GovInbox watches SAM.gov overnight across eight set-aside programs, writes a plain-English brief for each new notice that matches your codes, and gives you a deadline-first digest whenever you ask. Ask it follow-up questions yourself or through your AI agent.
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New set-aside notices post every day across eight programs and four notice types, one search filter at a time. Saved searches bury the deadline under the solicitation number, and the summaries are written for the contracting officer, not for you.
GovInbox does the reading. Every 4 hours it pulls new notices from the official SAM.gov API, keeps the ones in your programs and NAICS codes, and writes each one up in plain English: who is buying, what, where, and when the response is due. What reaches you is a short list, sorted by deadline, with a link back to the original notice.
Pick your set-aside programs, NAICS codes, keywords and states. It takes about two minutes, and you can change it whenever your lane changes.
Every 4 hours the radar pulls new notices of all four types across the eight set-aside programs, straight from the official SAM.gov API. Nothing is scraped, and every brief is written from the notice itself.
One line per match, deadline first, with a plain-English paragraph and a link to the notice on SAM.gov. When something looks right, ask your assistant for the details.
Only new notices in your programs and codes, sorted by response deadline. Each one carries a brief that says who is buying, what, where and when it is due, with the solicitation number and a link to SAM.gov. Two minutes to read, then on with your day.
Refreshed every 4 hours. Ready wherever you ask for it.
Connect GovInbox to your AI agent and ask in plain words. It answers from the same data as your brief, so you can dig into a notice, check what is due, or set up a new watchlist without opening a dashboard.
Works for you or your AI agent: give it your access token and ask in plain words. Every plan includes agent access.
The radar covers open set-asides and sole-source notices alike, so awards in your lane are harder to miss. Codes are the exact values SAM.gov uses, straight from its Contract Opportunities API.
| Program | Who it is for | FAR | SAM.gov codes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned | Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, competed and sole source | 19.14 | SDVOSBC SDVOSBS |
| 8(a) Business Development | SBA 8(a) program participants, competed and sole source | 19.8 | 8A 8AN |
| HUBZone | Firms certified in Historically Underutilized Business Zones | 19.13 | HZC HZS |
| Women-Owned Small Business | WOSB and economically disadvantaged WOSB program firms | 19.15 | WOSB WOSBSS EDWOSB EDWOSBSS |
| Veteran-Owned (VA) | Veteran-owned set-asides specific to the Department of Veterans Affairs | VAAR 819 | VSA VSS |
| Buy Indian / IEE | Indian Economic Enterprises, at Interior and the Indian Health Service | DIAR 1480 | IEE ISBEE BICiv |
| General Small Business | Total and partial small-business set-asides with no socioeconomic tag | 19.5 | SBA SBP |
| Local Area | Local-area set-asides, usually tied to disaster recovery | 26.2 | LAS |
Research platforms such as HigherGov cover forecasts, award databases, contact graphs, state and local buyers and grants. GovInbox does not try to match them. It does one job: find new set-asides in your lane every 4 hours, brief them in plain English, and show them before the deadline passes. If you rely on a research platform, keep it. This is the thing you read first.
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Billing is handled by Stripe. Cancel any time; access ends with the subscription. Prices in U.S. dollars. Your brief is on demand, not emailed. Federal opportunities only, from SAM.gov. Hard caps, no surprise charges: if you hit a plan limit, things pause and we warn you at 80 percent. Nothing ever bills extra on its own.
A set-aside is a federal contract reserved for a certain kind of small business, such as veteran-owned, 8(a), HUBZone or women-owned firms. Only firms in that group can bid, so the field is smaller.
No. The digest is pull-only and on demand: you or your AI agent opens it when you want it. GovInbox does not send it by email and does not promise scheduled delivery.
The public SAM.gov Contract Opportunities API, pulled every 4 hours. GovInbox reads the same notices you would see on SAM.gov, sorted and briefed. Every brief links back to the original notice, and you should verify the details there before you respond.
HigherGov is a research platform: forecasts, award data, agency and contact databases, state and local buyers, grants. GovInbox is a set-aside inbox and agent. It finds new set-asides in your lane every 4 hours, briefs them in plain English, and lets you or your AI agent ask about them. It does not try to match a research platform feature for feature, and the two sit side by side without overlap.
No. GovInbox is software that watches and briefs. It does not offer services, does not help with SAM.gov registration or SBA certification, and does not write proposals.
Service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB), 8(a), HUBZone, women-owned (WOSB and EDWOSB), veteran-owned at the VA, Buy Indian and Indian Economic Enterprise, general small business, and local-area set-asides. Both competed set-asides and sole-source notices are included. The programs table lists the exact SAM.gov codes.
Notices whose SAM.gov code ends in S (SDVOSBS, HZS, WOSBSS, VSS) or reads 8AN are awards the agency intends to make to a single firm. The radar includes them so you can see what is being awarded in your lane, even when it is not open to competition.
No. GovInbox keeps its own copy of the notices, refreshed every 4 hours and serves you from that, so nothing you ask ever touches SAM.gov's rate limits, and there is no key for you to renew every 90 days.
After you subscribe you receive an access token. Give it to your AI agent (Meta Muse, Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another) and start asking in plain words. Store the token in your agent's secure credential store, never in chat text. Setup instructions arrive with the token.
You get an access token with no card and no charge. Your 7 days start the first time you use it, not when you sign up, so setup days never burn trial days. If you never use it, the token expires after 21 days. One per person or business.
Things pause. We warn you at 80 percent of your watchlist or seat limit, and nothing bills extra on its own. Upgrade to a bigger plan or wait for the next cycle.
Yes, at any time. Billing runs through Stripe, and your access ends when the subscription ends. The only thing stored about you is your billing record with Stripe and the filters in your watchlists, which are deleted on request.