READY GovCon · Search Console

Find the contracts you can actually win.

Pick your state and this console builds your federal, state, and local search map with verified portals. Then learn to read a solicitation, judge fit fast, and triage with AI before you spend a day writing.

Step 1 · Set your search map

Choose a state above to load its three-tier search map.

Module 02

Read a solicitation, find the fit

Every solicitation hides its real requirements in plain sight. Read these eight parts first, in this order, before you read anything else.

Scope of work

What is actually being bought, and is it the work you do. If the core scope is not your lane, stop here.

NAICS and NIGP codes

The buyer's classification. If your codes do not match, you will not get notified and may not qualify.

Set-aside and eligibility

Who is allowed to bid. Small business, women-owned, minority, veteran, or open. Confirm you fit before investing time.

Place of performance

Where the work happens, and whether you serve that area. Travel and on-site rules can quietly kill margin.

Evaluation criteria

How they score. Price, past performance, technical approach, or a weighted mix. Write to what scores points.

Minimum qualifications

Years in business, licenses, bonding, insurance, certifications, and required past performance. These are pass or fail gates.

Due date and format

Deadline, portal, page limits, required forms, and submission method. A perfect bid filed wrong is a rejected bid.

Questions deadline

The date you can ask the contracting officer for clarity. Miss it and you bid on your own assumptions.

Module 03

Go or no-go in two minutes

Check every box you can answer yes to. Items marked HARD STOP decide it on their own. Your verdict updates as you go.

Start checking to see your verdictHard stops must all be checked to reach a Go.

Module 04

Triage fast with AI

Paste the full solicitation into your AI tool, then run these prompts in order. Each one is built to surface a different risk before you commit.

1 · Snapshot the opportunity

You are a government contracting analyst. From the solicitation below, extract: issuing agency, solicitation number, title, due date and time, question deadline, estimated value or budget if stated, set-aside or eligibility type, NAICS and NIGP codes, place of performance, and contract term. Present it as a clean labeled list. If a field is not stated, write "not stated." Do not guess.

SOLICITATION:
[paste here]

2 · Build the compliance matrix

Read the solicitation below and extract every requirement marked by "shall," "must," "is required," or "will provide." For each, output a row with: the requirement, the page or section it came from, who owns it on our side, and whether it is a pass-fail gate or a scored item. Organize the rows in the order a proposal table of contents would follow. This is my compliance checklist, so miss nothing.

SOLICITATION:
[paste here]

3 · Scan for disqualifiers

Act as a skeptical capture manager. From the solicitation below, list only the things that could disqualify our bid or get it thrown out: mandatory registrations, certifications, licenses, bonding or insurance minimums, required past performance, mandatory site visits or pre-bid meetings, page limits, format rules, and the exact submission method and deadline. Flag anything a first-time bidder commonly misses. Be blunt.

SOLICITATION:
[paste here]

4 · Test our fit honestly

Here is the solicitation and a short description of my company below. Give me a go or no-go recommendation with reasoning. Score our fit on scope match, eligibility, deadline feasibility, past performance, and capacity. Tell me the single biggest reason to walk away and the single biggest reason to bid. Do not be a cheerleader. If this is a weak fit, say so plainly.

SOLICITATION:
[paste here]

OUR COMPANY:
[paste a few lines here]

5 · Draft questions for the officer

Based on the solicitation below, draft a short, professional list of clarifying questions to submit to the contracting officer before the question deadline. Focus on anything ambiguous about scope, evaluation, eligibility, required forms, or submission format. Keep each question specific and answerable. Number them.

SOLICITATION:
[paste here]
Portals verified June 22, 2026. Government sites change. Confirm each link and rule before you rely on it for a live bid.
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