Built so small businesses stop missing what they would have won.
BIDS (Business Intelligence and Discovery System) is a free government opportunity discovery and intelligence platform. We aggregate every major federal funding source, run your business profile against all of it every six hours, and notify you only when something actually matches — so you can spend your time pursuing opportunities, not hunting for them.
The problem we're solving
The federal government awards over $700 billion in contracts and grants every year — and a record $180+ billion of it went to small businesses last year alone. But finding the right opportunities means monitoring SAM.gov, SBIR.gov, Grants.gov, dozens of agency portals, and the Federal Register daily. No small business owner has time for that.
Existing tools either require expensive subscriptions ($200–$500/month), are built for large primes, or only pull from one or two sources. The result: qualified small businesses miss solicitations they would have won — simply because they didn't see them in time.
BIDS fixes that. One free platform. Every major source. Matched to your business automatically.
What makes BIDS different
Award Intelligence
BIDS onlyMost platforms stop at open solicitations. BIDS also tracks who already won — surfacing recent contract and grant awards from USASpending, NIH RePORTER, NSF, and SBIR across all agencies. Expiring contracts are recompetes in waiting. Knowing the incumbent, award amount, and end date gives you a 3–6 month head start before the solicitation even drops.
13 live federal data sources
BreadthSAM.gov, SBIR.gov, Grants.gov, Simpler.Grants.gov, the Federal Register, USASpending (contracts and grants), NIH RePORTER, NSF Awards, SBIR awarded projects, and OTA/CSO notices — all refreshed every 6 hours. Most platforms pull from 2–3 sources. BIDS watches everything.
Forecast data — 30 to 180 days early
Early signalGrants.gov and Simpler.Grants.gov both publish forecasted opportunities months before they're officially posted. The Federal Register publishes NOFAs and NOFOs before they appear anywhere else. BIDS surfaces all of it, tagged as Forecast, so you can begin relationships and prepare well ahead of the competition.
OTA & CSO notices
DoD focusOther Transaction Authority (OTA) and Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) are the fastest-growing DoD contracting mechanisms — no FAR, lower barriers, faster awards. BIDS monitors SAM.gov specifically for these notices and tags them separately, so they never get lost in the noise.
AI-powered profile building
PersonalizationPoint BIDS at your website. Our AI scans it, extracts business descriptor keywords and NAICS codes, and builds your matching profile automatically. You review and refine — no manual data entry. The better your profile, the more precisely opportunities are ranked for you.
Federal data — free forever.
AccessFederal open solicitations from SAM.gov, SBIR.gov, Grants.gov, Federal Register, and OTA notices are free — forever. No credit card required. The Intelligence tier ($10/month) unlocks Award Intelligence and state & local data for businesses ready to go deeper on their recompete pipeline.
13 live federal data sources
Plus growing state and local coverage. See the full sources breakdown →
Built by The Freedom Project
BIDS is a product of The Freedom Project, LLC — a systems and software company that builds real solutions to real operational problems. The firm works across the full spectrum: from small businesses winning their first government contract to large enterprises modernizing mission-critical infrastructure. The platform suite includes AIM (Architectural Insight for Modernization — enterprise-grade systems analysis and pre-decision intelligence) and ARC (Accelerated Reach & Credibility — professional web presence at speed).
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