Frequently asked
Can FedSift answer questions about a solicitation or SOW?
Yes — and it goes one better than asking one question at a time.
FedSift reads the entire solicitation and its attachments and
pre-extracts every requirement, evaluation factor, key risk,
win theme, and deal-breaker, each with a verbatim quote and
the exact PDF page it came from. You get a full compliance matrix and
an AI insight brief without reading the 100-page SOW yourself, and you
can click any clause through to its source page to verify it.
Does FedSift automatically email me matching opportunities?
Yes. Save any search as a custom filter, get in-app alerts the moment
new matches or expiring-contract recompetes appear in your space, and
schedule recompete and insight email digests on your own cadence. The
new opportunities find you by email — you don't have
to log in daily to look.
How accurate are FedSift's opportunity matches?
In a blind evaluation across 12 real government contractors
spanning 12 sectors — IT, construction, healthcare, logistics, real
estate, staffing, security, engineering and more — 9 in 10
of the opportunities FedSift surfaced were rated relevant. Every match
was checked two ways: by an independent, web-grounded AI judge and by
hand — and the two agreed on all 58 spot-checked pairs. Matching blends
semantic similarity with NAICS, set-aside, and keyword scoring against
your profile, and a relevance gate drops wrong-industry
look-alikes rather than padding the list.
How accurate is FedSift's AI solicitation analysis?
FedSift pulls deal-breakers, requirements, and win themes straight
from the solicitation — each with a verbatim quote and the
exact PDF page. In a blind, document-grounded evaluation,
96% of extracted deal-breakers were grounded in the
solicitation text, and 100% of cited quotes were
verifiably present in the source — no fabricated
citations. Every one was checked two ways: by an independent
AI judge and by hand, which agreed on all 23 spot-checked
deal-breakers. Separately, FedSift reconciles its set-aside
and competition-type labels against SAM.gov's authoritative
data, so its classifications agreed with the government's own
record in 100% of audited notices — an AI reading you can defend
clause by clause.
Is FedSift good for a small business or solo contractor?
Yes. Every score, match, and compliance matrix is tailored to your
company profile, NAICS codes, set-aside certifications, and size.
FedSift shows where 8(a) / SDVOSB / WOSB / HUBZone dollars flow, gives
a deterministic prime-vs-sub recommendation, and ranks teaming
partners — surfacing the larger primes a small business can
sub under, not just other small firms. It's free during beta,
no credit card.
Is it really free right now?
Yes. FedSift is in beta, and every account is upgraded to Pro for
free while we're in beta — no credit card, all features unlocked.
When we turn on billing, Pro will be $199/month or $1,999.95/year
(≈16% off). We'll email you well before any charge so you can decide
with full notice.
Where does the data come from?
SAM.gov for live solicitations, USASpending.gov + FPDS for award
history. All public federal data — refreshed nightly. We never use
scraped or paywalled sources.
How is FedSift different from a search tool, a document-Q&A tool, or an enterprise suite like GovWin?
Most tools do one slice: live opportunity search, or
document Q&A, or analyst-grade market data at enterprise
price. FedSift runs the whole BD workflow in one app
— discovery and profile-scored Smart Matches, deep cited document
analysis, recompete and demand prediction, agency intelligence,
teaming, and a bid pipeline — and it goes deep on documents (every
requirement cited to its page) and pushes matches to you
automatically. Purpose-built for the BD director and capture manager,
not for IT analysts — we surface the 6–18 month window where capture
decisions actually happen, and cite every AI claim to the source PDF
page so you can defend the bid/no-bid call to your CRO.
What's the AI doing? Can I trust it?
Three things: (1) extracting compliance requirements from
solicitations with verbatim-quote citations + page numbers; (2)
ranking teaming partners with a six-signal model anchored in FAR 19
+ 13 CFR 121 rules; (3) computing a 0–100 urgency score per expiring
contract using a transparent formula (time + value + incumbent +
competition). No black-box scoring; every number has a breakdown.
Do you store my company data?
Your company profile, saved searches, and bid-tracker state are
stored in our database. We never share profile data between users.
Cancel and we delete on request — see
privacy.
What if it doesn't work for my NAICS?
Start on the free tier — no card required — and only upgrade to Pro
once FedSift is surfacing recompetes in your space. We cover the
federal services, supply, and construction NAICS families that
account for ~85% of federal spend; niche codes get sparser data and
we'll tell you that up front.