Our solution “GovSignals: Closing the Acquisition Chain at Mission Speed” has been assessed as “Awardable” through the CDAO's Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace.
A Department of War program office with a requirement in the acquisition lane does not have to run a new competition to work with us.
The Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace is a digital repository of post-competition, readily awardable pitch videos addressing the DoW's most significant challenges in AI/ML, data, and analytics. All awardable solutions have been assessed through complex scoring rubrics and competitive procedures.
Government customers can view the five-minute solution video with a Marketplace account at tradewindai.com. Search “GovSignals: Closing the Acquisition Chain at Mission Speed.”
Through Tradewinds, GovSignals and the DoW can continue to work at warp speed.
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Introducing the SOF RACER challenge coin.
Issued to every company accepted into membership.
Signal to Field on one side, Seabed to Space on the other. It means you cleared vetting and you're in the room when USSOCOM opens a problem.
Applications are open and under review. We're onboarding in waves: accepted members confirm a shipping address, and the coin ships from there.
12 AOIs. No fee, no dues, no cut of your award. No prior federal contract required. USSOCOM sets the requirements and picks the winners. We build and run the infrastructure.
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Thank you to everyone who showed up to USSOCOM’s SOF RACER’s Industry Day.
What happens next:
- Membership applications are open.
- Human-in the loop review. Real Security for a controlled environment, onboarding in waves.
- First solicitations flow in tranches as SOCOM finalizes opening problems.
USSOCOM's rapid acquisition consortium. 12 AOIs, every domain, seabed to space.
Non-traditional commercial companies and established defense contractors come through the same door.
The recording is going out to everyone who registered.
Apply to SOF RACER: govsignals.ai/sofracer
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No prior federal contract. No multi-year on-ramp. No-fee.
@USSOCOM, in partnership with @GovSignals, has launched SOF RACER: the Special Operations Forces Rapid Acquisition Consortium for Emerging Requirements.
What it means: if you build something SOCOM needs, there is now a fast track. Non-traditional commercial companies and defense contractors come through the same door.
Every domain. Seabed to space.
How it works: SOCOM sets the requirements and selects the winners. GovSignals builds and runs the infrastructure that gets your solution in front of them.
GovSignals, in partnership with BMNT, is hosting two education sessions at SOFWERX. Industry, 20 August, 0900. Government, 21 August, 0900.
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Big News: We've acquired Turingon and welcomed its founding team to GovSignals.
Most GovCon tools automate one slice of the work. We run the whole thing, intelligence, capture, proposals, post-award, as one compounding system. Cleared at FedRAMP High and DoW IL5.
Welcome, Arthur, Ellen & the Turingon crew.
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America’s founding document was written by the founding fathers. But it was printed by a private partner, for 200 copies overnight.
Public purpose. Private execution. 250 years later, that model still builds America.
Happy July 4th.
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GovSignals will be at @AFCEA TechNet Cyber for the first time next week.
This is the room where the DoD cyber mission gets shaped: warfighters, program offices, primes, and the small businesses building what comes next.
Come find us → Booth 2414
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The 8(a) window is open. Most defense contractors aren't treating it that way.
60% of recent 8(a) set-aside activity is in defense. Budgets are moving. And competitors spooked by program uncertainty have gone quiet at pre-solicitation stages.
That's not their problem. That's your opening.
Five-step BD playbook for 8(a) defense companies who want to use this window before it narrows:
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The question living rent-free in every 8(a) BD team's head right now: how much longer does this last?
It's not paranoia. The program is under more legal and political pressure than it's faced in a generation. Agencies are slower. Set-asides that used to move predictably are stalling.
But here's what the doom takes miss: defense is still buying. Of 35 recently released 8(a) set-asides, 21 were defense-related. The window is open. It's just not standing still: f.mtr.cool/vmvgazfffo
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Landing on SHIELD felt like punching your Golden Dome ticket.
It isn't.
Two other active acquisition lanes. One of them doesn't show up on SAM.gov at all.
Full breakdown: f.mtr.cool/giczyrhilr
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Congress just passed $839B in defense funding. Air Force procurement alone is up $3B over last year's request ✈️
The GovSignals team will be at the 2026 Air Force Outlook Summit in Reston next week (March 16-17) to talk about what that means for your pipeline.
If you're going to be there, come find us. We'd love to connect!
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The GovSignals team is heading to NASPO Exchange 2026 next week in Lake Buena Vista, FL (March 9-12) -- and we could not be more excited to connect with the public procurement community in person!
Nearly 1,200 procurement professionals and suppliers under one roof? That's our kind of crowd. We'd love to meet you, swap ideas, and talk about how AI is helping procurement teams work smarter.
Whether you want to geek out over compliance, talk through your biggest acquisition headaches, or just say hi, come find us. Drop a comment below or send us a message to set up a time.
See you in Florida! 🌴
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Your proposal team's cloud tools may already be an ITAR violation waiting to happen.
The 2020 encryption carveout changed the rules, but only if you control the decryption keys, not your vendor.
New from GovSignals: what defense contractors need to know before the next proposal kicks off: f.mtr.cool/vyyljufflz
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For contracting officers and acquisition professionals, IL5 authorization isn't a nice-to-know. It's the compliance floor for the tools that government teams are allowed to use with sensitive mission data in the DoW acquisition environments.
This article breaks down exactly what Impact Level 5 means: how it differs from FedRAMP High, what triggers an IL5 requirement, and the practical questions to ask when evaluating any software that touches program data.
Especially relevant as AI tools enter more acquisition workflows. Authorization status matters before capability.
📖 Read: DoW IL5 — What Contracting Officers Need to Know
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We're heading to Reston this Thursday! 🙌
The GovSignals team will be at the GovCon Executive Summit, talking about what's actually moving the needle in federal acquisition right now.
If you're going to be there, come find us. Whether you want to geek out over AI-powered procurement, talk about where GovCon is headed, or just grab a coffee and connect, we're all in.
Would love to see familiar faces and meet new ones. Drop a comment or DM us, and we'll make sure to link up. 👇
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🔐 It's official: GovSignals has achieved DoW Impact Level 5 (IL5) authorization through @SecondFront Systems (2F)'s Game Warden® platform.
"IL5 authorization through Second Front's Game Warden is the latest proof point in a trajectory we've been building deliberately. We're now the only AI acquisition platform operating in both FedRAMP High and IL5 environments." — Derek Hoyt, CEO and Co-Founder of GovSignals.
For defense acquisition professionals and contractors working in secure environments: GovSignals now covers the full acquisition lifecycle, from market research and solicitation through compliance, award, and reporting, where you actually need it most.
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🔗 Read the full announcement: globenewswire.com/news-relea…
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