Never miss a notice in your codes, and know what it is worth before you bid
The problem is not that the opportunity is hidden. It is that SAM.gov posts thousands of notices a day, the search is built for people who already know what they are looking for, and by the time a small shop finds the right one the deadline is close. Watch your codes once. Everything that matches arrives in your inbox with the history attached.
Open right now: the newest solicitations
3,226 open notices on SAM.gov, 1,042 closing within seven days. The newest 5:
| Posted | Notice | Buyer | NAICS | Set-aside | Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | 59--CIRCUIT CARD ASSEMBLYCombined Synopsis/Solicitation | DLA LAND AND MARITIME | 334418 | Sep 30, 2026 | |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 61--CONTROL UNIT,GOVERNOR,Combined Synopsis/Solicitation | DLA LAND AND MARITIME | 335311 | SDVOSBC | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 25--GRILLE,METALCombined Synopsis/Solicitation | DLA LAND AND MARITIME | 332999 | SBA | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Synthetic Training Environment (STE) Virtual Software (VSW)Presolicitation ยท Orlando FL | W6QK ACC-APG-ORLANDO | 541715 | Sep 29, 2026 | |
| Sep 15, 2026 | ZOLL AED DefibrillatorsCombined Synopsis/Solicitation | W6QM MICC-FT DRUM | 334510 | SBA | Sep 18, 2026 |
What a small shop actually needs
An alert the hour it posts
Watch NAICS and PSC codes, buying offices, states, set-aside types and keywords. New matches go out hourly or daily by email, or to a webhook on the Capture plan if you would rather they land in Slack or Teams.
Set-asides filtered first
Total small business, 8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone, WOSB and EDWOSB are a filter on every list and a page of their own, so you see what you can actually win before you read anything.
The history behind the notice
Every notice sits next to what the same office bought before: who won, what it went for, how many offers came in, and when the current contract ends.
Five minutes that decide whether a notice is worth a week
Open the notice. Look at the buying office page: how often it sets aside, how many offers it draws, and what it has bought under this code for the last ten years. Look at the incumbent: what else they hold, how long they have held it, whether the award was competed at all.
An office that bought the same part from the same holder for nine years without competition is not a first win. An office that sets aside two thirds of its awards and draws two offers is. That judgment is what the record gives you, and it is the difference between a bid pipeline and a stack of no-bids.
- Offers received last time, where the source publishes it
- Set-aside mix by office, not by guesswork
- Award sizes by code, so you can see whether the work fits your shop
The first week
- 1
Register in SAM
Free, takes a few days to validate. The guide walks the whole form, including the parts that stall people.
- 2
Pick your codes
Your primary NAICS plus the three or four neighbors your buyers actually use. Each code has a page showing exactly that.
- 3
Watch them
Add the codes, your state, and the set-asides you qualify for. Alerts start the same day.
- 4
Read the history before the first bid
Who bought it, who won it, what it went for, when it comes back. Then decide.
Where most first wins happen
For parts and supplies it is usually DLA, through DIBBS, in quantities a small shop can actually run. That is a different portal with its own habits, and there is a guide for it.
Start here
- A plan for your codeOne page: who buys it, who won it, what it went for, what recompetes soon.
- SAM registrationStart to finish.
- DLA DIBBSWhere most small shops win first.
- The first 90 daysA week-by-week plan.
See who was last awarded in your NAICS
Every code, every buying office, every vendor and every recompete, organized from the public record and read nightly. Open it with a plan.