Questions
Plain answers about what the register does, where its notices come from, and what it does not do.
What does Gov Bid Software do today?
It keeps a public register of tender notices, each with the link to the buyer's posting, the time it was read and its closing in the buyer's time zone. Signed in, your organization keeps a company profile, watches or pursues notices, sets aside the ones that do not fit, and receives saved searches as email alerts.
Where do the notices come from?
From official public sources: CanadaBuys and SEAO open data, and the SAM.gov contract opportunities API. They are being connected; the coverage page shows each one's state and when it was last read. Until a source is live, the register holds nothing from it.
May the register republish these notices?
Each source's reuse terms are recorded with it, the address of the terms and the date they were read, and shown on the coverage page. A source is switched on only once its terms have been read and recorded. Documents a source keeps behind its vendor registration are not copied: the notice page links to them at the source.
Which buyers are covered?
Those the connected sources publish: Canadian federal buyers through CanadaBuys, Quebec public bodies through SEAO, and US federal agencies through SAM.gov. Other provinces, states and cities come later, one source at a time.
How do alerts work?
An alert is a saved search. When a notice that matches it enters the register, or changes, it is emailed to you: at once, or in a daily digest at 07:00 in the time zone you choose. Each notice reaches you once per alert, and every email carries a link that stops that alert.
Does the software use AI?
Not today. No feature on this site uses a language model. Evaluation, requirement extraction and drafting are planned; when they arrive, every generated statement will cite the document it rests on, generated text will be marked as such, and a person will record every bid decision.
What does it cost?
Nothing today. Paid plans, Pro and Team, are not on sale yet; their prices will be published on the plans page before anything is charged. There are no success fees.
Who can see my organization's data?
Only its members. The profile, pursuits, set-aside notices and alerts belong to your organization and are never shown to another. The notices themselves are public procurement information.
Something else? Write to [email protected].