Every notice posted this week, read and scored before Tuesday coffee
The agent pulls every federal, state and local notice posted in the last week, around 17,000 to 20,000 of them. It scores the ones that touch your work and researches the incumbent on anything worth a look. Then it sends one short report. When a notice clears the bar, it builds the pursuit brief too.
18,402 notices screened · 71 keyword hits · 1 cleared · 2 near misses
Army · W9XXXX-27-R-0042 · Sources sought · Due Dec 4
Incumbent and competition: held by a large prime on a GSA order since 2022, expires Sep 2027, two subs on record.
We were finding good work too late
Before
- Saved searches that missed anything worded differently and buried us in the rest
- Incumbent research done by hand, one notice at a time
- A good RFI noticed with a week left to respond
- Bid decisions made on gut feel because there was no time to do the homework
Now
- Every notice from the week is read, and the same five questions get asked of each one
- Incumbent, contract value, subs and expiration researched before the report goes out
- Deadlines that land before next week's run sit at the top
- The capture lead's time goes to the handful worth chasing
Read everything, score the same way every time
Keyword alerts depend on how the contracting officer worded the notice. This pulls the whole week first and filters after.
Pull the whole week
Every notice posted each day, plus GSA eBuy and market research RFIs from email.
Filter on your terms
Titles and full description text, matched to your technical vocabulary.
Score five ways
Fit, past performance, clearance, size and strategy, 0 to 3 each.
or it doesn't make the report
Research the incumbent
Award history, vehicle, value, subs and expiration for everything near the bar.
Report and track
Strong fits, near misses with deadlines, and anything still in play from earlier weeks.
When it's worth chasing, the homework is already done
For a notice we decide to pursue, the agent builds a pursuit brief and attaches it to the deal in the CRM. It breaks the scope into each capability the government asked about and scores us honestly against our own capabilities document: lead it, partner for it, or a gap.
- Headline facts. Notice type, office, due date, page limit, NAICS and set-aside.
- Fit by capability area. Strong, medium or gap on each one, with the reason and the action.
- Incumbent and likely bidders. Who holds it, on what vehicle, at what value, and who else will show up.
- Teaming options. Prime or sub, with candidate partners for every gap.
- Dates and a recommendation. A schedule back from the due date with reminders, ending in pursue, team or pass. A person makes the call.
Sources sought · 20 page limit · 541511 · No set-aside
| Scope area | Fit | Action |
|---|---|---|
| OGC map and feature services | Strong | Lead |
| Imagery processing pipeline | Strong | Lead |
| Cloud accreditation | Strong | Lead |
| 3D terrain from imagery | Medium | Partner |
| SAR exploitation | Gap | Partner |
Strong on 9 of 14 areas. 5 gaps, each matched to a candidate partner. No deal killers.
Pursue Respond as small business prime and open a fallback conversation with a large prime.
What it changed for us
The bar is supposed to be hard to clear. Most weeks one or two notices make it, sometimes none, and the report still shows up so we know it ran. Our standing rule for the agent: capture research is its job. It only asks us what it can't look up, like whether we already know the program office.
Built on HigherGov, not tied to it
We use HigherGov because it covers SAM.gov, state and local, grants, SBIR, forecasts and award history in one place. The agent works the same way with GovWin, GovTribe or the public SAM.gov and USAspending data. Briefs and deals go into whatever CRM tracks your pipeline.
What AI Advisory clients get
- A fit profile written from your capabilities, past performance, clearances and vehicles
- A scoring rubric tuned to your business, including the false positives you never want to see again
- The weekly review, with incumbent and competitive research on every strong fit
- Pursuit briefs for the notices you decide to chase
- Deals and briefs written into your CRM pipeline, with reminders back from each due date
- A tracked list that carries open items from week to week until they close
Questions about GovCon opportunity research
Who is this for?
Small and mid-size government contractors, primes or subs, who see more notices than they can read and want their capture time spent on the right ones. We built it for our own federal geospatial work.
Does it decide whether we bid?
No. It scores, researches and recommends. Your team makes the bid decision. The report even includes a pessimistic score whenever one judgment carries the result, so you can see how close the call is.
Do we need a HigherGov subscription?
It gives the best coverage, so we recommend it, but it isn't required. The same process runs on GovWin, GovTribe or the free federal data from SAM.gov and USAspending.
Does it handle controlled or classified information?
No. It works only from public notices, public award data and your own capabilities documents. Anything controlled stays out of it.