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.
Cut Through SAM.gov Junk: Find Opps You Can Bid On
Cut through the junk. Set up SAM.gov Saved Search + Notify (free on SAM.gov) so legit notices hit your phone, not a noise flood.
Stop Costly Bid Lotto Tickets: Section L & M Gotchas
RFPs hide gotchas that can kill your bid. Stop burnout-pace submissions and bid smart instead of sending costly lotto tickets.
Review RFP Hard Gates →
Federal Bid Cost Gotchas: Catch L/M Showstoppers Early
Attractive scope can hide expensive L and M gotchas. Size real bid cost before you burn B&P on a lotto ticket.
Calculate Cost to Bid → or run a proposal LOE check
Federal Proposal Capture: What Small Teams Do Before the RFP Drops
Fill a Pursuit Napkin, use public RFI leverage when it matters, freeze bid/no-bid, then Outside-In when paper drops.
Read Capture Playbook →
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.
Eligibility triage
Fifteen-minute check so you skip gotcha pursuits and stop lotto-ticket proposals.
Read eligibility playbook →Section L: Instructions
Submission gotchas that quietly kill proposals before scoring starts.
Read Section L guide →Section M: Evaluations
Evaluation traps to spot before you write another costly proposal.
Read Section M guide →Section H: Special requirements
Special-requirement gotchas that can blow a pursuit.
Read Section H guide →Influence risk triage
Influence gotchas so you do not burn capture on a wired pursuit.
Read influence-risk guide →