About
What GovOpp Intel is
GovOpp Intel is a government contract intelligence platform. It monitors SAM.gov, scores every opportunity against your NAICS codes and set-aside eligibility, surfaces the incumbent intelligence SAM.gov leaves out using award data from USASpending.gov, and generates AI proposal outlines. It is built for small federal contractors — 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB firms that hold certifications but don't have a dedicated business development team.
The problem it solves
SAM.gov publishes everything, which is exactly what makes it hard to use. Thousands of notices post continuously, the search is built for people who already know what they're looking for, and nothing on the page tells you whether a contract is winnable for your firm specifically.
So small contractors do one of two things: spend hours a week doing manual triage, or check occasionally and miss work they were qualified for. Both are expensive. GovOpp Intel does the triage, the scoring, and the incumbent research automatically, so the time you do spend goes to bids worth pursuing.
How it works
Monitor
Every 6 hours, new notices are pulled from SAM.gov's official public Opportunities API.
Enrich
Each notice is summarized from its own solicitation text — requirements, deadline, and point of contact pulled forward so you don't have to open the PDF to triage it.
Score
Every opportunity is scored 0–100 against your profile using the five fixed criteria below. No black box — the criteria and their weights don't change per user.
Research the incumbent
Award history is pulled from USASpending.gov to identify who currently holds the work, what they were paid, and when the contract ends.
Deliver
A single digest lands each morning with the matches worth your time — each one linking back to the original SAM.gov notice.
How the fit score is calculated
Five fixed criteria, totalling 100 points. The weights are the same for every subscriber — the score is arithmetic against your profile, not a language model's opinion.
- 40
NAICS match
Full 40 for an exact code match. Half for a related code sharing your first four digits. Zero otherwise.
- 25
Set-aside match
All 25 when the set-aside on the notice is one your firm is certified to hold. Zero when it isn't.
- 15
Value in range
All 15 when the estimated value falls inside the range you work in. Half when the notice states no value. Zero when it's outside your range.
- 10
Place of performance
All 10 when the work is in a state you've said you'll take, or when you've set no state preference. Half when the notice doesn't say where.
- 10
Keyword match
Scaled by the share of your capability keywords found in the title or summary. Full marks if you've set no keywords.
Where the data comes from
Opportunity data comes from SAM.gov, the official U.S. federal contract opportunity system. Incumbent and award history come from USASpending.gov, the official source for federal spending data. Both are public government systems, and every opportunity links back to its original notice so you can verify anything at the source.
Summaries, competitive intelligence, and proposal outlines are AI-generated decision support. Always verify against the official solicitation on SAM.gov before you act. Nothing GovOpp Intel produces is legal, compliance, or bid-strategy advice.
Who it's for
Small federal contractors holding 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or EDWOSB certifications — typically solo operators and firms of two or three people who compete against companies that pay analysts to watch SAM.gov full time. The enterprise capture tools are priced for those companies. This one isn't.