SAM.gov is free and comprehensive. But listing opportunities is different from analyzing them. HE Pursuit gives small government contractors a structured way to evaluate SAM.gov opportunities for fit, eligibility, and pursuit value — so your team makes faster, more defensible bid/no-bid decisions.
SAM.gov lists federal contracting opportunities for free. What it does not give you is a structured way to evaluate whether any specific opportunity is worth pursuing. That qualification gap is exactly what HE Pursuit fills.
HE Pursuit evaluates each SAM.gov opportunity against your company profile: NAICS codes, set-aside status, certifications, agency relationships, and geographic reach. You see fit signals immediately, before investing time in deeper review.
Missing an eligibility requirement is one of the most common reasons small contractors waste proposal resources. HE Pursuit flags eligibility issues early — size standards, certifications, past performance requirements — so you know before you commit.
HE Pursuit closes the loop between opportunity discovery and pursuit decision. Import a SAM.gov opportunity, run it through the qualification workflow, and get a structured analysis your team can review, challenge, and act on.
Technical fit is necessary but not sufficient. HE Pursuit also weighs the effort required to bid against the realistic value of winning — helping you walk away from opportunities that look attractive but drain more than they return.
Most SAM.gov evaluations in HE Pursuit take minutes. The result is a structured recommendation — Go, Conditional Go, or No-Go — grounded in your specific company profile, not a generic scoring algorithm.
Paste a live notice number and see the analysis for yourself. Not sure where to look? Start with the opportunities SAM.gov’s search hides.
Try it on a live notice — freeThe call a contractor makes before writing a proposal: pursue this opportunity or pass. It weighs fit with the work you have actually done, eligibility (set-aside, size standard, certifications), your position against the incumbent, and whether the hours to bid are worth the realistic chance of winning. A disciplined No-Go is how a small firm protects its proposal time.
Answer four questions in order. Are you eligible — set-aside, size standard, required certifications? Does the scope match work you have done? Can you compete — who holds it now, and how will it be evaluated? Is it worth the effort — contract value against the hours to write? The free analyzer screens a notice against a business profile and returns a fit score with the top factors in minutes.
A contract the government reserves for a category of small business, so only firms in that category can compete: total small business, 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB), or women-owned (WOSB/EDWOSB). The set-aside is stated on the SAM.gov notice. Checking it against your status is part of the eligibility review HE Pursuit runs.