You run a government contracting company. You are the BD lead, the capture manager, the proposal writer, and the CEO — all at once. Your bids are tracked in spreadsheets. Your team availability is in your head. And one missed compliance item can kill an $800K contract.
You started it to build things and lead people. But right now, you are tracking bids in a spreadsheet you do not update, managing your team's availability in your head, digging through old emails for past performance citations, and praying nobody misses a compliance checklist item before deadline. You are doing the jobs of four people while trying to run a business. You wanted to be the CEO. Instead, you are the admin.
No single source of truth. Your partner asks "where are we on the VA bid?" and you have to dig through your inbox to answer.
You put someone in a proposal only to find out two days before deadline they are already committed to another project.
SharePoint folders, old proposals, email attachments from three years ago. Finding the right citation takes an hour. Sometimes you give up and submit a weaker one.
The compliance matrix has 60 items buried in a 200-page solicitation. Miss one and your $800K proposal goes straight in the trash.
ReadySetBid is a private web app your team logs into from any computer or phone. It replaces the spreadsheets, the email chains, the guesswork, and the stuff living in your head. Open it in the morning. See everything. Go home on time.
Every active bid on one screen with deadlines, compliance progress bars, and color-coded urgency. Deadlines turn yellow at 7 days, red at 3. Your team checks off items as they finish. You see it all in 10 seconds.
Every person on your team with clearance level, skills, current project, and availability date. Filter by "Secret clearance + available" and instantly see who is free. If someone is committed, they are flagged. No more double-booking.
Searchable database of every completed contract. Enter it once, upload the citation. Search "cloud migration DOD" and find every match in seconds. Never spend an hour digging through old emails again.
Every teaming partner and subcontractor with capabilities, clearances, contact info, and history. Need a cyber partner? Search "cybersecurity," see every option in 10 seconds, make the call before your competitor does.
I did not start this company to live like this. I want to be the CEO. I want to lead. Give me one screen and I can finally start being the boss I built this company to be.
— EVERY SMALL GOVCON PRIME OWNER
| Feature | Spreadsheets | Salesforce | Deltek | ReadySetBid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for GovCon | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compliance checklist tracking | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bench management with clearance data | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Past performance library | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Teaming partner database | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Setup in under 8 weeks | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| No monthly fees | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Affordable for sub-$20M firms | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| COST | Free* | $15K+ to customize | $350-800/mo + $10K+ setup | $10-15K one time |
*Free until it costs you $800K on a missed bid.
15-minute call. We ask about your proposal process, bench tracking, and biggest pain points. We tell you exactly where the gaps are. No pitch. No obligation.
Fixed price. 8-week delivery. We build your custom operations system: bid tracker, team roster, past work library, partner database. You see progress along the way.
We hand it over. Your team logs in. No monthly fees. No per-user charges. No surprise costs. It is yours. You stop losing bids to paperwork and start being the CEO you built this company to be.
15 minutes. We ask about your proposal process, your team management, and your biggest operational headache. We tell you exactly where the gaps are that could cost you a bid. No pitch. No obligation. Just a quick diagnostic from someone who works with firms like yours every day.
Takes 30 seconds to schedule.