v6.4 NOW LIVE  ·  EVIDENCE-GATED MARCUS  ·  JUNE 4, 2026

Meet Marcus Hale Your Federal Contracting Consultant

Not just a search tool. A federal pursuit workspace that reads your SAM.gov documents, identifies better-fit opportunities, surfaces award winners and teaming targets, watches disruption signals, and helps build your bid package. Works for any small business - veteran, women-owned, 8(a), HUBZone, minority, or plain small business.

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🎯 Marcus Hale · Federal Workflow Guidance 💼 Any Business Type 📁 Reads All SAM.gov Docs 🧭 Opportunity Intel 🤝 Finds Primes, Subs & Teaming Partners 🏅 SDVOSB · WOSB · 8(a) · HUBZone · MBE
Marcus Hale GovCon Consultant· SAM.gov Document Analysis· SDVOSB Set-Asides· WOSB Federal Contracts· 8(a) Sole-Source Strategy· HUBZone Opportunities· MBE Subcontracting· General Foreman Placement· Electrical Sub Teaming· Bid Package Builder· 72-Hour Attack Protocol· GovCon School· Certification Guide· Awardable Pricing Engine· Sources Sought Strategy· Incumbent Intelligence· Trojan Sub Strategy· Opportunity Intelligence· Disruption Watch· Marcus Hale GovCon Consultant· SAM.gov Document Analysis· SDVOSB Set-Asides· WOSB Federal Contracts· 8(a) Sole-Source Strategy· HUBZone Opportunities· MBE Subcontracting· General Foreman Placement· Electrical Sub Teaming· Bid Package Builder· 72-Hour Attack Protocol· GovCon School· Certification Guide· Awardable Pricing Engine· Sources Sought Strategy· Incumbent Intelligence· Trojan Sub Strategy· Opportunity Intelligence· Disruption Watch·
// WHAT'S NEW IN v6.4 — RELEASED JUNE 4, 2026
GovScout Now Looks Beyond the Notice — Find Winners, Partners, and Openings
✓ Any Business Type ✓ Marcus Reads Your Documents ✓ Opportunity Intel ✓ Partner Finder ✓ Disruption Watch ✓ Free Public GovCon School ✓ Certification Guide ✓ Complete Bid Package Builder ✓ Foreman & Electrical Sub Finder ✓ Conversation-First Interface
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Marcus Hale
// THE NAVIGATOR — GOVCON STRATEGIST
GO
TEAM OR PASS
SAM
OPPORTUNITY FLOW
ALL
BIZ TYPES
$9
PER MONTH
I help you qualify pursuits before proposal time is wasted. Review the requirements, expose the gaps, then make a disciplined bid, team, or pass decision.
// THE CONSULTANT

Government Contracting Intelligence — Built for Small Business

Marcus is designed around federal opportunity qualification, solicitation review, and capture-planning workflows. He pre-screens contracts, helps organize bid materials, identifies teaming questions, and explains the process in plain English. Plans start at $29/month.

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He reads your SAM.gov documents
Upload the solicitation, PWS, SOW, and amendments. Marcus produces a plain-English breakdown of requirements, missing information, risks, and next actions.
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He pre-screens contracts before you see them
Not 200 raw results — focused opportunities with GO, TEAM, or PASS guidance and reasons tied to your profile. Stop wasting time on poor-fit pursuits.
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He finds your subcontractors and teaming partners
On every contract Marcus spots General Foreman needs, electrical sub requirements, teaming partner opportunities, and prime contractors to approach. He tells you exactly what to say.
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He builds your complete bid package
Cover letter, capability statement, technical approach, pricing narrative, compliance checklist — all written for that specific contract in the language evaluators score on.
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He teaches you the game — in plain English
Free public GovCon School gives visitors beginner lessons, guides, PDFs, slides, and the 90-day roadmap. Inside the app, Marcus turns that learning into action for your company.
// WHO MARCUS WORKS FOR

Any Small Business. Any Certification.

Tell Marcus what your business does. He figures out NAICS codes, agencies, set-asides, and teaming strategy automatically.

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SDVOSB / VOSB
Service-Disabled & Veteran-Owned
Marcus targets VA set-asides first — the VA is legally mandated to use SDVOSBs. Your certification is your single biggest competitive weapon and most veterans don't use it right.
"SDVOSB status can matter when an opportunity is properly set aside. I help you find the notice, confirm fit, and review requirements before committing proposal time."
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WOSB / EDWOSB
Women-Owned Businesses
Marcus knows exactly which NAICS codes have WOSB set-asides and which agencies hit their spending goals. Design firms, consulting companies, staffing agencies — all eligible.
"Most WOSB companies don't know half the set-aside categories they qualify for. I fix that in the first conversation."
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SBA 8(a)
SBA 8(a) Business Development
The SBA 8(a) program can provide set-aside and eligible sole-source pathways. Marcus helps identify relevant notices and points you to official SBA and FAR rules before you rely on a strategy.
"I can help identify 8(a)-relevant notices and the questions to verify with official program rules before you pursue them."
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HUBZone
HUBZone Businesses
10% price evaluation preference in full and open competition plus dedicated set-asides. Marcus targets the competitions where your geographic advantage wins — most contractors miss these.
"HUBZone is underused by agencies and underappreciated by contractors. That gap is your opportunity."
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MBE / Minority-Owned
Minority-Owned Businesses
Marcus focuses on subcontracting goals of large primes first — get paid to build past performance — then moves you into prime contracting. Teaching companies, design agencies, consultants all welcome.
"Large primes must hit subcontracting goals. You are the solution to their compliance problem. I find those primes and tell you exactly what to say."
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SMALL BUSINESS
Any Small Business Type
No certification yet? Marcus assesses what you qualify for and gets you started. IT firms, construction, staffing, widget manufacturers, design companies, training organizations — if you're small, Marcus knows how to get you in.
"Tell me what your business does. Two sentences. I'll tell you which certifications to get, which agencies to target, and what contract to go after first."
// THE PROBLEM

Sound Familiar?

Every small contractor hits the same wall. Marcus tears it down.

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Hours on SAM.gov Finding Nothing Useful
Thousands of contracts posted daily with no scoring, no filtering by what you can actually win. Most contractors waste 4+ hours a week just finding relevant opportunities.
✓ Marcus pre-screens everything. You see only what you can win.
02
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Documents Written in Another Language
PWS, SOW, CLIN, FAR clauses — it takes hours to understand what they're actually asking for. Most contractors miss the thing that kills their bid before they start writing.
✓ Marcus reads every document. Plain English in minutes.
03
🤝
No Idea Who to Call or Team With
General Foreman needed on site? Need an electrical sub? Which prime to approach? Most small businesses miss every teaming opportunity hiding inside a solicitation.
✓ Marcus identifies every sub and teaming opportunity on every contract.
04
📝
Building Bid Packages Takes Days
Cover letter, capability statement, technical approach, pricing — rebuilt from scratch every time. Hours of work before writing one word of your actual proposal.
✓ Marcus builds your complete package. One click.
// LIVE IN v6.4

Marcus Finds Every Sub Opportunity You're Missing

On every contract Marcus automatically identifies General Foreman needs, electrical subs, teaming partners, and primes to approach. Here's what it looks like:

// SUB & TEAMING OPPORTUNITIES — IT INFRASTRUCTURE MODERNIZATION · VA MEDICAL CENTER
👷 FOREMANGeneral Foreman needed on-site for physical infrastructure installation. Estimated 6-month presence. Reach out to local staffing firms specializing in federal projects — your SDVOSB prime status is the leverage.
⚡ ELECTRICALLow-voltage and structured cabling subcontractor required. Must be licensed and bonded. Contact local electrical contractors with federal experience — they need a prime with SDVOSB set-aside advantage and you need their technical credentials.
🤝 TEAMINGIT security partner recommended. Look for a CISSP-certified small business to join as a teammate — they bring credentials, you bring the set-aside win. Stacked certifications double your evaluation advantage.
✅ PRIME OPPYou are positioned to prime this. Your SDVOSB certification + management model is the ideal structure for this contract size and scope. Own this one.
📞 REACH OUTAMSEC LLC and DXC Technology have won similar VA IT contracts in this region. Approach them about subcontracting on future awards while you build your prime pipeline — this is the Trojan Sub play.
// WHAT MARCUS DOES

A Focused Federal Pursuit Workflow

Opportunity screening, document review, action planning, and pipeline organization in one place.

NEW IN v6.1
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Document Intelligence
Upload everything from SAM.gov. Marcus reads every page and produces a complete plain-English report — what they want, what to submit, evaluation criteria decoded, compliance checklist, incumbent signals, pricing range, and the 72-hour attack plan.
NEW IN v6.1
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Business Profile System
Tell Marcus what your business does in plain English. He figures out your NAICS codes, target agencies, and set-aside strategy. Works for any business type — consultant, designer, manufacturer, trainer, IT firm, contractor.
NEW IN v6.2
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Opportunity Intelligence
Marcus looks beyond the notice: past winners, likely primes, subcontracting targets, teaming partners, and Professional-only disruption signals like exclusions, protests, cancellations, and recompete openings.
PROFESSIONAL
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Disruption Watch
When a vendor is excluded, an award is protested, or a contract looks ready for recompete, Marcus helps you understand the ethical opening, verify official sources, and build a lawful replacement-vendor watch plan.
PUBLIC RESOURCE
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Free GovCon School
Beginner lessons, short guides, downloadable PDFs, simple slides, the 90-Day GovCon Roadmap, SAM.gov search help, SDVOSB starter guidance, and subcontracting playbooks live publicly on the website.
NEW IN v6.1
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Certification Guide
No certifications yet? Marcus helps identify programs that may match your facts — SDVOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, MBE — and directs you to the official eligibility and application steps.
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Contract Pre-Screening
Marcus pre-screens every contract before you see it. GO means bid it. TEAM means find a partner. PASS means don't waste your time. Each verdict includes specific reasoning tied to your business profile and the competition landscape.
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Bid Package Builder
Complete bid response package in one click. Cover letter, capability statement, technical approach, pricing narrative, compliance matrix — all written for that specific contract, mirroring the agency's language, tied to evaluation criteria.
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72-Hour Attack Protocol
The moment you go on a contract Marcus activates a 5-step sequence. Hour 1 through Hour 72 — specific actions, who to call, what to submit first, how to plant your name before competitors wake up.
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Talk to Marcus Anytime
Ask anything about federal contracting. Marcus remembers your business, the contracts you're working, and the documents you uploaded. Specific answers — not generic advice. Pricing, teaming, what to say to the CO, how to respond to an amendment.
// HOW IT WORKS

Up and Running in 5 Minutes

No installation. No setup fees. Marcus is ready when you are.

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🔑 Get Your Free SAM.gov API Key
Go to sam.gov/profile/details — log in, scroll to API Keys, click Generate Key. Takes 2 minutes. Paste it into GovScout once. You never enter it again.
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🤖 Add Your AI Key — Marcus's Brain
Works with Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, or Groq (free). Your key stays in your browser — never sent to GovScout. Get a free Claude key at console.anthropic.com or Groq at console.groq.com.
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🏢 Tell Marcus About Your Business
Plain English — what you do, your certifications, your experience. Two to five sentences. Marcus translates that into NAICS codes, agency targets, and set-aside strategy. No government jargon required.
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🎯 Marcus Finds and Screens Your Contracts
Marcus pulls live opportunities from SAM.gov and pre-screens every one. You see GO, TEAM, or PASS with his specific reasoning. No more wading through hundreds of irrelevant results.
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📁 Upload the Documents — Marcus Does the Rest
Download everything from SAM.gov for a contract you want to pursue. Drop it all into Marcus. He reads every page, gives you the complete intelligence report, identifies subcontracting opportunities, and builds your bid package. Ready to submit.
// BUILT FOR REAL PURSUITS

Not Built in a Boardroom

I am a 100% service-disabled veteran with over 20 years of hands-on experience in SCADA systems, utility infrastructure, telecom, and substation construction. I have managed crews of 30+, run complex multi-million dollar projects, and delivered under pressure my entire career.

When I started pursuing federal contracts as an SDVOSB prime I could not find a single tool built for someone like me. Everything was too expensive, too complicated, or built for massive BD teams — not a one-person operation competing smart.

I built GovScout because I needed it. Then I realized every small business needs a better pursuit workflow — not just veterans. The consulting firm. The design company. The women-owned staffing agency. The minority-owned training company. They all hit the same wall: turning raw federal opportunity data into a disciplined decision.

GovScout is built for that decision. You tell Marcus what you do. He helps you decide what to pursue, team on, or pass.

CAGE Code: 9YZ59 · SAM.gov Active · SDVOSB Certified · Reno, NV

GOVSCOUT // OPERATOR PROFILE
NAME
Steve Harriman
STATUS
100% Service-Disabled Veteran
CAGE
9YZ59
BACKGROUND
20+ Yrs SCADA · Telecom · Utility
CERT
SDVOSB Active
VERSION
v6.4 · 2026-06-04
ACTIVE · BETA OPEN
// PRICING

Three Clear Levels

GovScout is priced like help, not like a toy. Start where you are, then move up when Marcus is helping you pursue real work.

Beginner
$29/mo
For learning the process and finding your first real opportunities.
- Marcus GovCon coach
- SAM.gov search guidance
- Up to 10 saved searches
- Up to 15 pipeline items
- Certification and NAICS help
Start Beginner
BEST START
Intermediate
$79/mo
For active searching, opportunity review, alerts, and document analysis.
- Everything in Beginner
- Up to 50 saved searches
- Up to 75 pipeline items
- Document Intelligence
- Opportunity Intel: winners, partners, outreach
- Email, Telegram, WhatsApp alerts
Start Intermediate
Professional
$199/mo
For serious pursuit work, proposal readiness, and unlimited pipeline activity.
- Everything in Intermediate
- Unlimited saved searches
- Unlimited pipeline tracking
- Unlimited document reports
- Bid Package Builder workflow
- Disruption Watch and replacement-signal workflow
Start Professional
Optional Add-On Services
Opportunity Shortlist
Find 10 matched companies or opportunities.
Solicitation Review
Human-readable summary before you bid.
Proposal Kickoff
Compliance matrix, outline, and first action plan.
Monthly Coaching
Recurring capture and pipeline support.
Create an account, choose your tier, and subscribe through PayPal when the matching PayPal plan is active.
// FAQ

Common Questions

What kind of businesses can use GovScout?
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Any small business registered or eligible to register on SAM.gov. IT firms, consulting companies, design agencies, training organizations, staffing companies, construction contractors, widget manufacturers — all of them. Tell Marcus what your business does in plain English and he figures out the contracting strategy from there.
I don't have any certifications. Can Marcus still help me?
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Yes. Marcus can help identify programs that may match the facts you provide, explain what each program is used for, and direct you to the official eligibility and application steps. Eligibility is determined by the relevant agency or program authority.
What documents should I upload from SAM.gov?
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Everything. The solicitation document, Statement of Work, Performance Work Statement, any amendments, Q&A documents, attachments, and pricing templates. Marcus reads all of it. The more you upload the better his analysis. PDF, DOCX, and TXT formats all work.
What is a SAM.gov API key and how do I get one?
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SAM.gov is the official federal contract database. An API key is a free access code that lets GovScout search it automatically. You generate it at sam.gov/profile/details in about 2 minutes. Log in, scroll to API Keys, click Generate Key. Paste it into GovScout once and you're done.
Which AI key should I use?
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Marcus needs an AI key to analyze documents and answer questions. Best quality: Claude at console.anthropic.com (free credits for new accounts). Completely free: Groq at console.groq.com. Also works with GPT-4 (OpenAI) and Gemini (Google). Your key stays in your browser — never sent to GovScout.
How is GovScout different from other contracting tools?
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Most tools give you a search interface and call it AI. GovScout gives you Marcus — a consultant who knows your business, reads your documents, finds your subcontractors, and builds your bid package. He works for any small business type, handles every certification, and explains everything in plain English. You bring your own AI key — no markup, no data interception.
Is my data safe?
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Yes. GovScout has no backend server. Everything — your API keys, business profile, pipeline data — stays in your browser's local storage. When you search SAM.gov your browser talks directly to SAM.gov. When Marcus analyzes, your browser talks directly to your chosen AI provider. GovScout never sees or stores your data.
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