# Fewer portals. Hours back. Bids they trust. From one-person shops to capture teams: what changed when they moved the search to Captivaq, in their own words. Featured story Carlisle Site Services ## Mornings back “If you spend your mornings on SAM.gov, you are going to like Captivaq.” Ben CarlisleOwner, Carlisle Site Services [Read the story](https://captivaq.com/customers/carlisle-site-services) - [Mitchell Janitorial GroupJanitorial **A set-aside won** “We found a set-aside we never would have searched for, and we won it.” Karen MitchellPresident, Mitchell Janitorial Group Story](https://captivaq.com/customers/mitchell-janitorial-group) - [Kestrel MechanicalMechanical **Two readers freed** “We stopped reading notices and started answering them.” Nadia OkaforOperations Director, Kestrel Mechanical Story](https://captivaq.com/customers/kestrel-mechanical) - [Whitaker PavingPaving **1 day saved / wk** “I do in ten minutes what used to take a morning. I think it easily saves me a day a week. We bid more and chase less.” Sam WhitakerOwner, Whitaker Paving Story](https://captivaq.com/customers/whitaker-paving) - [Lachance ConstructionConstruction, Quebec **Matches every day** “I used to search once a month and miss half of what fit. Now the matches come to me every day and I only open the ones that score.” Luc LachancePresident, Lachance Construction Story](https://captivaq.com/customers/lachance-construction) - [Blueline EnvironmentalEnvironmental services **No-bid in minutes** “Seeing why a notice fits us before we open it. That alone has been huge. Our no-bid decisions take minutes instead of a meeting.” Diego AlvarezCapture Manager, Blueline Environmental Story](https://captivaq.com/customers/blueline-environmental) - [Rojas ElectricalElectrical, Texas **First federal award** “We had never bid on the government directly. Captivaq showed us the first one we could actually win, and we won it.” Marisol RojasOwner, Rojas Electrical Story](https://captivaq.com/customers/rojas-electrical) - [Northgate LogisticsLogistics, Alberta **Alberta tenders, daily** “The portal has sixteen hundred open notices. We used to scroll it. Now the four that matter show up on their own.” Owen GrantDirector of Operations, Northgate Logistics Story](https://captivaq.com/customers/northgate-logistics) - [Harborview IT ServicesIT services **Recompetes seen early** “We used to find out a contract was ending when the RFP posted. Now we see the recompete a year out and we are already talking to the agency.” Wen ZhaoPrincipal, Harborview IT Services Story](https://captivaq.com/customers/harborview-it) - [Summit FencingFencing, Virginia **State work found** “I did not know the state posted fencing jobs. Turns out they post more than the feds do, and now I see both.” Terrence HillOwner, Summit Fencing Story](https://captivaq.com/customers/summit-fencing) - [Maple Ridge LandscapingLandscaping, Ontario **Half the reading gone** “Half of what we read was for a different province or a different trade. Now we only read the ones that fit, and the fit is on the card.” Amanda FortinPresident, Maple Ridge Landscaping Story](https://captivaq.com/customers/maple-ridge-landscaping) - [Cedar Staffing GroupStaffing **A prime to team with** “We had no past performance, so we could not bid. Captivaq showed us the primes who were already hiring subs like us. One call did it.” Yusuf DemirManaging Partner, Cedar Staffing Group Story](https://captivaq.com/customers/cedar-staffing) - [Redstone SurveyingSurveying, New York **Bid ready in a day** “A bid used to take me a week of evenings. Now the draft is waiting when I open the match, and I finish it in a day.” Hannah KowalskiOwner, Redstone Surveying Story](https://captivaq.com/customers/redstone-surveying) ## Set up your company once. It keeps looking after that. Tell us what you do, where you work, and what you have won. We match every new US and Canadian notice against that, score the fit, and draft the bids you decide to go after. [See my matches free](https://app.captivaq.com/login)[Try the demo](https://app.captivaq.com/demo) - US and Canada in one search - You review and submit every bid - Two months free on annual billing - Cancel anytime --- Source: https://captivaq.com/customers (the same page as HTML). This Markdown is served for `Accept: text/markdown` and at the `.md` sibling of every page. Site index for agents: https://captivaq.com/llms.txt. Sitemap: https://captivaq.com/sitemap.xml.