokens provided in the API response. When you ask for a full list of contracts or award history, the agent does not just pull the first page. It continues to make sequential requests until the entire dataset for your specific filter is retrieved or until it hits your defined limit. This ensures that your competitive analysis is based on the full history of awards rather than a truncated sample. You can specify if you only want the most recent records to save on processing time or request a complete historical dump for deep auditing.
Yes. You can set up a workflow that polls the HigherGov opportunities endpoint at a set interval, such as every hour. The agent compares the new results against a stored list of previously seen opportunity IDs. When a match is not found, meaning a new posting has appeared, the agent triggers a notification. You can further refine this by instructing the agent to only alert you if the opportunity contains specific keywords or falls under certain NAICS codes, effectively creating a custom procurement monitor that feeds directly into your Slack or email.
Ceven has full access to the breadth of the HigherGov platform, including federal, state, and local data. By using the SLED contract opportunities tools and the general opportunities endpoint, the agent can filter specifically for state and local government leads. This allows you to build a unified pipeline where federal leads are handled by one team and state level leads are routed to regional managers. The agent can normalize this data so that regardless of the government level, the lead information arrives in your CRM with a consistent format for easier reporting.
HigherGov enforces strict rate limits based on your subscription tier, which can lead to 429 errors if an agent makes too many concurrent requests. Ceven handles this by implementing an exponential backoff strategy. If the agent receives a rate limit warning, it will automatically pause and retry the request after a short delay. However, for very large backfills of historical contract data, you may notice the workflow taking longer to complete. We recommend scheduling heavy data pulls during off peak hours to ensure your real time alerts remain snappy and responsive.
Ceven uses the HigherGov people endpoint to link contract awards to specific individuals. While the availability of person level data depends on what is publicly disclosed in the government records, the agent can search for names, roles, and organizations associated with a specific award ID. This allows you to build a stakeholder map for a target agency. The agent can then cross reference these names with other tools in your stack to find contact information or professional history, giving your business development team a warm starting point for outreach.
Yes, Ceven can pull detailed subcontract award information. This is particularly useful for companies that prefer to act as a partner to a large prime contractor rather than bidding directly. The agent can list subcontract awards filtered by a prime award PIID or a specific recipient name. By analyzing this data, Ceven can identify which prime contractors have a history of partnering with small businesses in your sector, allowing you to target your partnership efforts toward companies that are already inclined to subcontract work.
Ceven interacts with the NAICS codes endpoint to ensure that your search queries use the exact alphanumeric codes required by HigherGov. Instead of you having to look up the code for a service, you can tell the agent to find opportunities for software development, and it will first retrieve the correct NAICS code and then use that code to filter the opportunities list. This prevents missed leads caused by slight variations in keyword searches and ensures that your lead pipeline is technically accurate and comprehensive.
Absolutely. Ceven can use the grant programs and grant opportunities endpoints to track specific funding vehicles. You can instruct the agent to monitor a particular program for new notices of funding opportunity. Once a new grant is posted, the agent can pull the associated document metadata to summarize the requirements and deadlines. This is especially useful for research institutions that need to track multiple grant cycles across different federal agencies without manually checking each agency website every day.

Alternatives to Highergov

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