Say it the way you would say it
Nobody thinks in NAICS codes and set-aside abbreviations at nine in the morning. They think "who buys machined brackets in Florida" and "what is coming up for recompete at DLA Aviation". Ask takes that sentence, turns it into a real search with real filters, shows you the filters it chose, and puts the rows underneath.
What it does with the sentence
It becomes a search, not a chat
The question is read into filters: a code, a buyer, a state, an amount, a window. Those filters are shown to you as chips, so you can see exactly how it was read and open the same search on the full screen to widen or narrow it by hand.
The answer names the searches behind it
The paragraph at the top lists every search it ran and how much each one found, and each one opens as a screen. Its figures are counted over the whole matching set, so an answer about federal money can be checked in a click rather than taken on faith.
It says when it found nothing
An empty answer names the reading that produced nothing and offers the same question with the tightest part taken off, because the usual reason is one filter tighter than you meant rather than an empty market.
Questions it answers on the first try
Who buys machined aluminium brackets in Florida. Recompetes for DLA Aviation in the next twelve months. Who won 332710 awards over $100K last year. Sources sought for cable harness assemblies. Small business set-asides for anodizing. Which offices buy gaskets and seals. IT services contracts ending in the next six months. Who wins facilities support work at VA hospitals.
Each one becomes a search you can keep, put on your watchlist, or export.
On every paid plan
Ask is on every paid plan, from Shop up. The written answer at the top uses one of your AI readings; the search itself does not. You can also ask a question about the screen you are on, from the button at the top of every screen.
Related
- Describe the workA description of what you do, read into codes and searched.
- Ask it anything, against all of itEvery place a reading appears, and what it may and may not say.
- Saved views and alertsKeep a question and be told when its answer changes.