Federal Bid Alerts

Federal Bid Alerts — Federal contract opportunities, filtered by the words your business uses. SAM.gov is where federal contract opportunities are posted, and its own site has a keyword search. This app does the watching on your phone: your phrases, NAICS codes, states, set-asides and notice types go to SAM.gov's public search, the exact phrase is checked on the device, and new matches arrive as a notification showing the response deadline, with a link to the notice. WHAT IT DOES • Type the phrases you bid on and be told when a new opportunity mentions one • SAM.gov's own search treats “cyber security” as two separate words; the exact phrase is checked again on your phone, so look-alike notices stay out • Narrow by NAICS code, place-of-performance state, small-business set-aside (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB and more) and notice type • One reminder 1, 3, 7 or 14 days before the response deadline of a notice you pick, worked out on your phone • Each alert carries the agency, the solicitation number, the response deadline and a direct link • The place of performance is shown, so out-of-state work can be dropped at a glance • It reads the public opportunity feed only — it never bids and never registers you HOW YOU SET IT UP You create one watch — for example “network access control, NAICS 541512” — and close the app. At the interval you choose it checks newly posted federal contract opportunities; when an opportunity matching your words is posted your phone gets a notification. It never tells you about the same thing twice. If checking breaks (server down, page changed) it says so instead of dying quietly. Settings shows how many bytes each check costs. Light and dark theme. WHO IT IS FOR Small US suppliers and contractors selling to federal agencies. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO • It does NOT submit a bid, does not register your entity and does not upload documents. It points you at the notice; you respond on SAM.gov yourself. • It does NOT sign in and never asks for your UEI, CAGE code or SAM.gov credentials. • You never sign in. The app has no accounts, so there is no password to forget. • The developer collects no personal data and runs no server; Google's ad SDK collects IP, interactions, diagnostics and device IDs. • Six ad formats appear in the free tier: banner, interstitial, rewarded, rewarded interstitial, app open, plus an “Ad”-labelled card in your watch list. You will not meet an interstitial while the app is opening, and a rewarded interstitial is always announced first with a Skip option. Membership turns the whole ad layer off. • No ongoing notification is left behind in the background. WHAT IT COVERS Every contract opportunity published on SAM.gov's public opportunity search: solicitations, sources sought, presolicitations and award notices. Classified and restricted postings are not published there and so cannot be watched here. Registration in SAM, the bid itself and any representations you make are done on SAM.gov by you. PRIVACY Everything about the contract words you follow stays on this phone. The developer runs no server, so there is nowhere for it to be sent. Permissions requested: network state, internet, notifications, letting the ads library tell Wi-Fi from mobile data, restarting watches after a reboot, vibration, keeping the phone awake while a check runs, buying a paid membership through Google Play and ads in the free tier. LIMITS — honestly • Android may delay background checks to save battery. The interval you pick is a target, not a guarantee. • Very frequent checking is deliberately limited out of respect for SAM.gov, a public service run for federal agencies. Where the data comes from: sam.gov. Nothing behind a login is read. Federal Bid Alerts is an independent app. It is not developed, endorsed or supported by the General Services Administration or any contracting office. Contact: [email protected]