BIDS is the chase system for small and growing contractors — matched opportunities, early signals, award intelligence, and submission help — without enterprise pricing that assumes you already have a capture team.
The chase
Same three beats as the product — not a pile of disconnected tools.
One live catalog — SAM, grants, SBIR, OTAs, and state portals — instead of a dozen logins.
FindScored against your profile and NAICS, with a reason you can actually read.
KnowSee who already won, for how much, and when the period of performance ends.
KnowNOFOs, agency forecasts, and sources sought — the signal before the RFP drops.
ActMove a match from “interesting” to capture, bid, or submitted without a spreadsheet.
ActReuse your profile on official portals. You review every field and click Submit.
Government work is scattered across agencies, states, and notice types. BIDS aggregates the stream, then ranks what belongs to your business.
Live solicitations and notices from federal and state sources — contracts, grants, OTAs, CSOs, and more — in one feed instead of a dozen portals.
Why it matters — If you cannot see the work, you cannot win it. Breadth and freshness matter more than another search box.
BIDS scores new postings against your profile keywords and NAICS, then surfaces what actually fits — with an explainable match score on every card.
Why it matters — Noise is the real competitor. Matching turns a firehose into a shortlist you can act on.
Forward-looking notices — agency forecasts, forecasted grants, Federal Register NOFAs/NOFOs — often weeks or months before a solicitation opens.
Why it matters — Winners start before the RFP drops: relationships, past performance, and a plan already in motion.
Open bids are only half the game. Awards, vehicles, competitors, and partners tell you whether to bid, team, or wait for the recompete.
See recent contract and grant awards — amounts, incumbents, and end dates — so you spot recompetes while there is still time to prepare.
Why it matters — Open solicitations are yesterday’s news. Award trails show where money already goes and when it comes back up.
Understand the contract vehicles and pathways agencies use to buy — so you know whether you can bid directly, need a partner, or should pursue on-ramp timing.
Why it matters — Eligibility is not just NAICS. The right vehicle is often the difference between “we qualify” and “we cannot submit.”
See who else is winning in your space — patterns, presence, and pressure — without building a custom spreadsheet from USASpending exports.
Why it matters — You do not bid in a vacuum. Knowing the field sharpens go/no-go and teaming choices.
Surface credible partners for pursuits you cannot win alone — and draft outreach when you are ready to start the conversation.
Why it matters — Small businesses win more when capability stacks. Teaming turns “too big for us” into “right team, right fit.”
Same trusted company profile. Pre-Fill, briefs, outreach, and the BIDS Agent extension — all on the Agent plan — help you pursue without losing the paperwork war.
Your company profile, ready for every portal form.
Best when you want submission prep without juggling spreadsheets and old PDFs.
Know whether to pursue — then start the conversation.
Best when you need help deciding and drafting before you open the portal.
Your Chrome or Edge extension on the portals you already use.
Best when you submit often and want form-fill on your own machine, in your own browser.
Install BIDS Agent →See it in action
Anyone can install BIDS Agent from Chrome or Edge. Connecting your account and autofilling forms requires the Agent plan.
Not sure which fits? Ask Support or install the BIDS Agent extension for form-fill in your own browser.
High-end bid intel platforms often lock the best signals behind expensive seats and still leave you alone at submission time. BIDS stacks discovery, field intelligence, and portal assistance in one product — so capability scales with your ambition, not your overhead.
Most tools stop at search. BIDS carries you from “what fits?” to “who wins?” to “fill the portal and prove what went out.”
Serious multi-source intelligence and pursuit tooling without five-figure seat deals. Start free. Keep BIDS watching for $5. Get help pursuing for $19.
Fifteen federal data feeds and almost all 50 state portals — including healthcare, K-12, and universities — so you are not paying separately for each layer of government.
AI suggests. Pre-Fill and the BIDS Agent extension accelerate. You remain the decision-maker — with an append-only audit log of actions you authorize.
Paid plans require a free BIDS account first — you'll sign in, then continue to Stripe checkout.
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