The company
Cornflower Labs
Cornflower Labs is a Colorado digital-services firm: software engineering, data analytics, UX, agile coaching for government and nonprofit clients (CAGE 9PQ55, NAICS 541512). Approved State of Colorado SIPA service partner. Public work includes a lead-testing tool used by 2,000+ Colorado schools and childcare centers, plus MyBizColorado stakeholder analysis.
Before SamSearch
SLED does not have one front door
State and local opportunities sit across 50,000+ sources with no shared format: state boards, counties, municipalities, school districts. A small digital-services firm chasing Colorado work cannot watch that long tail by hand. Most of what comes back has nothing to do with UX or data engineering.
How they use SamSearch
The capture workflow
Cornflower runs discovery in SamSearch: 1,179 recommendation runs screening 33,319 solicitations across federal coverage and 50,000+ SLED sources, cutting 61% as noise, shortlisting 13,005, and feeding a 16-pursuit pipeline in one board.
By the numbers
Cornflower Labs in SamSearch
Solicitations screened
33,319
Read by the recommendation engine
Worth a human look
13,005
Surfaced as relevant
Cut before review
61%
Removed as poor fit
Hours returned (est.)
1,354
Analyst time, platform estimate
From the market to the shortlist
How many solicitations the engine read for Cornflower Labs, how many it removed, and how many made it to capture review.
33,319
Screened
100%
20,314
Cut
61% removed
13,005
Shortlisted
39%
Screening volume by week
Weekly solicitations screened versus the smaller set returned as relevant. From live recommendation activity.
Hours returned uses a platform estimate of 4 minutes per solicitation filtered out. Not a stopwatch measurement for this account.
Capabilities in play
What they run in the platform
Old way vs. SamSearch
What changed in the pursuit process
| Before | With SamSearch | |
|---|---|---|
| Opportunity discovery | Dozens of state, county, and municipal portals watched by hand. | 1,179 recommendation runs across federal and SLED in one feed. |
| Signal vs. noise | Most SLED notices have nothing to do with a digital-services practice. | 61% cut automatically. 13,005 of 33,319 shortlisted. |
| Pipeline tracking | No structured chase once a notice is found. | 16 pursuits tracked in one Journey Hub pipeline. |
Platform note
50,000+ federal and SLED sources, searched together
State and local government contracting is scattered across thousands of separate portals with no shared format, which is exactly where a small digital-services firm loses the most time. SamSearch searches federal notices alongside more than 50,000 state, county, and municipal sources in one feed, so a SLED-focused team sees everything without maintaining a list of bookmarks.
FAQ
What does Cornflower Labs use SamSearch for?
Cornflower runs discovery in SamSearch: 1,179 recommendation runs screening 33,319 solicitations across federal coverage and 50,000+ SLED sources, cutting 61% as noise, shortlisting 13,005, and feeding a 16-pursuit pipeline in one board.
What results are documented here?
61% of opportunities filtered as noise; 13,005 surfaced as relevant from 33,319 reviewed; 16 pursuits tracked in-platform.
How were the results verified?
Platform activity comes from SamSearch production data. No award dollars are claimed where a matching public record is unavailable.