SAM.gov has the contracts. BIDS finds yours.
Stop wrestling with SAM.gov search filters at 11pm. BIDS ingests everything SAM.gov posts — plus SBIR, Grants.gov, the Federal Register, and state portals — and delivers only the opportunities that match your business, scored and explained.
SAM.gov search vs. BIDS matching
| BIDS | SAM.gov alone | |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | SAM.gov + SBIR/STTR, Grants.gov, Federal Register, USASpending, state & local portals | Federal solicitations only |
| Finding your fit | Automatic matching with explainable scores, built from your website & certifications | Manual keyword search, saved searches you maintain yourself |
| Alerts | Weekly digest free; real-time & daily on paid tiers | Daily saved-search emails, unfiltered |
| What happens after you find one | BIDS Agent auto-fills the submission paperwork — you approve and file — with a cryptographic audit trail | You are on your own |
| Price | Free to start · $10–$49/mo | Free, but paid for in hours of your time |
BIDS is an independent product of The Freedom Project, LLC and is not affiliated with or endorsed by GSA or SAM.gov.
Keep SAM.gov — skip the pain
Every SAM.gov solicitation, OTA notice, and sources-sought flows into BIDS automatically. You just stop being the search engine.
See what SAM.gov can’t show
Recompete signals from expired contracts, award history from USASpending, and forecasts — the intelligence layer SAM.gov was never built to give you.
From alert to submission
When a match is worth bidding, the BIDS Agent preps it for you: auto-filled forms, your sign-off, and a tamper-evident audit log. You always click Submit yourself.
BIDS Agent — finds it, fills it. You approve and file.
Discovery tools stop at the alert. BIDS carries you to the finish line: the BIDS Agent auto-fills registrations and submission paperwork from your business profile, you review and sign off, and every step lands in a cryptographic audit ledger. Nothing is ever submitted without you — and no incumbent platform, at any price, prepares your filings like this.
Your certifications, NAICS codes, and past performance — entered once, reused on every registration and submission.
Review the prepared filing, sign off, and click Submit yourself. BIDS never files without your approval.
Every prepared filing hashed and timestamped, so you can prove exactly what was prepared and approved, and when.
Enterprise intelligence. Small-business price.
Legacy govcon platforms run $5,000+ per year. BIDS starts at $0.
Opportunity discovery, matching, and a weekly digest. No credit card.
Real-time alerts, state & local coverage, award intelligence, recompete watch, forecasts.
Everything, plus the BIDS Agent: auto-filled paperwork, sign-off workflow, audit ledger.
Common questions
Do I still need my SAM.gov registration?
Yes — SAM.gov registration is required to win federal work, and you keep it. BIDS replaces the searching and monitoring, not your registration.
Does BIDS cover everything SAM.gov posts?
BIDS ingests SAM.gov contract opportunities, OTA/CSO notices, sources-sought, and forecasts, refreshed every 6 hours — alongside 14 other federal sources and state portals SAM.gov never touches.
What does it cost?
Discovery, matching, and a weekly digest are free forever. Real-time alerts and award intelligence are $10/mo; the BIDS Agent tier with auto-filled submission prep is $49/mo. Cancel anytime.
Spend your evenings bidding — not searching.
Connect your business profile once. BIDS handles the portals from there.
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