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    Know the market before you bid.

    Understand who is buying, who is winning, who to partner with, and which market signals matter before your team commits resources.

    Why this is hard

    Everything you need to read a government market is public, and almost none of it is legible.

    Published as records, not answers

    Award history, spending patterns and incumbency are released in bulk. Nothing in them answers the question a capture lead actually has, which is whether this is winnable and who with.

    Spread across datasets

    Who won, what they were paid, how many offers there were and who else plays in that market all live in different places, with no shared key between them.

    Partner search starts from the wrong end

    Directories list companies by what they say they do. The solicitation cares about set-asides, NAICS codes, clearances and past performance with that specific agency.

    What you can look up

    Each of these is a page of its own, with the detail for that surface.

    Federal Awards & Spending

    Analyze awards, obligations, vendor history, and contract spending patterns.

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    Partnership Search

    Search contractor profiles, certifications, and partner fit across 1M+ companies.

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    Small Business Specialists

    Identify specialists and set-aside-aware contacts who shape small business buying paths.

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    Market Watch

    Track market activity, buyers, competitors, and expiring demand in real time.

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    Frequently asked questions

    How do you find out who wins government contracts?
    Federal award data is public: every contract action is reported with the awardee, the agency, the value and the vehicle. The difficulty is that it is published as bulk records rather than as a market view, so answering "who keeps winning this kind of work at this agency" means joining several datasets before you can read it.
    How do you find a teaming partner for a government contract?
    Start from the requirement rather than from a directory. The useful filters are the ones the solicitation cares about: set-aside status, NAICS codes, clearances, past performance with that agency, and the strongest signal is a company that has already delivered adjacent scope for the same customer.
    What is a small business specialist and what do they do?
    Every federal agency has an Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization staffed with small business specialists, whose job is to help small firms understand the agency's requirements and find a route in. They are one of the few people in the process explicitly available to talk to you before a solicitation exists.
    Why does award history matter before you bid?
    It tells you whether the competition is real. An agency that has bought the same thing from the same vendor for nine years with one offer each time is a different proposition from one that changes vendor regularly, and that pattern is visible in the award data long before you commit proposal resources.

    Where this fits

    Market intelligence is how you decide what to chase, so it belongs to Capture, the stage where opportunities are found, read and graded against your profile.

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    An AI capture team that never sleeps. Find, read and qualify opportunities across every market.

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    Shape the requirement before it's on your competitor's radar.

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