https://govdealai.com/blog Argument and analysis on federal contracting from the team building GovDealAI. en-us https://govdealai.com/blog/why-we-compare-ourselves-to-25000-platforms https://govdealai.com/blog/why-we-compare-ourselves-to-25000-platforms Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT The comparison set you choose becomes the category you are judged in. Ours is GovWin, GovDash and Vultron — not a consumer chatbot with a monthly fee. https://govdealai.com/blog/can-chatgpt-write-a-federal-proposal https://govdealai.com/blog/can-chatgpt-write-a-federal-proposal Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT It writes proposal-shaped text, and for one bid a year that may be enough. What it cannot do is the award history, Section L, the schedule and the gate. https://govdealai.com/blog/how-to-tell-a-solicitation-is-wired-for-the-incumbent https://govdealai.com/blog/how-to-tell-a-solicitation-is-wired-for-the-incumbent Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Six signals in the public record that a federal buy is already decided: offer counts, tenure, scope drift, timing, spec fingerprints and the CO history. https://govdealai.com/blog/where-40-to-60-hours-per-bid-actually-goes https://govdealai.com/blog/where-40-to-60-hours-per-bid-actually-goes Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT A breakdown of the hours in a small-business federal bid. Most of it is not writing — it is reading, assembling and checking, which is the automatable part.