GovGazette

The practical federal contracting gazette

Federal contract opportunities with award evidence.

Search open SAM.gov opportunities, check public award history, and decide whether to bid.

Search opportunitiesSee a small-business example

Search by contract facts

Search by industry, product or service, agency, location, set-aside program, status, and deadline. Each notice shows any public award history we found.

How it works

Use official public data to find work, check past awards, and decide whether to bid.

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Find current work

Search federal opportunities by plain-English industry, product or service, agency, location, set-aside program, and status.

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Check award evidence

Read the notice, official classifications, and comparable public award history without treating history as a bid price.

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Choose what to monitor

Create an account, then save a search or track an opportunity. Signing up alone changes nothing.

What GovGazette adds to SAM.gov

SAM.gov is the official source of record. GovGazette makes its notices easier to search and adds public award history, plain English guides, and pages grouped by agency, code, and place.

Award evidence

Public history from similar awards, shown with an opportunity. It can inform a bid/no-bid decision, but it does not set a price or predict an award.

For small and mid-size contractors

  • Check fit, capacity, and the deadline before you bid.
  • Follow official codes (NAICS, PSC, UEI, CAGE) with plain-English labels.
  • Browse for free. Add monitoring only when you choose it.
  • Agents get the same-origin free JSON API documented in llms.txt.

Learn more on our About page, including data sources and non-affiliation disclaimers.

Practical guides (free)

Free guides cover SAM registration through bid/no-bid.

All guides →

~12 min

How to win your first government contract

First Contract Path: set up an entity, get a UEI, check demand, learn set-asides, and decide when to bid.

~10 min

SAM.gov registration walkthrough

What SAM.gov and the Unique Entity ID (UEI) are for, what blocks first-time registrants, and where to get free APEX help.

~9 min

What is a set-aside?

Plain English set-aside rules for small business programs, with links to open opportunities.

~8 min

How to read a contract opportunity page

A 10-minute checklist for reading federal opportunity notices: what the agency buys, who buys it, the deadline, set-aside, NAICS and PSC, and when not to bid.

~11 min

Bid/no-bid review for government contracts

A bid/no-bid process for simplified acquisitions: check fit, past performance, and capacity, then choose pursue, investigate, or hold.

~10 min

How to track SAM.gov opportunity changes

A process for catching deadline, attachment, set-aside, contact, and status changes without calling an import time the official amendment time.

Choose what to track

Track up to 100 pursuits and save 25 searches.

Create a free account, then choose whether to save criteria or track an opportunity. You control every monitoring action.

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New to federal contracting

Start with the First Contract Path.

Read free guides on readiness, SAM registration, set-asides, notices, and bid/no-bid decisions in any order.

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Common questions

How is GovGazette different from SAM.gov?

SAM.gov is the official source of record for federal opportunities. GovGazette makes its notices easier to search and adds public award history. Check the official SAM.gov notice before you work on a proposal. GovGazette has no affiliation with GSA or SAM.gov.

What is award evidence?

Award evidence is public history from similar awards. GovGazette shows award ranges, counts, and vendor details to help with bid/no-bid decisions. It does not set a bid price or predict an award.

Is browsing free?

Yes. Opportunity pages, pages grouped by industry, agency, or state, code lookups, and guides are free. During early access, an account adds a readiness checklist, 25 saved searches, tracking for 100 notices, and email alerts. See Pricing for Pro.

Official public data with practical award evidence

GovGazette has no affiliation with SAM.gov, GSA, SBA, Acquisition.gov, or the U.S. government. Data comes from official public sources. Comparable awards are descriptive history, not legal advice, a cost estimate, or a guarantee; the solicitation controls every requirement. See About for methodology and disclaimers.