Guide
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 work early, and know who you are up against
The best pursuits start months before the bid. Capveon reads meetings, capital plans, budgets and expiring contracts, tells you which ones point at your kind of work, and shows you the incumbent and the people who decide.
Port Avery, OhioNo bid yetBy the RFP, the spec is set. Be there when it is written.
You hear when the RFP posts
You hear when the board funds it, with the line from the record.
Incumbents live in another tool
Every agency shows who won its work, what was paid and when it ends.
Positioning notes sit in an inbox
The plan, the contacts and the notes stay on the pursuit for the whole team.
What your buyers are planning, months early
Capveon reads council and board meetings, capital plans, budgets, grant awards and contracts that are about to end. Each signal says why it fits what you sell, quotes the record and gives you a date to act by.
85,000+public meetings read a month
Inlet works replacementShire of Tallowood, NSW, council minutes
p. 14Booster pump stationHarlow Water Authority, capital plan
p. 41
Finance system replacementAshby Borough Council, adopted budget
p. 8
Transit garage expansionRegion of Halvern, Ontario, grant award
p. 2Know the field before you decide to bid
See who wins the work in your market, what each agency already buys and from whom, and whose products its specifications name. The incumbent is on the record before your first call.
- Awards and spending by agency and by firm
- Incumbents and when their contracts end
- Whose products the specs name
Lakemont County, OhioIncumbentA capture plan the AI helps run
When you decide to pursue, Capveon turns what it knows into a plan: who to meet, what to send and when, built from your team's past work. It drafts the first note to the engineer and the briefing for the call.
- Steps with owners and dates
- First drafts from your past work
- Nothing leaves until a person approves it
Walk the site with the operatorElena
DoneNote to the design engineerWritten from your past work
Draft readyBriefing for the first callSpend, incumbent and contacts
Draft readyMeet the utility directorPriya
Before 4 MarYour territory, the next 12 months
Name your states or provinces and what you sell. We send what is planned there, with the sources.
How Capveon compares
Side by side with the research services capture teams most often keep.
Works with the rest of Capveon
Every product reads from the same record of each public buyer.
Resources for capture teams
Research
State revolving funds: the funding signal most pursuit teams ignore
Intended use plans list, by name, the projects a state expects to finance.
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See your top 10 bids
Tell us what you sell and where. We send the ten best open bids and why each fits.
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How does Capveon find opportunities before the RFP?
It reads the public record that comes before a bid: council and board agendas and minutes, capital improvement plans, adopted budgets, grant awards and contracts nearing their end. Each signal quotes the source and links to the page.
Can we see who holds a contract today?
Often, yes. Agency records show past awards and payments, which usually name the incumbent, what they were paid and when the contract was let.
Does Capveon cover federal capture?
Capveon covers federal, state and local agencies in one search, with every bid read against your questions. Teams whose pipeline is mostly large federal programs often keep an analyst research service beside it.
See what your buyers are planning
Tell us what you sell and where. We'll show you the meetings, plans and budgets in your market that point at your kind of work.