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Find
Search every active SAM.gov contract opportunity, refreshed daily, plus grants, research announcements and SBIR and STTR solicitations, with saved searches and a watchlist on every plan.
Open opportunity searchDecision support for federal pursuits
Know whether it is worth bidding before you start writing.
RFI Hawk helps you find federal opportunities that fit your company, decide whether to bid, and build a compliant response.
Who it is for
Built for small and mid-sized federal contractors, non-traditional entrants, and lean capture teams.
The problem
You cannot afford to spend your best people on bad opportunities or rebuild the same proposal process every time.
What it does
Find. Score. Decide. Draft. Review.
Illustration: at the commonly cited 3 to 5 percent of contract value, a $1.5 million pursuit costs roughly $45,000 to $75,000 before you know the answer.
Veteran-owned. Built by a small business, for small businesses.
How it works: one pursuit, seven stages
Each stage below is something the product does today. Nothing here is a roadmap.
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Fit
Every opportunity is scored against your company profile on a 100-point scale with the factor breakdown visible, so you can see why it ranks where it does.
See the score breakdown3
Decide
A structured bid or no-bid worksheet turns the fit score, your capacity and the competition into a written rationale before anyone starts writing. Five a month on Starter, unlimited on Pro and Team.
Run a bid or no-bid worksheet4
Plan
Price-to-win analysis from award history, labor rate research, incumbent lookup, a teaming and partner directory, and a past performance library, on every plan where noted.
Open price-to-win5
Build
On Pro and Team, the proposal workspace reads the full solicitation, extracts requirements into a compliance matrix, interviews you first, then drafts each section grounded in your uploaded documents with a confidence view.
Open the proposal workspace6
Review
On Pro and Team, simulated evaluator scoring, color team reviews, a linter that flags claims your evidence does not support, and an advisory readiness checklist before you export to Word or PDF.
Review a draft before export7
Learn
Record the outcome, capture the debrief and the lesson, and keep your own win rate and decision history in one place.
Track outcomes and debriefs8
Improve
ComingInsights that tell you when you tend to win are a direction, not a capability we sell today.
Why this score
The 100-point score is a fit score. It tells you how strong a fit each opportunity is for your company. It is never a probability of award.
100 points
Factors you can see on every match: NAICS fit, set-aside eligibility, keywords, agency history, contract size, geographic relevance, past performance match, competition density, and timeline.
NAICS stands for North American Industry Classification System. It is a six-digit code that says what kind of work your business does. Pick the one that matches your main service.
is the six-digit code that says what kind of work your business does.
The score is refreshed daily as SAM.gov, the federal System for Award Management, publishes new notices, and every factor is shown next to its weight so you can tell a strong match from a keyword coincidence.
Fit scores rank how well an opportunity matches your profile. They are not an eligibility determination and not a prediction of award. Eligibility, size, and set-aside status are decided by the contracting officer and SBA rules.
Start from where you are
Pick the sentence that sounds like you. Each one leads to something that works today.
I need opportunities
Build a company profile and see a scored match list.
I found an opportunity
Run the fit analysis against your profile, then a bid or no-bid worksheet.
I am deciding whether to bid
Turn the question into a written rationale before anyone drafts a page.
I am already writing
Open the proposal workspace on Pro or Team: compliance matrix, interview, drafts, reviews.
I am stuck on a clause
Read the FAR and DFARS guide, then check which clauses apply with an account.
I am worried about CMMC
Read what is required now, then start a level determination with an account.
I am new to federal contracting
Start with the guide, then build your first profile.
I need a human
Email us. Ask an Expert is available in-app on Starter and above.
I counsel companies at an APEX Accelerator, SBDC or incubator. Institutional licensing is available on request.
Where the opportunities come from
RFI Hawk pulls active contract opportunities from SAM.gov every day, and adds federal grants from Grants.gov, research announcements from DARPA, DIU and NSTXL, SBIR and STTR solicitations from SBIR.gov, and civilian agency postings from FedConnect. Award history comes from USAspending.gov and SAM.gov contract award data.
SAM.gov opportunities refresh daily; other feeds run on their own schedules. SBIR is the Small Business Innovation Research program and STTR is Small Business Technology Transfer.
What it really costs to pursue a federal contract
3 to 5 percent
Pursuit costs of 3 to 5 percent of contract value are a commonly cited rule of thumb among proposal professionals. On a $5 million contract that is $150,000 to $250,000 in labor, consultants and production.
4 to 12 weeks
Small business proposal teams commonly plan four to twelve weeks from solicitation release to submission. This is a rule of thumb, not a measured average.
27.98%
Share of federal prime contract dollars awarded to small businesses in FY2025, against a 23 percent statutory goal. This is a share of spending, not a win rate.
Source: SBA FY2025 Small Business Procurement Scorecard, released June 25, 2026.
Many pursuits do not convert, and the cost is sunk either way. A correct no-bid saves weeks.
CMMC readiness without hiring a consultant.
Guidance and tracking for all three Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) levels, with a System Security Plan (SSP) and Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) draft, SPRS score calculation and in-app regulatory alerts. Level 2 C3PAO and Level 3 assessments are performed by others.
CMMC Phase 1 has been in effect since November 10, 2025. Contracts that include DFARS 252.204-7021 require a CMMC Level 1 or Level 2 self-assessment recorded in SPRS with an annual affirmation. In July 2026 the DoD CIO suspended the advancement to Phase 2 and placed later phases on hold pending a CMMC Reform Task Force review; third-party (C3PAO) and Level 3 requirements are not being added to new solicitations during the suspension. The underlying rules (32 CFR Part 170 and DFARS 252.204-7021) remain in place. Source: dowcio.war.gov/CMMC.
- Level 1: 15 requirements (FAR 52.204-21), annual self-assessment.
- Level 2: 110 NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 requirements, 320 assessment objectives, SPRS scoring.
- Level 3: 24 additional requirements from NIST SP 800-172, government-assessed.
DFARS is the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; SPRS is the Supplier Performance Risk System; a C3PAO is a CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization. RFI Hawk is not a C3PAO and does not issue CMMC certifications.
Current as of 2026-09-02
Your data stays yours
We will never sell your data, share your proprietary information with other users, or use your content to train AI models.
RFI Hawk does not hold a FedRAMP authorization. FedRAMP is a post-GA roadmap item. Security controls are mapped to the NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 Moderate baseline as alignment, not authorization. FedRAMP is the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
Academy: 19 courses. 147 modules. Free with an account. Training completion records you can export for your APEX Accelerator (formerly PTAC) counselor.
How much does RFI Hawk cost?
Most of the platform is free. You only pay when the AI does work for you. Plans start at $59 per month for AI opportunity analysis and bid decisions, and $149 per month if you want to draft proposals.
Free
$0/mo
Try the whole platform on us.
- Match opportunities to your business profile every day
- See the full fit score and breakdown on every match
- Save opportunities to your watchlist
- Run a CMMC self-assessment
- Use the FAR and DFARS clause navigator
- Read every Academy course
- One business profile, one user
Includes a one-time 25,000 token trial credit (about five proposal sections)
Start free
Starter
$59/mo
For solo bidders deciding what to chase.
- Everything in Free, plus:
- AI opportunity analysis on every match
- Bid or no-bid worksheets (5 per month)
- One capability statement per month
- Ask an Expert (1 per month)
- 500,000 tokens per month
- One user, one business profile
Buy more tokens any time
Start Starter
Most picked
Pro
$149/mo
For active bidders running multiple proposals a quarter.
- Everything in Starter, plus:
- Draft full proposal sections in your voice
- Up to three company profiles
- Unlimited bid or no-bid worksheets and expert questions
- Color team reviews (3 per month)
- 2,000,000 tokens per month
- One user
Buy more tokens any time
Start Pro
Team
$499/mo
For teams with shared profiles, shared proposals, and shared past performance.
- Everything in Pro, plus:
- Up to ten users
- Shared past performance library across the team
- Shared proposals (multiple editors at once)
- 5,000,000 tokens per month, shared across the team
- Up to five company profiles
- Lowest token pack prices ($5.99 per 100,000 tokens)
- Dedicated onboarding session
Buy more tokens any time
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How tokens work
A token is the unit RFI Hawk uses to charge for AI work. One token is roughly four characters of text input or output. Drafting a typical proposal section uses about 5,000 tokens. Your plan refills tokens at the start of every billing month. Unused monthly tokens roll over for up to two billing cycles, up to 1.5 times your monthly allowance.
If you run out of tokens, you can buy a token pack from your Billing page, or wait until your plan refills. Pack prices depend on your plan:
- Free: 100,000 tokens for $14.99
- Starter: 100,000 tokens for $9.99
- Pro: 100,000 tokens for $7.99, 500,000 tokens for $34.99
- Team: 100,000 tokens for $5.99, 500,000 tokens for $24.99, 1,000,000 tokens for $44.99
Purchased token packs are valid for 90 days from purchase and are used after your monthly allowance.
Free plan includes a one-time 25,000 token trial credit. No credit card required. Annual plans cost ten months' price for twelve months.
RFI Hawk was built by a veteran and small business owner who got tired of watching good companies lose to better proposal writers. The tools that existed were built for the largest primes, not for you.