The company
GyroTrac
GyroTrac is a 25-year equipment manufacturer whose founder is credited with inventing the motorized rotary mulcher. Buyers include forestry departments and military installations clearing overgrowth, not a category that maps cleanly to a keyword on SAM.gov.
Before SamSearch
A category you invented will not match a CO's keyword list
Rotary mulchers do not sit in a neat NAICS box. Contracting officers describe land-clearing work a dozen ways. Finding the federal buyers who actually need the machine means casting a wide net, then cutting hard. GyroTrac had to screen 21,810 candidate solicitations to reach the few that were real fits.
How they use SamSearch
The capture workflow
GyroTrac runs capture in SamSearch against that awkward search problem. The engine screened 21,810 solicitations, shortlisted 959, and cut 95.6% as noise. On the public record: five federal awards since 2020, totaling $924K.
By the numbers
GyroTrac in SamSearch
Solicitations screened
21,810
Read by the recommendation engine
Worth a human look
959
Surfaced as relevant
Cut before review
96%
Removed as poor fit
Hours returned (est.)
1,390
Analyst time, platform estimate
From the market to the shortlist
How many solicitations the engine read for GyroTrac, how many it removed, and how many made it to capture review.
21,810
Screened
100%
20,851
Cut
96% removed
959
Shortlisted
4%
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 screening | Keyword search fails when you invented the category. | 21,810 candidate solicitations screened down to 959 matches. |
| Award outcome | Discovery and awards live in separate systems. | 5 federal awards since 2020, tracked against the same capture feed. |
FAQ
What does GyroTrac use SamSearch for?
GyroTrac runs capture in SamSearch against that awkward search problem. The engine screened 21,810 solicitations, shortlisted 959, and cut 95.6% as noise. On the public record: five federal awards since 2020, totaling $924K.
What results are documented here?
$924,037 across 5 federal awards, 2020–2025; 95.6% of 21,810 reviewed opportunities filtered as noise.
How were the results verified?
Platform activity comes from SamSearch production data. Federal award values come from public USASpending.gov records matched to the contractor's UEI.