The govprocure Advantage

Three Databases. One Search.

grants.gov, SAM.gov, and USASpending.gov each tell a different part of the story. Here's why searching them together gives you the complete picture — and a competitive edge.

The Problem

What It Takes to Do This Manually

grants.gov alone
What you do
  • Go to grants.gov
  • Enter keywords, hope they match
  • Filter by agency (if you know which one)
  • Scroll through irrelevant results
  • Click each listing to see eligibility
  • Copy deadline to your calendar manually
  • No way to see what was awarded before
~45 min/session
SAM.gov alone
What you do
  • Go to sam.gov
  • Enter zip codes per state (not state name)
  • Filter by NAICS — if you know it
  • Hope the keyword matches the title
  • Click through to read the solicitation
  • Find the contracting officer contact
  • No connection to past award data
~60 min/session
USASpending alone
What you do
  • Go to usaspending.gov
  • Search by agency or recipient
  • Slow interface, complex filters
  • No connection to open opportunities
  • Can't see what's currently solicited
  • Manually cross-reference SAM
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~45 min/session
The govprocure Way
What you actually do
  • One search box, three databases
  • Filter by state (not zip codes)
  • Filter by NAICS, set-aside, keyword, date range — simultaneously
  • See open opportunities AND past awards in the same session
  • Know who won similar contracts before you apply
  • Export results in 60 seconds
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Under 5 minutes
How It Works

How the Three Databases Work Together

1
Find the Opportunity
Start here. grants.gov shows open grant applications. SAM.gov shows open contract solicitations. Both have deadlines — miss them and you're out. govprocure searches both simultaneously so you never have to choose which site to check first.
grants.gov SAM.gov
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2
Research the Competition
Before you apply for anything, know who you're up against. USASpending.gov shows every past award in that program, from that agency, for that NAICS code. See who won last time, what they were paid, how long the contract ran, and whether it's coming up for renewal. This is competitive intelligence most applicants skip entirely — because it takes an hour to find manually.
USASpending.gov
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3
Apply with Confidence
Now you know: the opportunity exists, the deadline, who your competition is, and what the going rate is. You're not guessing. You're making an informed decision about whether to apply — and if you do, you know what a winning proposal looks like.
Informed decision
Real Example

A Real Example: Janitorial Services at a VA Hospital

Say your company provides janitorial and cleaning services (NAICS 561720). You think the VA might be a customer. Here's what you'd find:

On SAM.gov

Search NAICS 561720, set-aside SDVOSB, state Washington. You find 3 open solicitations at VA medical centers in Puget Sound, with deadlines in the next 60 days.

On USASpending.gov

Search NAICS 561720, agency Department of Veterans Affairs, state Washington. You can see that the current contract holder has been awarded $240,000 per year for the past 3 years. The contract is up for renewal — which is exactly why the solicitation just appeared.

What you now know: The VA pays about $240,000 annually for this type of work in this area. The current contractor has held it 3 years (so they'll likely bid again). The solicitation is set aside for SDVOSB — if you hold that certification, you're competing against a very small field.

Without govprocure: Finding all of this takes 2–3 hours across three websites. With govprocure: under 10 minutes, one interface.

What You Get

A govprocure report gives you all of this in one document: the open opportunity details, the past award history for the same NAICS and agency, and the set-aside status. It's the research you'd spend hours doing, delivered as a clean PDF.

See a Sample Report →