DoD FY2026 budget $849B — largest in history SAM.gov 847+ new solicitations this week 8(a) set-aside market $26B+ annually Average GovCon BD tool: $600/mo — built for large primes 250,000+ active vendors competing on SAM.gov OTA obligations exceeded $20B in FY2023 DoD FY2026 budget $849B — largest in history SAM.gov 847+ new solicitations this week 8(a) set-aside market $26B+ annually Average GovCon BD tool: $600/mo — built for large primes 250,000+ active vendors competing on SAM.gov OTA obligations exceeded $20B in FY2023
GovCon Intelligence Platform

Small primes keep
showing up second.
Not anymore.

You have the certifications, the past performance, the team. What you're missing is the infrastructure to find the right opportunities before your competitors do. Field Day is that infrastructure — the BD team that never sleeps, never misses a Sources Sought, and has your Monday morning briefing ready before you open your laptop.

$849B
FY2026 Defense
Budget
250K+
Vendors competing
on SAM.gov
48hr
Avg discovery
lag — too late
Apex Defense Solutions LLC — Opportunity Feed
SAM.gov live
7
Opportunities
7
Defense / DoD
5
High Match ≥60%
2
Closing Soon
Next Generation ISR Platform — Edge Computing & AI Integration
$8.4M
Agency: Dept of the Army · PEO C3T Deadline: ⚡ 5 days left
Solicitation SDVOSB Closing Soon
Profile Fit
88%
● Active ★ Saved ⬡ Pursuing
Autonomous Ground Vehicle C2 Software — Sources Sought
$3.1M
Agency: DARPA · Tactical Technology Office Deadline: 18 days left
Sources Sought SDVOSB
Profile Fit
88%
◑ Contact ★ Saved ⬡ Watching
Electronic Warfare Systems Engineering — AFLCMC
$22.5M
Agency: Dept of the Air Force · AFLCMC Deadline: ⚡ 8 days left
Solicitation SDVOSB Closing Soon
Profile Fit
80%
○ Relationship ☆ Save ⬡ Proposal
$49B
Defense tech VC funding — 2025
Record high. Up 80%
year-over-year.
629
Defense VC transactions — 2024
Up from 414 in 2020.
Competition is intensifying.
$2.7T
Global defense spending — 2024
Steepest rise since
the Cold War.
48hr
Avg discovery lag — small primes
By then the incumbent
already has a head start.
The Problem

The problem is timing.
And timing is an infrastructure problem.

You already know which contracts you should be winning. The NAICS codes match, the set-aside is right, the agency is in your lane. The large prime down the road has a BD person who's been having lunch with that program manager for six months.

How it works today
01
You find out when everyone else does.By the time a solicitation hits SAM.gov, the requirement was already shaped by someone who's been in that program office for months. You're not late — you never had a chance to be early.
02
Your pipeline lives in a spreadsheet nobody trusts.Split across inboxes, a Google Sheet three weeks out of date, and a Monday meeting where half the time is spent figuring out what's even being tracked.
03
The tools that exist weren't built for you.GovSearch and Deltek cost $600/month and were built for large primes with 15-person BD teams. Most small primes either overpay for the wrong product or rely on email alerts and hope.
04
Being certified isn't enough.8(a) and SDVOSB status is a real advantage — but only if you find out about the opportunity in time to use it. Most set-aside contracts still go to whoever showed up first.
How Field Day changes it
Know what's coming before it posts.Sources Sought notices and early signals surfaced and scored against your profile before the solicitation exists. You stop reacting. You start positioning.
A decision, not a score.Every opportunity comes with a written go/no-go assessment — where you're strong, what the gaps are, and what to do before you spend a single proposal hour.
Know who you're up against.Live award data from USASpending shows who holds the contract, what they were paid, and when it expires. A recompete expiring in 6 months is your window — before anyone else knows to look.
Priced for a 5-person company.Free to start. $499/month for the full platform. No enterprise procurement process, no 12-month commitment, no sales call required.
Platform

The intelligence advantage
large primes take for granted.

01 — Live Feed
Opportunity Intelligence

Every solicitation, pre-solicitation, and Sources Sought on SAM.gov — automatically scored against your NAICS codes, set-aside status, and target agencies. Your Monday morning in 10 minutes instead of 90.

SAM.gov API
02 — Assessment
How You Measure Up

Every opportunity comes with a written assessment — where you're strong, where the gaps are, and what to do before you spend a single proposal hour. The kind of analysis that used to require a senior capture manager.

AI Analysis
03 — Incumbent Intel
Know Who You're Up Against

Live award data from USASpending shows who holds every contract in your lane, what the government paid, and when the recompete window opens. Show up as the closer — not the opener.

USASpending API
04 — Signals
Relationship Intelligence

No data source knows whether you have a contact at that program office. You do. Flag it. High fit score plus an active relationship tells you exactly where to spend your finite BD hours.

Human Signal
05 — Pipeline
Replace the Spreadsheet

Five stages, live pipeline value, urgent deadlines flagged in red. The one BD tool your team will actually open on Monday morning instead of the spreadsheet nobody trusts.

Pipeline Tracker
06 — Brief
Your Weekly Intelligence Report

One click generates a formal intelligence report — top opportunities ranked by fit, pipeline snapshot, imminent deadlines. Walk into any capture meeting with something real instead of a status update.

Export
See it working

Open any opportunity.
Get a decision, not a score.

This is what a capture manager sees the moment they click into an opportunity. Plain-English assessment, incumbent intel, relationship signal — all in one panel.

Next Generation ISR Platform — Edge Computing & AI Integration
NAICS: 541512 Agency: Dept of the Army · PEO C3T Set-Aside: SDVOSB ⚡ 5 days left
$8.4M
How You Measure Up ● Strong fit
Your NAICS code is an exact match — you're in the right lane technically. This is your strongest signal of eligibility.
This is set aside for SDVOSB — your status. That eliminates large primes from competing and meaningfully narrows the field.
!
None of your keywords appear in the title. The solicitation uses "autonomy," "ISR," "C2" — add these to your profile to score higher on similar opportunities.
You've flagged an active relationship with this agency. That's your most valuable asset — relationships determine who gets the call before the solicitation is written.
Profile Fit Breakdown 88 / 100
NAICS Code
541512 matches your code 541512
+35
Target Agency
Matches your target: Department of the Army
+25
Set-Aside
SDVOSB set-aside matches your status
+20
Keywords
No keyword matches in title or description
+0
Incumbent Intel USASpending.gov
Booz Allen Hamilton
Award Value
$7.8M
Contract End
Expires in 4mo — recompete imminent
Award Type
Definitive Contract
Also competing in this space: SAIC, Leidos Federal
Relationship Signal
No relationship
Default
Have a contact
Know someone
Active relationship
In the room
Who it's for

Built for the companies
that should already be winning.

You have the certifications, the past performance, the capability. The only thing standing between you and the contracts you should win is knowing about them in time to compete.

Capture Manager
One person. 20 opportunities. Monday morning.

Your Monday used to be 90 minutes of manual SAM.gov searching. Now it's 10 minutes of decisions.

  • Ranked, scored feed — no manual search
  • Catch Sources Sought before competitors respond
  • Show up to capture meetings with a live shortlist
  • Never miss a deadline buried in noise
Owner / Operator
Running BD between everything else.

You don't have a dedicated capture manager. BD happens when you have time — which means opportunities disappear before you find them.

  • Set-aside status filters automatically
  • Weekly digest delivers the feed to your inbox
  • Set up once, get signal continuously
  • Priced for a company your size
BD Consultant
Managing 8 clients. All of it manually.

You're running the same SAM.gov searches multiple times, maintaining separate spreadsheets per client, context-switching constantly.

  • One dashboard, multiple client profiles
  • Per-client feeds and digest emails
  • Flat pricing across all your clients
  • Referral program — bring clients, get rewarded
Pipeline Tracker

Replace the spreadsheet
nobody trusts.

Your pipeline tracking lives in a Google Sheet that's three weeks out of date. Field Day replaces it with a live Kanban — total pipeline value, urgent deadlines, stage distribution. The BD tool your team will actually open on Monday morning.

Live pipeline value always current
Deadline urgency flagged automatically
Full detail panel — one click from any stage
Pipeline Tracker
3 active pursuits
Total value: $34.0M ⚡ 2 urgent
1
Watching
$3.1M
0
Qualifying
1
Pursuing
$8.4M
1
Proposal
$22.5M
0
Won / Lost
Next Generation ISR Platform — Edge Computing & AI Integration
$8.4M
Dept of the Army ● Active ⚡ 5 days left
Electronic Warfare Systems Engineering — AFLCMC
$22.5M
Dept of the Air Force ⬡ Proposal ⚡ 8 days left
Autonomous Ground Vehicle C2 Software — Sources Sought
$3.1M
DARPA · TTO ⬡ Watching 18 days left
Early Access

What capture managers say
after their first week.

"

I found a $2.1M SDVOSB solicitation on my first day that I would have completely missed. It closed 11 days later. We submitted.

Capture Manager · 8(a) IT Services · Washington, DC
"

My Monday morning used to be 90 minutes of SAM.gov searching. Now it's 10 minutes reviewing what Field Day already ranked for me.

VP Business Development · SDVOSB · $12M Revenue
"

I manage BD for nine clients. Field Day is the first tool that actually makes that workload feel manageable instead of impossible.

Independent GovCon BD Consultant · 9 Active Clients

Beta user feedback · names withheld at request

Field Day Intelligence

The GovCon brief.

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Contracting · Tactics
How to respond to a Sources Sought — the move most small primes skip

A Sources Sought isn't a contract. It's your chance to shape one. The companies that respond well influence what gets written. Most small primes don't respond at all.

Read →
March 20265 min read
Market Context

The numbers behind
the problem Field Day solves.

Signal Number What it means for small primes
Average discovery lag 48hr By the time most small primes see a solicitation, incumbents have had it for days. Sources Sought response is your only way in earlier.
8(a) set-aside market $26B+ Annual 8(a) contract value. Most goes to firms that positioned before the solicitation existed. Your status only helps if you're early.
SAM.gov active vendors 250K+ The ones that win aren't necessarily the most qualified — they're the ones the contracting officer already knows.
Legacy tool cost $600/mo What GovSearch and Deltek charge — built for large primes. Field Day costs less and was designed for companies your size.
DoD FY2026 budget $849B The largest defense budget in history. The money is there. The question is whether you find out about opportunities in time to compete.
Field Day Intelligence Brief
FD-20260526 · CONFIDENTIAL
Apex Defense Solutions LLC
Weekly Opportunity Intelligence · 7 opportunities reviewed · 3 active pursuits
Executive Summary
7
Opportunities
$34.0M
Pipeline Value
88%
Top Match
2
Urgent
Top Opportunities — Ranked by Profile Fit
Opportunity Agency Value Fit Deadline
Next Gen ISR Platform Army PEO C3T $8.4M 88% ⚡ 5 days
AGV C2 Software DARPA TTO $3.1M 88% 18 days
EW Systems Engineering AFLCMC $22.5M 80% ⚡ 8 days
Generated by Field Day · fielddaygov.com ↗ Print / Save as PDF
Weekly Brief

Walk into any meeting
with something real.

One click generates a formal, printable intelligence report — top opportunities ranked by fit, pipeline snapshot, imminent deadlines flagged. The kind of thing you'd forward to your BD lead on Sunday night.

Print or save as PDF in one click
Formal report format — shareable immediately
Replaces the Monday morning status update
Pricing

Start free.
Upgrade when you're ready.

The free tier is a real product — not a watered-down demo. Connect your SAM.gov key, find the opportunities you've been missing, and upgrade when the value is obvious.

Starter
$0
Free forever
  • Live SAM.gov feed — your API key
  • Profile Fit scoring + breakdown
  • Pursuit assessment on every opportunity
  • Incumbent intel via USASpending
  • Up to 10 saved opportunities
See it first — no card required
Consultant
$799
per month · up to 10 clients
  • Everything in Professional, plus:
  • Multi-client workspace
  • Per-client feeds and digests
  • Client opportunity forwarding
  • Referral revenue share
  • Priority support and onboarding
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as the opener.
Start showing up
as the closer.

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