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GovConToday – Daily SAM.gov contract digest matched to your NAICS codes

GovConToday – Daily SAM.gov contract digest matched to your NAICS codes

by watsoft·Mar 7, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●●BangerSolve My ProblemDark Horse

Replaces $200–500/mo GovCon platforms with AI-scored SAM.gov digest for $29/mo.

Strengths
  • •Directly undercuts expensive incumbents (80% cheaper) while solving documented pain point
  • •NAICS + location matching prevents low-relevance noise that breaks existing SAM.gov alerts
  • •Groq integration (after Mac Mini timeouts) shows founder pragmatism and real iteration
Weaknesses
  • •Early revenue/traction data not provided; founder adoption unclear yet
  • •Dependent on SAM.gov API stability and data freshness—one scrape failure cascades
Category
SaaS
Target Audience

Small business owners bidding on federal government contracts

Similar To

SAM.gov (native) · Govwin (legacy competitor)

Post Description

Hey HN, I built GovConToday (https://govcontoday.com) to solve a problem I kept hearing from small businesses chasing federal contracts: SAM.gov is painful to search daily.

GovConToday scans SAM.gov every morning, matches new and closing-soon opportunities to your NAICS codes and preferred states, and sends a digest email with AI-generated summaries and bid/no-bid scoring.

Free plan: 5 matched contracts/day with deadline tracking. Pro ($29/mo): 15 matches, AI scoring, weekly intelligence briefing, set-aside filtering.

Stack: Next.js 15, Supabase, Groq (Llama 3.1 8B for summaries), Resend for email. No Ollama/self-hosted anymore — moved to Groq after 60% timeout rates on a Mac Mini.

Curious to hear if anyone here does GovCon or knows people who do.

The space is dominated by expensive tools ($200-500/mo) that are overkill for small businesses.

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