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Doing this alone is the expensive way.

Search for free. Pay only when you want help: reading a bid, getting registered, or getting certified. No demo call, no contract, and no price hidden behind a form.

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OpenBid cannot guarantee results. Nobody can promise that a bid will win.

The government made it free. It did not make it easy.

Nobody charges you to look at a federal bid. What costs you is the time, the missed dates and the paperwork nobody explained. This is where people give up, and where we help.

A bid can run to dozens of pages.

It is written for contracting officers, not for a business owner reading it after a day's work. One missed requirement can put your bid out.

With membership, Sabrina reads the bid and its documents with you and tells you what it is asking for.

A late bid is almost never read.

Government deadlines are firm, down to the hour. The work you put into a bid counts for nothing if it arrives after the date.

Members save the bids they want and get an email before each one is due.

No SAM.gov registration, no contract.

You cannot be awarded a federal contract or grant without an active SAM.gov registration, and it has to be renewed every year. Registering is free. Getting through it is the hard part.

The SAM guide walks you through it in ten plain-English steps, and reminds you before it is time to renew.

Many bids are reserved.

Some contracts are set aside for certified businesses: woman-owned, veteran-owned, HUBZone, 8(a) and others. Without the certification, you cannot compete for those.

Each readiness course gets you ready to apply yourself, with the papers gathered first.

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  • Search every open federal bid
  • Browse by kind of work, state and set-aside
  • A plain-English summary on each bid
  • The For nonprofits page
  • 3 AI searches a day
  • With a free account: new bids that fit your work, by email once a week
  • The first lesson of every course
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$29

a month

Yearly · Best value

$240

a year

Yearly works out to $20 a month. You save $9 every month.

That is $108 kept in your business over the year.

Yearly also includes the SAM guide, at no extra cost.

You can cancel at any time. Cancelling takes effect at the end of the billing period you have paid for.

  • Everything in Free
  • Work a bid from start to finish with Sabrina, our AI assistant
  • She reads the bid's documents, and the files and screenshots you add
  • Estimates built from your own numbers, compared with what the government has paid before
  • The documents you send in, written for you to download and edit
  • Save the bids you want, on your own list
  • A reminder by email before each saved bid is due
  • New bids that fit your business, by email every day
  • AI search with no daily limit

OpenBid cannot guarantee results. Nobody can promise that a bid will win.

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Everything we offer, and what it costs

Every price is on this page. No demo call, no contract, and nothing hidden behind a form.

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Work a bid from start to finish, with help

Work a bid from start to finish with Sabrina, our AI assistant. She reads the bid and its documents, reads the files and screenshots you add, builds estimates from your own numbers and compares them with what the government has paid before, and writes the documents you send in, for you to download and edit.

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The SAM guide

SAM.gov registration in ten plain-English steps, with your progress saved. Stuck on a screen? Add a screenshot and Sabrina tells you what it is asking for. You register yourself, in your own account. We never sign in for you.

SAM.gov registration itself is free. This is for our help. No refunds once the SAM guide is opened.

$19 one time

Included with yearly

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8 courses, each paid for once

Each course gets you ready for one thing: what it is, whether you qualify, what to gather, and the steps in order. You pay once and keep it. There is no subscription.

The first lesson of every course is free. Read it before you decide.

No refunds once a course is opened. See the terms.

Best value

All courses, one payment

Every course here, the SAM guide, and each new course as it opens. No subscription.

Bought one at a time they come to $411. You keep $262.

$149

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OpenBid cannot guarantee results. The government decides who wins a bid and whether a registration or certification is approved.

Which one is for me?

"I am just looking to see what is out there."

Stay on Free. Search every open bid, read the plain-English summary, and see who is allowed to bid. It costs nothing. All it takes is a free account.

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"I found a bid and I want to go after it."

Join as a member. Sabrina reads the bid with you, helps you build your estimate from your own numbers, and writes the documents you send in for you to edit. You save the bid and we remind you before it is due. Try a month. If you stay, yearly costs less.

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"I am not registered or certified yet."

Start with the courses. Begin with Government Contracting 101 if this is all new, then the SAM guide, then the certification that fits your business. Read the first lesson of any of them free.

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Common questions

Do you guarantee I will win a bid?

No, and nobody honestly can. The government decides who wins. What we do is help you find bids that fit, understand what they ask for, and send in a complete response on time.

Can I cancel my membership?

Yes, at any time, from your account page. Cancelling takes effect at the end of the billing period you have paid for. You keep your membership until then, you are not charged again, and after that you carry on with the free services. We show you the exact date before you confirm.

Is SAM.gov registration not free?

It is. The government charges nothing to register in SAM.gov, and you should never pay anyone a fee for the registration itself. What we sell is help getting through it: plain-English steps and an assistant who can look at the screen you are stuck on.

Is OpenBid part of the government?

No. OpenBid is a private company. The bids and grants shown here come from public federal sources, and you always respond on the government's own site.

Do I need a membership to take a course?

No. The courses are separate. You need a free account, and you pay once for the course you want. Membership is for working on bids.

Do you fill in my application or sign in for me?

No. You do every step yourself, in your own government account. We never ask for your password. The courses get you ready so that when you sit down to apply, you have what you need.

Can I stop the emails?

Yes. Every email has a link that stops them with one click, and you can turn them back on from your account.

How do I pay, and is it safe?

You pay on the secure page of Stripe, our payment company. OpenBid never sees or stores your card number.

New bids that fit your business, by email

With an account you get them once a week. Members get them every day, save the bids they want, and are reminded before each deadline.

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