Insights
Longer reads on the data and the market.
Building a watchlist that works
How to build a federal opportunity watchlist that you will actually read: NAICS, PSC, buyers, incumbents, keywords, what to alert on, and what to leave out.
How to read an award record
A field by field guide to a federal award record: PIID, action type, obligated amount, period of performance, set-aside, extent competed, offers, and PSC.
The Space Coast supplier base
Public facts about the supplier base around Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Patrick Space Force Base, and why proximity matters.
The award history nobody reads
USASpending and FPDS record every federal contract action. What ten years of history tells a small shop about who buys, how often, and how competitive it is.
What a 12-person shop can actually win
Realistic federal targets for a small machine shop or fabricator: DLA small buys, spares, repair, fixtures, set-asides, subcontracts, and the work to skip.
What a recompete is and why it matters
Every federal contract has an end date. What a recompete is, how period of performance and options set the clock, and why the last year is the time to act.
Why SAM.gov is hard for a small shop
SAM.gov is a system of record, not a search tool for a machine shop. What it is built for, why its notices are hard to work through, and what a shop needs.
Why vendor names lie
The same shop appears in federal award records under several names. UEI, DUNS, CAGE, subsidiaries, and DBAs explained, and why a clean incumbent record matters.
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September 13, 2026See who was last awarded in your NAICS
The free report shows who bought your part category, who won, and what is coming up for recompete.