The Go/No-Go
Playbook
Playbooks for small GovCon teams to find, qualify, and prioritize federal opportunities faster.
Start Here: The 3-Step Pre-Bid Triage
A guided sequence to qualify opportunities before you commit resources
Use these guides with your existing discovery and proposal tools; this playbook focuses on qualification discipline.
Stop Searching for Government Contracts for Bid: The Free Way to Automate Your SAM.gov Feed
Stop paying for expensive bid boards. Learn the free "Hunter" setup for SAM.gov to find government contracts for bid on autopilot and qualify them in 60 seconds with Hoofnotes.
The 5-Minute GovCon Bid/No-Bid Check: Spotting "Section L&M" Killers Fast
Spot mandatory requirements that disqualify you before capture starts.
Review RFP Hard Gates →
Federal Proposal Capture Strategy: Calculating the Real Cost to Bid
Effective Capture Management isn't just finding leads; it's knowing when to kill them.
Start with Capture Management → or Run a proposal LOE check
AI RFP Review Series
Learn the industry-standard review for each slice, the pain points that waste captures, and copy-paste AI prompts you still verify on source PDFs. askaGOAT is what happens when you run that same discipline across the whole package automatically.
Section L: Instructions
Submission matrix, amendments, portals, shall-extraction prompts.
Read Section L guide →Section H: Special requirements
Clause triage, staffing and insurance hooks, legal handoff.
Read Section H guide →Influence risk triage
Nine red flags to spot potentially wired or heavily influenced RFPs before you staff capture.
Read influence-risk guide →