The Go/No-Go Playbook
Playbooks for small GovCon teams to find, qualify, and prioritize federal opportunities faster.
Start Here: The 3-Step Pre-Bid Triage
A guided sequence to qualify opportunities before you commit resources.
Use these guides with your existing discovery and proposal tools; this playbook focuses on qualification discipline.
How to Search SAM.gov for Contracts (Free Daily Alerts)
Screenshot walkthrough: set up saved search and daily emails in ~8 minutes so you get relevant SAM.gov opportunities, not misses or junk.
The 5-Minute GovCon Bid/No-Bid Check: Spotting "Section L & M" Killers Fast
Spot mandatory requirements that disqualify you before capture starts.
Review RFP Hard Gates →
Federal RFP Cost to Bid: Catch Section L/M Showstoppers Early
Attractive scope can hide expensive L and M requirements. Size real bid cost before you commit.
Calculate Cost to Bid → or run a proposal LOE check
AI RFP Review Series
Learn the industry-standard review for each slice, the pain points that waste captures, and copy-paste AI prompts you still verify on source PDFs. askaGOAT is what happens when you run that same discipline across the whole package automatically.
Section L: Instructions
Submission matrix, amendments, portals, shall-extraction prompts.
Read Section L guide →Section H: Special requirements
Clause triage, staffing and insurance hooks, legal handoff.
Read Section H guide →Influence risk triage
Nine red flags to spot potentially wired or heavily influenced RFPs before you staff capture.
Read influence-risk guide →