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.

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Still stuck?

Send a request to the Acidni support team, or email support@acidni.net.

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