Help centre
How the GovCon Opportunity Tool finds, scores and tracks government work, and what each page does.
Getting started
- Getting started
What the GovCon Opportunity Tool does, how to sign in, and the five things to do in your first session.
- Set up your company profile
Website analysis, NAICS and PSC codes, keywords, certifications to confirm, exclusions and onboarding steps.
Finding work
- Discover and search opportunities
Search every stored contract notice, grant and SBIR topic, filter it, and see scores for your company.
- How matching and the fit score work
What the 0 to 100 fit score measures, the factors behind it, what excludes a notice, and how to improve your matches.
- Eligibility
Why a good fit is not always one you can bid on, and how set-asides, size standards, clearances, vehicles and registration decide it.
- Matching, eligibility and the bid recommendation
The seven score factors and their weights, the separate eligibility check, contract value estimates, the Bid / Consider / No-bid rules, feedback, Save and Dismiss.
Working an opportunity
- Contacting the government
Who the point of contact is, where the tool found them, how and when you may ask questions, drafting a question, logging outreach and searching agency contacts.
- My Opportunities
Save opportunities, move them through the eight stages on the board, ask your coach, and keep tasks, reminders, documents and contacts with each one.
- Checklist, notes and submitting
Use the checklist and the activity log on a saved opportunity, set an internal due date, and record your submission.
- Notifications and alerts
The notification centre, which alerts you get (new matches, deadline reminders, changes, your reminders, tasks, recompetes), how often, and your score threshold.
- Notifications and digests
The email digest, what it contains, when it arrives, how to change it or unsubscribe, and deadline reminders.
- Calendar and calendar subscriptions
The planning calendar, what each event type means, adding one deadline to your calendar, and subscribing with an ICS link.
AI features
- AI features and their limits
What AI does in the tool (website analysis, drafting, Response Studio, narratives, document questions), what it never does, and how to check its work.
- Claude and ChatGPT connector
Connect Claude or ChatGPT to your GovCon account to search matches and opportunities from a chat, and how to revoke access.
- Document analysis, questions and summaries
How the tool lists an opportunity's attachments, reads them page by page, answers questions with page citations, and writes a plain-English summary, and where it stops.
Data and intelligence
- Data sources and freshness
Which sources the tool reads and how, how current each opportunity is, what "manual check" means, and how to ask for a new source.
- Intelligence
Spending analytics, recompetes and incumbents, subcontract leads, code focus and agency relationships for your company.
Account
- Account, team and billing
Sign up with your email and website, invite teammates, see your free trial, choose a plan, and what happens to your data.
Reference
- Frequently asked questions
Short answers to the questions people ask most.
- Glossary
Government contracting terms used in the tool, in plain English.