Small Business Guide to Understanding SAM.Gov
A guide for small businesses to better understand and get the most out of using SAM.Gov.
Finding and Qualifying Opportunities on SAM
Need help searching for opportunities and setting up your saved searches in SAM.Gov? These tips can help. The key to success is not just finding opportunities, but identifying opportunities you can win. Searching through SAM is not easy and does require a strategic approach, but once achieved, your automated emails should help your team fill its pipeline.
Download this eBook to implement a more strategic approach to finding opportunities on SAM.
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Gain Your True Competitive Advantage
When it comes to your team having the right opportunities and data to support your federal contracting business, efficiency and effectiveness are crucial elements to your success. Even more importantly, that data needs to be focused around your team's performance, not everyone else's. With Federal Compass, you gain access to a tailored solution that provides greater visibility into your federal market to answer your most pressing questions - what are your top opportunities, who buys what you sell, how much do they buy, and who are the individuals involved in the buying process?
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The Elements Your Team Needs to Succeed
Market Intelligence
Federal market intelligence tailored around your team's past performance to conduct competitive analysis, analyze new pathways, and more.
Opportunity Tools
Built on the largest federal opportunity database, our AI-powered and U.S.-based analyst team capture what's in the minds of your team.
Time Savings
Save time by keeping everything searchable in one solution for your internal and external teams. No more going here and there for this and that.
What our customers are saying
Don't take our word for it.
Federal Compass is an amazing platform for opportunity tracking, market research and contract forecasting. I’ve been using similar tools for many years, but Federal Compass’ daily alerts and intuitive website are a gamechanger, making it convenient for me to find the information that I need most.
—Aaron Kelley, President, UpSlope Advisors Inc.
We like that we're able to customize the system to enhance [the client’s] experience, capturing and presenting information utilizing the processes and terminology that they're used to. And all of this happens with a professional firm actively gauging the market, finding opportunities, and helping them to position themselves and ensure that their BD efforts result in the desired outcomes; usually contract awards.
—Stephen Kiernan, Principle & CEO, Fortis
Super easy to roll out to my team. We're able to see value from day one, and the market-based approach translates well to internal discussions.
—Market Intelligence Director, Top 10 Systems Integrator
As a solution architect and executive, Federal Compass allows me to quickly learn about opportunities while also verifying the “intel” that gets hurled at leadership every day.
—Executive, Mid-Size Health/IT Provider
A Full-Suite Solution for Federal Contractors
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