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Your first public-sector customers, without hiring a bid team

Find the agencies already talking about the problem you solve, know who to call and when, and answer your first RFPs with the reading and the first drafts done for you.

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A small startup team working around one laptop at a shared table
Port Avery, OhioEarly signal
Council votes to pilot new permitting software Minutes, p. 6

Government has a front door. Capveon finds it for you.

  • One giant buyer with no front door

    A short list of agencies already discussing what you build.

  • The first RFP takes a week of nights

    Every requirement listed, and a first draft from your own material.

  • Months before a research tool pays off

    Useful in the first week. Describe what you sell and go.

Find your first buyers

Describe what you build in a sentence. Capveon finds the cities, counties, school districts and agencies discussing, funding or budgeting that problem, with the meeting or budget line behind each one.

  • Agencies already talking about your problem
  • The meeting or budget line behind each one
  • Federal, state and local

See Early signals

Permitting software pilotAshby Borough Council, council minutes
p. 6
Online permitting, budget lineLakemont County, Ohio, adopted budget
p. 22
Review of online servicesTownship of Maple Bend, Ontario, agenda
p. 4

Know who to call, and what they buy now

Each agency's record shows what it already spends, with whom and when the contract ends, and the people involved in the decision. You walk into the first call knowing the incumbent.

  • Spend and incumbents by agency
  • The people who decide
  • When the current contract ends

See Contacts

A council meeting in session around a curved dais
Lakemont County, OhioRenewal
Permitting system: the current contract ends in June
Incumbent on recordIT director named

Answer your first RFP like a company ten times your size

Capveon lists every requirement, form and deadline in the RFP and drafts each section from your website, deck and past answers. You spend your time on what is new.

  • Every requirement and deadline listed
  • Drafts from your own material
  • The next RFP already has today's answers

See Pursuits

Register on the vendor portalLakemont County, Ohio
Done
Security questionnaireWritten from your past answers
Draft ready
Technical approachWritten from your website and deck
Draft ready
ReferencesTwo asked for
Due 12 Dec

See your top 10 bids, free

Tell us what you sell and where. We send the ten best open bids and why each one fits.

Get your list

Works with the rest of Capveon

Every product reads from the same record of each public buyer.

See the platform

  • Opportunities

    Every open bid and tender, from federal agencies to the smallest town.

  • Spend

    What every agency buys, from whom, and for how much.

  • Bid review

    Your questions answered on every bid, with the page.

Resources for startups

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Questions, answered

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How does a startup start selling to government?

Pick a small number of agencies that already have the problem you solve, learn how they buy, register on their vendor portals, and talk to them before the RFP is written. Capveon finds those agencies from their meetings and budgets and walks you through each step.

Do we need a government sales hire first?

No. Capveon does the reading, the tracking and the first drafts, so a founder or a first seller can run the process.

Can we start without a sales call?

Yes. Start a free trial online and describe what you build. Book a demo if you'd like us to set it up with you.

Find your first public-sector customers

Start a free trial and describe what you build. Or book a demo and we'll walk your team through the first month.

Or book a demo