Stop spending $50,000 to find out you should not have bid.

Name: RFI Hawk
Author: Salian Defense Inc.

RFI Hawk finds federal opportunities, scores them against your profile, drafts proposals in your voice, and tracks compliance from CMMC to FAR. Plans start at $49/month. Free tier available.

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Veteran-owned. Built by a small business, for small businesses.

Your Opportunities, Scored and Ranked

Every active listing from SAM.gov, scored against your company profile using an 11-factor, 100-point algorithm. The best matches rise to the top. Scores refresh daily.

Opportunities - Salian Defense Inc.

NAICS: 541512, 541330 Set-Aside: Small Business Active Only

Score	Opportunity	Agency	Deadline	Value
92	Cybersecurity Operations Support - CISA SOC	DHS/CISA	5 days	$4.2M
87	Zero Trust Architecture Implementation Services	DoD/DISA	12 days	$7.8M
81	SCIF Construction and Accreditation Support	NGA	28 days	$2.1M
74	IT Infrastructure Modernization - Cloud Migration	Army/CECOM	34 days	$12.5M
68	Facility Security Officer Support Services	DCSA	45 days	$1.8M

Showing 5 of 47 matches for Salian Defense Inc. Scores update with each data refresh cycle. Sources include SAM.gov, SBIR.gov, Grants.gov, FPDS, USASpending.gov, FedConnect, Federal Register, and agency forecasts.

How does RFI Hawk help small businesses find government contracts?

Three steps from opportunity to proposal.

Find and Score

RFI Hawk pulls live data from 9 federal sources daily: SAM.gov, SBIR.gov, Grants.gov, FPDS, USASpending.gov, FedConnect, the Federal Register, agency forecast systems, and OTA consortium portals. Every opportunity is scored against your NAICS codes, set-aside eligibility, past performance, keywords, agency history, geographic relevance, and 5 other factors. You see what fits, ranked by match quality.

Analyze and Plan

Download full solicitation packages. The Compliance Checker identifies every FAR/DFARS clause that applies to the contract and flags gaps in your response. The Price-to-Win engine pulls historical award data from USASpending.gov and FPDS to show what the government has paid for similar work. The Bid/No-Bid framework gives you a structured go/no-go decision before you invest a dollar in pursuit.

Draft and Decide

The Proposal Architect generates solicitation-specific sections using AI trained on your past work, your voice, and your differentiators. It writes from the evaluator's perspective, threads win themes across sections, builds the compliance matrix, and runs a strength assessment before export. Draft a full proposal in hours, not weeks.

Whether you are a sole proprietor or a 50-person firm, RFI Hawk puts enterprise-grade capture, proposal, and compliance capabilities in your hands. No dedicated proposal department required.

See How It Works

This is what writing a government proposal looks like on RFI Hawk. The AI handles the drafting. You bring the judgment.

Proposal Workspace - [Demo]

Sections

1. Executive Summary

2. Technical Approach

3. Management Plan

4. Past Performance

5. Staffing Plan

6. Transition Plan

7. Quality Assurance

8. Cost/Price Volume

Compliance Coverage

17 of 25 requirements addressed

3 themes active

Section 2: Technical Approach

87% Lock Regenerate

AI Assistant

Explain this clause Strengthen this section Check compliance Price guidance

What is included in the platform?

RFI Hawk combines opportunity intelligence, proposal automation, and compliance tracking in one platform built for small businesses.

100-Point

11-factor scoring algorithm analyzing NAICS fit, set-aside eligibility, keywords, agency history, contract vehicle alignment, geographic relevance, past performance match, competition density, and 3 more dimensions. Weighted, transparent, and tuned for small businesses.

9 Sources

SAM.gov, SBIR.gov, Grants.gov, FPDS, USASpending.gov, FedConnect, Federal Register, agency forecast data, and OTA consortium portals. Refreshed daily. Award intelligence and spending analytics included.

Full Lifecycle

AI-drafted proposals from solicitation analysis through export. RFP extraction, compliance matrix, win theme engine, section generation with evaluator-perspective writing, strength assessment, and DOCX export. Trained on your voice and past work.

All 3 Levels

Guided assessment across all three CMMC levels: Level 1 (17 controls, FCI), Level 2 (110 controls, 320 objectives, CUI), and Level 3 (24 enhanced controls, APTs). SSP generation, SPRS scoring, POA&M with 180-day enforcement, cloud shared responsibility mapping, evidence management, 14 AI-drafted policy templates, and assessment readiness simulation. Full details below.

USASpending.gov

Historical award data for price-to-win analysis. See what the government has paid for similar work at the same agency, matched by NAICS, PSC code, and dollar range. Pricing range recommendations with competition context.

FAR/DFARS

Regulation navigator with plain-English clause explanations. Compliance checker that identifies applicable clauses by contract type, dollar value, and set-aside. Regulatory change feed monitoring acquisition.gov, the Federal Register, SBA policy, and CMMC rulemaking. Alerts when changes affect your contracts.

The math does not work for small business.

Proposal pursuit costs typically range from 3% to 5% of total contract value for small businesses. On a $5 million contract, that is $150,000 to $250,000 in pursuit costs, including labor, consultants, and production, before you have won a single dollar.

The current system rewards companies with dedicated capture teams and proposal departments. If you are a 20-person company where the CEO is also the BD lead, the proposal writer, and the program manager, you are fighting with one hand tied behind your back.

Half the time, you do all that work and still do not win. The question is not whether you can do the work. It is whether you can afford to bid on it.

Cut your proposal costs and the math changes. That savings is either extra money in your pocket, more opportunities you can pursue, a more competitive bid price, or all three. You win contracts. The taxpayer gets better value. Everybody comes out ahead.

Traditional approach

$50,000+ and 6 weeks of your best people's time

With RFI Hawk

A few dollars in AI tokens and an afternoon

What does the AI proposal writer do?

The Proposal Architect is not a generic text generator. It reads the solicitation, maps evaluation criteria, and generates section-by-section drafts written from the government evaluator's perspective. It threads your win themes through every section, checks every compliance requirement, and scores the result before you export.

Feed it your past submissions, capability statements, resumes, and past performance records. The more context you provide, the more the output sounds like your best proposal writer on their best day.

It does not replace your judgment or your relationships. It eliminates the 80% of proposal work that is formatting, compliance checking, cross-referencing, and boilerplate adaptation. You focus on strategy, technical approach, and pricing.

Large primes have dedicated capture managers, proposal writers, pricing analysts, and compliance reviewers. That team costs $500K+ per year to maintain. RFI Hawk puts those capabilities in your hands for less than the cost of a single consultant day per month.

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Proposals that sound like you wrote them

CMMC compliance without the $25,000 consultant.

The CMMC Compliance Suite covers all three certification levels with guided assessment, automated document generation, and continuous monitoring. Built for small businesses navigating CMMC for the first time.

Guided Assessment

A structured interview maps your IT environment, CUI boundaries, and security posture. The system determines your required CMMC level and walks you through every applicable control with plain-English guidance, environment-specific recommendations, and AI-assisted implementation descriptions.

Level 1: 17 controls, pass/fail, annual self-assessment.
Level 2: 110 controls, 320 assessment objectives, SPRS scoring.
Level 3: 24 enhanced controls for advanced persistent threats.

Document Generation

Generate every document your C3PAO needs from a single platform: System Security Plan (SSP) tailored to your environment and cloud provider. Plan of Action and Milestones with 180-day closeout enforcement. SPRS score worksheet ready for submission. 14 policy templates, one per NIST 800-171 control family. CUI boundary and scoping documentation. Evidence package organized for assessor review.

One button exports the complete compliance package as a ZIP.

Continuous Compliance

Certification is not a one-time event. The suite monitors the Federal Register, NIST, CISA, and eCFR daily for regulatory changes that affect your controls. Policy review dates are tracked with automated reminders. Evidence freshness is monitored. POA&M milestones count down to the 180-day deadline.

Cloud shared responsibility mapped for M365 GCC High, AWS GovCloud, Google Cloud, and on-premises environments. You know exactly what your provider covers and what you still own.

Every compliance action is recorded to HawkChain, an immutable audit ledger with blockchain-anchored timestamps. When your assessor asks "when was this control implemented?", you have a tamper-proof answer.

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Built for the companies that do the work.

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses

8(a) certified firms

HUBZone companies

Woman-Owned Small Businesses

Non-traditional defense contractors entering the DIB

Small businesses bidding their first federal contract

Companies where one person wears every hat

Companies preparing for CMMC certification before November 2026

Primes tracking subcontractor CMMC compliance

If you can do the work but the proposal process or the compliance burden is what stops you, this was built for you.

What does it really cost to pursue a government contract?

$150K-$250K

Typical pursuit cost on a $5M contract, including labor, consultants, and production

Source: Industry estimates widely cited by proposal management professionals (APMP, Shipley Associates)

4-12 Weeks

Average proposal development timeline for a small business team

Source: Shipley Associates, APMP best practices

25-30%

Small business win rate on federal contract dollars set aside for small business

Source: SBA Annual Small Business Procurement Scorecard

These numbers represent the current reality for small businesses in federal contracting. RFI Hawk is designed to help change that math.

Learn While You Compete

13 courses. 116 modules. Contextual training built into every workflow. Not a separate LMS you never log into.

Academy - Training Catalog

12 Modules Est. 6 hours

Authority to Operate (ATO) Fundamentals

Complete guide to the ATO process, from system categorization through continuous monitoring. Covers NIST RMF, SSP development, and assessment preparation.

7 of 12 modules complete

10 Modules Est. 5 hours

CMMC Level 2 Preparation

All 110 NIST 800-171 controls required for CMMC Level 2. Practical guidance for small businesses preparing for self-assessment or C3PAO certification.

3 of 10 modules complete

10 Modules Est. 5 hours

Acquisition Essentials

From capture strategy through color team review. Write proposals that score well with government evaluators. Evaluation criteria analysis, compliance matrices, and win theme development.

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10 Modules Est. 5 hours

FAR Fundamentals

Navigate FAR and DFARS without a law degree. Plain-English explanations of the clauses that affect your contracts, with compliance checking built in.

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Training completion records backed by HawkChain immutable audit trail. PTAC-reportable.

Frequently Asked Questions About Government Contracting Software

What is RFI Hawk?

RFI Hawk is an AI-powered federal contract discovery, proposal writing, and compliance management platform built for small businesses. It pulls opportunities from 9 federal sources, scores them against your company profile, generates proposals with solicitation-specific AI, and provides a full CMMC Compliance Suite covering all three certification levels. Plans start at $49/month with a free tier available.

How is RFI Hawk different from GovWin IQ?

GovWin IQ is an enterprise intelligence platform priced at $10,000+ per year, designed for large contractors with dedicated BD teams. RFI Hawk is built for small businesses at a fraction of the cost. It includes AI proposal writing, a full CMMC Compliance Suite with SSP generation, FAR/DFARS compliance checking, price-to-win analysis, and a regulatory change feed. GovWin does not offer any of those.

Can RFI Hawk write a government proposal for me?

RFI Hawk's Proposal Architect generates solicitation-specific proposal sections using AI that writes from the government evaluator's perspective. It analyzes evaluation criteria, threads win themes across sections, checks compliance requirements, and runs a simulated red team review before export. The AI assists with drafting; the human provides strategic direction and final review.

Does RFI Hawk help with CMMC compliance?

Yes. RFI Hawk includes a full CMMC Compliance Suite covering all three certification levels. For Level 2, it guides users through all 110 NIST 800-171 controls at the assessment-objective level (320 determination statements), generates a complete System Security Plan, calculates SPRS scores, enforces POA&M rules with 180-day closeout tracking, maps cloud shared responsibility for M365 GCC High, AWS GovCloud, and other environments, generates 14 policy templates, manages evidence artifacts, monitors regulatory changes daily, and simulates assessment readiness with mock C3PAO questions. Every action is recorded to an immutable audit trail.

How much does RFI Hawk cost?

RFI Hawk offers a free tier with basic opportunity discovery. Paid plans start at $49 per month for individual contractors, with team plans available for organizations. PTAC and institutional licensing is available for procurement assistance centers serving multiple clients.

What data sources does RFI Hawk use?

RFI Hawk integrates with 9 federal data sources: SAM.gov for opportunities, SBIR.gov for innovation research topics, Grants.gov for grant opportunities, FPDS for contract award history and incumbent tracking, USASpending.gov for spending analytics and price-to-win data, FedConnect for pre-solicitation notices, the Federal Register API for regulatory changes, agency forecast systems for upcoming acquisitions, and OTA consortium portals for non-traditional procurement. Data refreshes automatically on a scheduled cycle.

Is RFI Hawk FedRAMP certified?

RFI Hawk is not currently FedRAMP certified. The platform is on a roadmap toward FedRAMP equivalency, with NIST 800-171 aligned security controls already in place. The platform's CMMC Compliance Suite is secured with AES-256-GCM encryption, NIST 800-53 aligned controls, and an immutable audit ledger (HawkChain) with blockchain-anchored timestamps. Current security practices are documented on the Trust Center page. For organizations requiring FedRAMP authorization, contact the team to discuss timeline and requirements.

What is HawkChain?

HawkChain is RFI Hawk's immutable audit ledger. Every significant action on the platform, including proposal drafts, compliance assessments, evidence uploads, and document generation, is recorded with a SHA-256 hash chain and periodic blockchain anchoring. This creates a tamper-proof record that auditors, C3PAOs, and legal counsel can independently verify. No other platform in this market offers this level of audit integrity.

How much does government contracting software cost?

Transparent pricing with no surprises. A free tier lets you explore, and paid plans scale with your needs.

Free

$0/mo

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SAM.gov search
Browse opportunities
1 company profile
Federal regs index

25K token trial included

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Starter

$49/mo

For individual contractors

Everything in Free, plus:
500K AI tokens/mo
5 proposals/mo
3 deep research sessions/mo
All 9 opportunity sources
FPDS award data
AI assistant for contracting questions
DOCX export
CMMC Level 1 readiness tracking

Additional tokens available

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Your Data. Your Edge. Always.

Your proposals, past performance, pricing strategies, and competitive intelligence are your competitive edge. We will never sell your data, share your proprietary information with other users, or use your content to train AI models. Your data is accessible only by you and your authorized team members. Period.

Compete on your ability to do the work, not your ability to bid on it.

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