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FAR and DFARS navigator Every part and section of the FAR and DFARS, searchable, with a plain-English guide to each part, a short note on each section, cross references both ways and the rule changes in progress.
Open the navigator →Ask the FAR Ask a question in plain words; the answer comes from the best-matching sections, with every point cited and linked.
Ask a question →SBIR & STTR Every small-business research award since 1983: who wins, at which agencies, Phase I and II, and the SBIR/STTR solicitations open now. Company pages show their own SBIR record.
See SBIR awards →Rule changes Proposed and final FAR, DFARS and SBA rules from the Federal Register, with comment deadlines and effective dates. Save a search to get new ones by e-mail.
See what's open for comment →Contracts before city councils Contract votes on council agendas in Austin, Denver, Seattle, Boston, Oakland and Cook County: vendor, amount and department, weeks before signing. Alerts too.
See what's coming up →Office, industry and vehicle pages What a contracting office, a NAICS code or a contract vehicle buys, from whom, by year, with what's ending and what's open.
Try an industry page →Free bid tools A bid/no-bid check that fills in from a SAM.gov notice, a capability statement builder, and a glossary linked to the FAR.
Open the tools →On the pursuit desk A go/no-go score on each new notice in your alert e-mail, nudges when a pursuit stalls, a proposal schedule worked back from the due date, a capture plan draft, and the pricing sheet as Excel with live formulas.
Open the desk →Briefs on recent awards Every award notice opens a brief: the winner, the amount, the offers, the solicitation it answered and who else wins this work.
See recent awards →Typical award sizes What contracts in an industry and state actually run, by set-aside and competition.
Look up a size →Earmarks Congressional earmarks for FY2022–2024, by state, member and recipient.
See earmarks →Program pages and Start here One page per assistance program, and three-step starts for contractors, journalists, investors and residents.
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