Saved searches + alerts

Government bid alerts that read the documents

Contractors tell us the same story: checking SAM.gov three times a week and still finding bids that close in two days. A BidSparq saved search watches your keywords across 23,000+ sources, in bid titles, descriptions, and the full text of every attached document, then emails you the exact matches.

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How it works

Search once

Run any search: keywords, NAICS codes, state, set-aside, bid type, or a radius from your city. What you see is what the watch will track.

Save it as a watch

One click turns the search into a standing watch. It re-runs against every new bid we ingest from SAM.gov, state portals, IonWave, Bonfire, PlanetBids, OpenGov, and the rest of our source network.

Get the exact matches

New matches land in your email, Slack, or Teams. Only exact keyword matches are sent, so every alert is worth opening. The full picture, including AI-suggested related bids, waits on your Saved Searches page.

Why these alerts are different

Title-only alerts miss the bids that matter

Most alert services scan the posting title and description and stop. But procurement reality lives in the attachments: the specification that names your product line, the scope of work that requires your certification, the line-item sheet with your exact part category. BidSparq extracts and indexes the text of the attached documents on the bids we ingest and matches your keywords against all of it. A mention on page 40 of a PDF triggers the same alert as a mention in the title.

This is why manufacturers and resellers run brand watches here: one saved search on a product name tells you the moment it is specified in a solicitation anywhere in the country.

You always know when AI is inferring

AI-powered matching is useful for discovery and dangerous for alerts. So we label both honestly. An exact match means your terms literally appear in the bid or its documents. A Related (AI) label means our engine judged the bid similar to your search even though your exact terms may not appear. Alerts email exact matches only; the AI suggestions stay on your Saved Searches page, clearly marked, for when you want to browse the adjacent market. Your inbox stays trustworthy.

Questions contractors ask

How is this different from SAM.gov saved searches?

SAM.gov covers federal postings only and its saved searches scan posting metadata. BidSparq watches 23,000+ sources, federal plus state, local, education, and special districts, and matches your keywords against the full text of attached documents, not just the title block. If your keyword appears in the spec PDF but not the title, SAM.gov stays silent and BidSparq emails you.

What does "reads the documents" actually mean?

We extract the text of the attachments on every bid we ingest: RFP documents, scopes of work, specification sheets, line-item workbooks. Your saved-search keywords are matched against that text with the same full-text engine that powers our document search. A product named on page 40 of a spec triggers the same alert as a product named in the title.

Will AI guesses flood my inbox?

No. Search results distinguish exact matches (your terms literally appear in the bid or its documents) from Related (AI) suggestions (bids our AI judged similar even though your terms may not appear). Alerts email exact matches only. Related suggestions stay on the page, clearly labeled, for when you want to browse wider.

Can I limit alerts to bids near me?

Yes. Every watch can carry a radius filter, 5 to 500 miles from any of 71,976 US cities, towns, and counties. In supported regions you can filter by real drive time on the road network instead, for example within 90 minutes of your office. Statewide postings stay visible and labeled rather than silently dropped.

What does it cost?

Saved searches with email alerts are included on every plan, including the free tier. Slack and Teams delivery and higher watch limits come with paid plans. No per-alert pricing, ever.

Watches catch what you name. AI finds what you did not.

A watch is precise by design: it fires only on the keywords you give it. But the bids you lose sleep over are the ones you would never have typed. That is the other half of BidSparq: every opportunity we ingest is also AI-scored from 0 to 100 against your business profile, your NAICS codes, set-aside eligibility, geography, contract-size band, and past performance, with the reasoning spelled out in plain English. Your dashboard surfaces the top-scored fits daily, so the opportunities you did not know to search for still find you.

Run both. Watches for the intent you can state, AI matching for the fit you cannot.

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Set the watch once. Never re-run the search again.

Search, save, and let BidSparq check every new bid for you. Exact matches in your inbox, the full market on your map.

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