Free tools
Free government contracting tools
Quick, no-login tools that answer the questions every small business hits before bidding — am I a small business, which set-asides do I qualify for, what is my NAICS code. Built by Sam, free to use.
SAM.gov Registration Checklist
Register or renew on SAM.gov yourself — free. Get a personalized, plain-English checklist for your UEI, CAGE code, and entity validation, with the paid 'registration help' scams flagged.
Open tool →UEI & CAGE Codes, Explained
What a UEI number and CAGE code are, how they differ from your EIN and the retired DUNS number, how to get each one free, and how to look up any company's UEI or CAGE on SAM.gov.
Open tool →SAM.gov Expiration Checker
Enter your SAM.gov expiration date to see exactly how many days are left, your recommended renew-by date, and why letting your registration lapse during an open bid can cost you the award. Free, no login.
Open tool →Set-Aside Eligibility Checker
Find out which federal set-aside programs you likely qualify for — 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, SDVOSB.
Open tool →8(a) Certification Checker
Answer four quick questions to see whether your small business likely qualifies for the SBA 8(a) Business Development program — ownership, disadvantage, and economic limits in plain English.
Open tool →WOSB Certification Checker
See whether your woman-owned small business likely qualifies for the federal WOSB program — and the EDWOSB upgrade that unlocks more set-aside NAICS codes.
Open tool →DBE Certification Checker
See whether your small business likely qualifies for the USDOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program — used on federally-funded transportation contracts, certified by your state.
Open tool →MBE Certification Checker
See whether your business likely qualifies as a Minority Business Enterprise — for corporate supplier diversity and state/local government contracts (NMSDC or a state program).
Open tool →WBE Certification Checker
See whether your business likely qualifies as a Women's Business Enterprise — for corporate supplier diversity and state/local contracts (WBENC or a state program), and how it differs from federal WOSB.
Open tool →SDVOSB / VOSB Certification Checker
See whether your veteran-owned small business likely qualifies for the federal VOSB program — and the SDVOSB upgrade (service-disabled) that unlocks set-asides and sole-source awards governmentwide.
Open tool →Texas VetHUB Certification Checker
Texas restructured its HUB program into VetHUB: under the Comptroller's current rules only service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (20%+ rating) qualify. See whether you likely qualify — and what changed if you were HUB-certified before.
Open tool →NAICS Code Finder
Search by trade or plain-English keyword to find your 6-digit NAICS code for government contracts, with the SBA small-business size standard and a deep-link to matching open bids.
Open tool →Capability Statement Generator
Turn your company details into a polished, print-ready one-page government capability statement — save it as a PDF straight from your browser, free and no login.
Open tool →HUBZone Checker
Answer four quick questions to see if you may qualify for the federal HUBZone program, then verify your exact address on the official SBA HUBZone map.
Open tool →Wage Determination Lookup
Find out whether the Service Contract Act or Davis-Bacon Act sets the prevailing wage on your federal contract — with the exact steps and official SAM.gov link.
Open tool →Government Contract Award Lookup
See who won a past government contract, what it paid, and which agency awarded it — searched live against the official USAspending.gov records by company, keyword, NAICS, or agency.
Open tool →RFP Compliance Checklist
Answer a few questions about the solicitation you're reading and get a tailored, tickable compliance checklist — submission, format, content, and eligibility — so a missed instruction never costs you a bid. Free, no login.
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When the tool has answered your question
A checker tells you where you stand. These are the pages that tell you what to do about it — what the words on a solicitation mean, which code your work is classified under, who buys it, who has been winning it, and what is open right now.
Government contracting glossary
50 terms a solicitation assumes you already know, each with the FAR or SBA citation it comes from.
Open →NAICS codes for government contracting
All 1,012 six-digit 2022 industries, by sector, with the size standard to check.
Open →Government contracts by state
State by state: federal award history and the bids open there now.
Open →Federal agencies that buy
The buying side, agency by agency, from the award records on file.
Open →Federal contractors
Award histories built from the public USAspending record — your competition, and your teaming list.
Open →The free government bid list
Open solicitations by state — no login, nothing blurred, each page listing the rows closing soonest.
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