GovGazette

The practical federal contracting gazette

Federal contract opportunities with award evidence.

Search open SAM.gov opportunities, inspect comparable public award history, and decide what deserves a bid—without enterprise capture theater.

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Search opportunities by what matters

Search by industry, product or service, agency, location, set-aside program, status, and deadline—then open the notice with award evidence on the page.

How it works

Three steps from noisy federal feed to a decision you can defend—powered by official public data, not invented odds.

01

Find current work

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

02

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 explicitly save a search or track a pursuit. Signup alone changes nothing.

Not another traditional gazette—and not SAM.gov itself

Traditional government gazettes publish formal notices. SAM.gov is the official federal opportunity system of record. GovGazette sits in the middle as a practical gazette for contractors: live open work, SEO-friendly hubs, educational guides, and award evidence next to the notice so you can judge fit faster.

Award evidence

Comparable public award history and related market signals shown with opportunities. Supports judgment; never a guaranteed price or win score.

Built for small and mid-size contractors

  • Skip enterprise capture theater—focus on fit, capacity, and deadline.
  • Follow official codes (NAICS, PSC, UEI, CAGE) with plain-English labels.
  • Use free browsing forever; add monitoring when you are ready.
  • 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)

First Contract Path curriculum—from SAM registration to bid/no-bid—written for operators, not consultants.

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~12 min

How to win your first government contract

Practical First Contract Path: entity setup, SAM/UEI, market proof, set-asides, and when to bid. Built for small firms that do not need (or cannot buy) enterprise capture tooling yet.

~10 min

SAM.gov registration walkthrough

What SAM.gov and the Unique Entity ID (UEI) are for, what usually blocks first-time registrants, and where free APEX help fits. No fake “guaranteed approval” claims.

~9 min

What is a set-aside?

Plain-English set-asides for small business programs (total small business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, and more) with links to live opportunity hubs.

~8 min

How to read a contract opportunity page

A 10-minute checklist for reading federal opportunity notices: what’s being bought, who’s buying, deadline urgency, set-aside, NAICS/PSC, and when to walk away.

~11 min

Bid/no-bid workflow (the Natalie checklist)

A simplified-acquisition-friendly bid/no-bid process: fit signals, past performance reality, capacity, and pursue/investigate/hold. Same discipline as Pro triage and the agent tools.

~10 min

How to track SAM.gov opportunity changes

A practical workflow for catching deadline, attachment, set-aside, contact, and status changes without treating every import timestamp as an official amendment time.

Monitor on your terms

Keep a real pursuit or search in view.

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.

Work through readiness, SAM registration, set-asides, notice reading, and bid/no-bid fundamentals at your own pace.

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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 is the practical federal contracting gazette: a readable index of open notices with award evidence, hubs, and guides. Always verify the official SAM.gov notice before proposal work. We are not affiliated with GSA or SAM.gov.

What is award evidence?

Award evidence is comparable public award history and related market signals shown next to opportunities—ranges, counts, and vendor context—so you can ground bid/no-bid decisions. It is not a bid price, win probability, or guarantee of award.

Is browsing free?

Yes. Open opportunity pages, industry/agency/state hubs, reference tools, and guides are free to browse. Create a free account for limited workflow features; see Pricing for Pro.

Official public data with practical award evidence

GovGazette is not affiliated 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.