Government Contract Intelligence
Find relevant contracts faster
AcornBids uses AI to automatically answer custom questions about every federal opportunity. Stop manually reviewing hundreds of solicitations and filter instantly to only the contracts that matter.
Get Early Access- 1. Filter by NAICS codes and broad keywords
- 2. Construct complex OR search strings
- 3. Manually open and read every opportunity
- 4. Dig through lengthy attachments and PDFs
- 5. Repeat the entire process daily
estimated daily review time for 200 opportunities
- 1. Define questions in plain language once
- 2. AI answers every question for every opportunity
- 3. Filter to only the opportunities that match
- 4. Read AI-generated summaries, not full docs
- 5. Alerts automatically surface new matches
focused review of 15 pre-qualified opportunities
What AcornBids Does
What is AcornBids?
AcornBids is a government contract intelligence platform for teams that need to find and qualify federal opportunities faster. Contractors define plain language questions, such as whether a solicitation requires a clearance, matches a capability, fits a place of performance, or includes a target contract vehicle. AcornBids applies those questions across opportunity descriptions and attached documents, then returns structured answers, summaries, filters, and alerts. The result is a review workflow that starts with qualified matches instead of raw keyword results. Small business contractors, large business development teams, and procurement consultants can use AcornBids to standardize qualification criteria, reduce repetitive document review, and focus pursuit time on opportunities that fit their business. AcornBids is not affiliated with SAM.gov; it is built to help teams work with public opportunity data more efficiently.
Last updated June 30, 2026 by AcornBids, Inc.
Government Contract Qualification
AI tool for government contract qualification
AcornBids is an AI tool for government contract qualification that helps federal contractors decide which opportunities deserve pursuit time. Instead of searching SAM.gov with broad keywords and reading every solicitation manually, a team writes reusable qualification questions in plain language. Common questions cover capability fit, clearance requirements, place of performance, contract vehicle, set aside status, period of performance, estimated value, incumbent signals, and whether attached PDFs contain mandatory requirements. AcornBids applies those questions to opportunity descriptions and documents, then turns the answers into filters, summaries, alerts, and a shared pursuit pipeline. The workflow is built for small businesses, business development teams, and procurement consultants that need consistent bid or no bid screening across many federal opportunities. It does not replace SAM.gov or proposal judgment; it adds an AI qualification layer that helps teams spend less time on poor fit contracts and more time on opportunities they can credibly pursue.
Qualification signals
- Capability fit
- Clearance requirements
- Place of performance
- Contract vehicle
- Set aside status
AI outputs
- Yes or no answers
- Extracted dates and values
- Solicitation summaries
- Pipeline filters
- Opportunity alerts
Best fit teams
- Small federal contractors
- Business development teams
- Capture managers
- Procurement consultants
- Proposal operations teams
How it works
Three steps replace hours of daily manual work.
Define your questions
Create questions specific to your business in plain English. Choose Yes/No, text, number, or date answer formats.
- What is the period of performance?
- Does this require Top Secret clearance?
- What is the estimated contract value?
AI answers every opportunity
AcornBids reads each opportunity description and attached PDFs, then answers all your questions for every solicitation automatically.
- Reads full solicitations and attachments
- Processes thousands of opportunities
- Answers update as amendments are posted
Filter, review, and win
Filter your pipeline by AI-generated answers. Read summaries instead of full documents and get alerts when new matches arrive.
- Filter by clearance, agency, value, or capability
- Review summaries in under 30 seconds
- Daily or weekly email alerts
Why qualification gets faster
The time savings come from replacing repeated manual review with reusable qualification criteria. A team defines the questions once, AcornBids applies them across opportunity descriptions and attached documents, and reviewers start from filtered answers instead of raw search results.
Reusable criteria
Questions such as clearance requirements, place of performance, contract value, and capability match become consistent filters instead of one-off notes.
Document-aware review
The workflow is built around solicitation text and attachments, so reviewers can scan answers and summaries before opening full documents.
Focused pipeline
The goal is to move poor-fit opportunities out of the first review pass and spend more time on qualified pursuits.
AcornBids vs. SAM.gov
A direct capability comparison for teams that already monitor SAM.gov opportunities.
| Capability | SAM.gov | AcornBids |
|---|---|---|
| Search | Manual keyword search with OR operators | AI answers custom questions automatically |
| Qualification | Read every opportunity manually | Filter by AI-generated answers |
| Summarization | Read full documents and attachments | AI-generated summaries |
| Alerts | Basic keyword-based alerts | Question-based intelligent alerts |
Who uses AcornBids
From small businesses to large federal contractors.
Small business IT contractors
Review 20 qualified opportunities instead of 200 raw ones by filtering for capability, clearance, and place of performance.
Large business development teams
Build qualified pipelines across multiple divisions with consistent criteria and focused proposal resources.
Procurement consultants
Monitor opportunities for multiple clients with reusable question sets and automated alerts.
See it in action
A full walkthrough of the qualification workflow.
Ready to win more contracts?
Tell AcornBids about your business to request early access to AI-powered government contract qualification.