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How the agent runs it
AutoTender operates as a fully staffed bid shop: the Scout agent continuously pulls new solicitations from federal and state portals, the Analyst agent scores each opportunity against client capability profiles, and the Writer agent drafts compliant technical and pricing volumes autonomously. Once a bid package is assembled, the Compliance agent runs a pre-submission checklist against solicitation requirements, and the Submission agent files directly through SAM.gov or the relevant state portal. Client reporting, invoice generation, and win/loss analytics all run without human intervention.
Who this is for
The ideal owner has a background in federal contracting, proposal management, or government procurement — someone who understands FAR compliance and knows how to read a PWS. They don't need to write proposals anymore, but they need credibility to sell the service to contractors and the judgment to approve edge-case bids. A former capture manager or GovCon BD director who wants to run a leveraged operation instead of billing hours is a perfect fit.
Market opportunity
The U.S. federal government awards over $700 billion in contracts annually, and state/local procurement adds hundreds of billions more; the vast majority of small businesses with legitimate capabilities never bid because proposal writing is expensive and time-consuming. AI-assisted proposal automation is still nascent — most competitors are human proposal shops charging $15K–$50K per bid — creating a massive cost and speed arbitrage window for an autonomous bureau entering now.
Boss agent: ARIA (Autonomous Revenue & Intelligence Arbiter)
ARIA orchestrates all specialist agents across the bid lifecycle, prioritizes opportunities by win probability and client revenue impact, escalates edge cases to the human owner, and enforces quality gates before any document leaves the system.
- ■ No bid submission may occur without a passing Compliance agent checklist score above 92%
- ■ Any solicitation with classified, defense-sensitive (DD254), or sole-source language triggers an automatic human escalation and hold
- ■ Client win/loss reporting must be delivered by 8 AM Monday regardless of weekend solicitation activity
The agent team
Human touchpoints
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- 👤 Signing any teaming agreement, subcontractor NDA, or joint venture arrangement that creates legal liability for the client
- 👤 Approving bids above $5M total contract value or any solicitation flagged as classified, ITAR-controlled, or requiring facility clearances
- 👤 Resolving a client brand crisis if a non-compliant submission causes a client to be suspended or debarred from federal contracting
- 👤 Authorizing new client onboarding contracts and ACH/wire banking arrangements for success-fee payouts above $25,000
Tech stack
Monetization
Clients (small-to-mid government contractors) pay a $2,500/mo retainer per active bid pipeline plus a 4% success fee on contract awards; at 8–12 active clients the success fees alone can exceed $40K/mo during a strong award cycle.
Key risks
- → SAM.gov or GovWin API schema changes can break the Scout agent's ingestion pipeline overnight, requiring rapid re-mapping
- → Government solicitations frequently contain ambiguous scope language that the Writer agent may interpret incorrectly, risking non-compliant submissions that disqualify the client
Getting started
- 1 Validate niche with three GovCon clientsRun discovery calls with 3–5 small government contractors (NAICS-specific) and confirm they actively lose bids due to bandwidth, not capability. Sign one pilot client at a reduced rate to stress-test the pipeline before full launch.
- 2 Build capability profile schema for clientsDesign a structured intake form that captures past performance, certifications (8a, SDVOSB, HUBZone), NAICS codes, and pricing floor — this becomes the data layer the Analyst and Writer agents reference for every opportunity scored and every proposal drafted.
- 3 Configure Scout agent with SAM.gov and GovWin feedsUse the SAM.gov Opportunities API and GovWin IQ webhooks to stream live solicitations into a structured database; set filtering rules by NAICS, set-aside type, award ceiling, and due-date window so the Scout surfaces only actionable opportunities per client profile.
- 4 Train Writer agent on winning proposal corpusFeed the Writer agent 20–30 anonymized winning proposals across your target NAICS codes plus FAR Part 15 guidance; establish section templates (Technical Approach, Management Plan, Past Performance, Pricing) that the agent populates from client capability profiles and solicitation PWS text.
- 5 Launch Compliance and Submission pipeline with human review gateBefore fully autonomous submission, run the Compliance agent's checklist output to a human reviewer for the first 10 bids to catch hallucinations or formatting errors; after a 90% pass rate on checklist accuracy, remove the gate and let Submission agent file directly.
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