# Acquisition.gov (MCP server)

> Acquisition.gov is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Acquisition.gov FAR Overhaul model parts, agency deviations, PDFs, and guidance. It has 27 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx acquisition-gov-mcp.

Free, open-source, read-only, deterministic MCP access to the official Acquisition.gov FAR Overhaul (RFO) model-part pages, the posted agency-deviation index, official deviation PDFs, and a small allowlist of RFO guidance resources.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/1102tools-dev/federal-contracting-mcps |
| GitHub stars | 27 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio, streamable-http |
| Packages | pypi: acquisition-gov-mcp |
| Remote URL | https://acquisition-gov.1102tools.com/mcp |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude.ai, ChatGPT |
| Category | Other |
| Latest release | v1.0.34 (Oct 21, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | com.1102tools/acquisition-gov-mcp |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "acquisition-gov": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "acquisition-gov-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio acquisition-gov -- uvx acquisition-gov-mcp
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "acquisition-gov": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "acquisition-gov-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "acquisition-gov": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "acquisition-gov-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Claude Code (remote)

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http acquisition-gov "https://acquisition-gov.1102tools.com/mcp"
```

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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