Your government-contracting workspace
Make your next
move with evidence.
5 Step Contract brings opportunity discovery, public-record research, and partnership analysis into one deliberate workflow.
Your next best step
Start with what your company can confidently deliver.
Only confirmed facts affect matching. Suggestions need your approval.
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- 1. DescribeUse plain language.
- 2. ReviewInspect suggestions.
- 3. ConfirmKeep only what is true.
- 4. DecideReview relevant work.
- 5. TrackTurn on local monitoring.
At a glance
Your contracting workspace
Opportunity availability
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Step 2 · Discover
Find government opportunities
Search public opportunities across currently indexed sources. Search is independent of your company profile.
Search government award recipients
Find companies by name or exact UEI in the currently indexed public historical-award recipient database. CAGE code lookup requires an authoritative SAM.gov entity integration and is not yet available. This is not a complete registry of US companies; missing results do not mean a company has no awards.
Advanced filters
Official procurement portals — all 50 states
State portals are external official resources, not live listings imported into 5 Step Contract. Check each portal for its current bids, deadlines, and supplier requirements. Directory based on NASPO state procurement resources.
Enter a search term or choose Browse all.
Step 1 · Profile
Tell us how your company can help.
Your approved facts—not guesses—shape matching, monitoring, and partner research.
Company management
Manage / switch companies
Select a saved company by its stable profile ID. Creating a company never changes your local owner session.
Company profile
Start in plain language.
Describe your products, services, technical processes, and operating geography. Suggestions remain reviewable until you confirm them.
- Capabilities and classifications require confirmation.
- Certifications and set-asides are never inferred.
- Website information is used only when safely accessible.
5 Step Contract will show candidates for your confirmation.
Review before matching
Confirm, remove, or edit any suggestion before 5 Step Contract uses it for opportunities.
Historical government-contract intelligence
Available after profile confirmation. A company name alone is never treated as a verified government-contractor identity.
Company intelligence report
Build a source-cited research brief from this selected profile. Public website research is on-demand; facts remain inactive until you confirm them.
Limit indexed award research to a category
5-Year Bid Intelligence & FOIA Research
Track documented unsuccessful bids separately from competitor awards that your company may never have bid on. USAspending award data does not establish losing bidders.
Public research sources
FAR sealed-bid abstracts · SAM.gov · USAspending · GAO bid protests · FOIA.gov
Step 3 · Decide
Opportunities worth your attention
Create and confirm a company profile before personalized recommendations are assessed.
Public-record research
Research government contractors
Explore available public award evidence. Records do not establish current capacity, partnership interest, or submitted-bid history.
Public-record research
Company intelligence
Historical award activity is not evidence of current capacity, willingness to partner, or bid history.
Step 4 · Partner
Research complementary capability
Public-record research helps investigate potential fit around a real opportunity. Registered-member matching and introductions are future functionality—not active today.
Step 5 · Track
Your saved and watched opportunities
Keep a focused shortlist and watch meaningful source changes.
Track · Monitoring
Monitor what fits your company
Monitoring uses confirmed capability areas and active public sources. Email delivery is not enabled. Alerts stay in 5 Step Contract.
Track · Alerts
Evidence-supported alerts
Only new or meaningful source changes that pass your preferences and evidence-based relevance checks appear here. Delivery is in-product only—not sent.
Settings · Coverage
Opportunity-source coverage
Automated sources and known manual portals are kept distinct. 5 Step Contract does not claim complete nationwide coverage.
Source catalog
Official sources under review
These entries describe permitted official data paths. They are not a claim that the source is currently indexed, fresh, or automatically monitored.
Settings · Account
Account session
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Authorized workspaces
Workspace activity
Invitations and external member messages are disabled. Member networking remains private unless a future authenticated member explicitly opts in.
Settings · Administration
Deployment readiness
Review future hosted-deployment requirements. No secrets are displayed here.
Opportunity detail