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How to hear about government work before the RFP
Minutes, capital plans and budgets say what an agency will buy months before the bid.
Hear about the project months before the bid
Capveon reads council and board meetings, budgets and capital plans in 14 countries and tells you when one mentions work you could win.
Shire of Tallowood, NSWEarly signal~1 yearfrom a capital plan line to its bid
- public meetings read a month
- 85,000+
- contract awards read a month
- 10,000+
- between a capital plan line and its bid
- ~1 year
Know the project before your competitors do.
Every meeting read
Agendas, minutes and recorded video of councils, boards and commissions, with the sentence that matters.
The money, found
Budget and capital plan lines with the amount and the fiscal year, and the grants that fund them.
Followed to the bid
Follow a project and hear when the agency hires an engineer or posts the bid.
Hear it the moment it is said
When a utilities director says the clarifier needs replacing next year, you get the sentence, who said it and the minute it was said, rated against what you sell.
- Cities, counties, school boards, utilities and special districts
- The quote and the timestamp behind every signal
- Rated High, Medium or Low for what you sell
Shire of TallowoodNo tender yetCouncil minutes, 4 Nov: “Approved A$4.2M to replace the inlet works at the treatment plant, with design to start in March.”
SourceMinutes, p. 14
See the money before the bid
Adopted budgets and capital plans name projects a year or more before they go out to bid. Capveon finds the line, the amount and the year, and the grants and loans that fund it.
- Capital plan lines with the amount and the year
- Grants and funding awards, forecast and posted
- Follow a project and hear the day the bid posts
Region of Halvern, OntarioCapital planKnow who they buy from today
Every award and payment is joined to the agency that paid and the firm that was paid, so you know the incumbent and the usual size of the job before the first call.
10,000+contract awards read a month
$48.2M +12% on FY25
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Works with the rest of Capveon
Every product reads from the same record of each public buyer.
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The State of American Infrastructure, Fall 2026
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What is an early signal in government sales?
An early signal is something an agency puts on the public record before it advertises a bid: a council discussion, a line in an adopted budget, a project in a capital improvement plan, a grant award or staff asking to hear from vendors. Capveon reads these and shows the ones that fit what you sell.
How far ahead of the bid do early signals come?
Often months, and for large projects a year or more. A project usually appears in a capital plan or budget well before it is advertised, and a vote to hire a design engineer comes before the specification is written.
Which meetings does Capveon read?
Council, commission and board meetings of cities, counties, school districts, utilities and special districts, from their agendas, minutes and recorded video. Capveon reads 85,000+ meetings a month.
Does Capveon include grants and funding?
Yes. Grants and funding awards that pay for a project sit on the same record as the meeting and the plan, so you can see a project is funded before it is out to bid.
Are early signals guesses?
No. Every signal quotes the meeting or document it came from, with the page or the minute. The rating says how well it fits what you sell, and the reason is one line you can check.
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