# Captivaq, government contracts worth your time > Captivaq matches public notices to your company and prepares the bids you pursue. - **Website:** https://captivaq.com - **Product sign-in:** https://app.captivaq.com (login wall, not crawlable) - **Coverage:** United States and Canada ## See Captivaq in action [Tour the product](https://captivaq.com/#demo): the matches list, an opportunity scored for fit, the bid documents it drafts, and a 42-second walkthrough. ## A clearer call on every bid 1. **Company fit.** Compare the opportunity with your capabilities, certifications and past performance. 2. **Requirements.** Bring submission rules and qualification gaps into view before you commit. 3. **Bid package.** Get editable documents, a compliance matrix and a checklist. Export your reviewed package to PDF or Word. The homepage includes an interactive worked example of software engineering support, with sample company matches, a staffing gap, requirements and bid documents. [Read the bid preparation guide](https://captivaq.com/guides/writing-a-winning-bid). ## Start with the work you do Browse [US contracts](https://captivaq.com/browse/us/contracts), [Canadian tenders](https://captivaq.com/browse/ca/tenders), or [US opportunities by industry](https://captivaq.com/contracts), with links to the official notices. ## Choose how far you want to go Every plan includes US and Canadian opportunities. Two months free with annual billing. - **Scout:** $99/month or $990 billed annually ($82.50/month). 3-day free trial. One user, contract matching and monitoring, early signals and bid recommendations. - **Pro:** $199/month or $1,990 billed annually ($165.83/month). One user, everything in Scout, advanced matching, draft documents and PDF or Word export. - **Team:** $499/month or $4,990 billed annually ($415.83/month). Up to five users, everything in Pro and a shared contracting pipeline. Cancel anytime. You review and submit every bid. [View pricing](https://captivaq.com/pricing). ## Signing in Using Captivaq requires an account, created at https://app.captivaq.com. Two ways in: Google, or a secure one-time link sent to your email address. Captivaq does not use passwords for sign-in. Signing in with Google is optional. When it is used, Captivaq receives three things from the Google Account: name, email address and profile picture. It requests no other scope, so it cannot read Gmail, Drive, Calendar or contacts. Those three fields are used only to create the Captivaq account, sign the person in, show their name and picture inside the application, and email them about the service. Captivaq sells or transfers this information to no one and runs no advertising. The handling of data received from Google APIs follows the Google API Services User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements, and is written out at https://captivaq.com/privacy. ## Frequently asked **Does Captivaq submit bids for me?** No. It prepares the bid and stops. Submission, signatures and anything legally binding stay with you. **How is this different from a SAM.gov alert?** Captivaq assesses notices against your company profile, identifies strengths and gaps, and prepares the bid documents for opportunities you choose to pursue. **We have no government past performance. Is this for us?** Yes. Start as a subcontractor. Captivaq shows which primes in your field hire subs, from US federal subcontract records, and flags notices you are better off joining under a prime. Sub work you log becomes past performance for your own bids. **What notices does it monitor?** Captivaq reads SAM.gov and CanadaBuys notices, plus selected state and provincial portals. These include sources sought, presolicitations, solicitations, amendments and awards. **Do I need to be registered in SAM.gov?** No. Matching starts without it. If you have a UEI, Captivaq pulls your SAM entity record so your codes, business size and set-aside eligibility are right from the start. Canadian companies skip the step and start on CanadaBuys. **How does it know what my company can do?** Setup reads your website and drafts a profile you correct: what you do, your capabilities, your industries and your NAICS and PSC codes. You add certifications, registrations, past performance, people and the states or provinces you work in. Every notice is scored against that profile. **How often does it look for new contracts?** Daily. Each source is swept on its own schedule, which is as often as those sources publish, new notices are read and scored as they arrive, and award history and agency data refresh overnight. **Will it email me about every notice?** No. One alert the first time a match scores 75 or higher, and a Monday summary of your best open matches. Separately, a reminder when a registration, certification, contract vehicle or clearance is about to expire. Each person turns any of them off in settings. **Can I edit and export the bid?** Yes. Edit the documents in your workspace, then export an individual document or the full package to PDF or Word. Your team approves pricing and submits. **What if the draft is missing information?** It says so. Facts Captivaq does not have are left as bracketed placeholders, the compliance matrix marks every requirement met, partial or a gap, and the decisions only a person can make are listed on their own. **Can my team work on the same bids?** Yes. Invite people by email and everyone shares one company profile, the same matches and the same pipeline. Your plan sets how many seats you get. **Can I use it from Claude or Cursor?** Yes. Create an MCP key in settings and any MCP client can read your profile, pipeline, matches, opportunity intelligence and upcoming recompetes. The connection is read only. **Is there a free trial?** Scout comes with 3 free days. Add a card at checkout, and cancel before the trial ends to pay nothing. Pro and Team bill from day one. Every plan can be cancelled anytime from billing. ## Get started [See my matches free](https://app.captivaq.com/login). [Talk to us](https://captivaq.com/contact). --- Captivaq is an independent product. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any United States or Canadian government agency. Procurement data comes from public government systems. --- Source: https://captivaq.com (the same page as HTML). 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