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Trust & evidence

Verify the source. Understand the inference. Decide for yourself.

GovSentry helps contractors discover and research public-sector opportunities. This page explains what our results can establish, what remains an estimate, and where to check a claim before making a bid decision.

Three different kinds of evidence

Level 1

Official notice or award

A public procurement notice or award can be opened at its source. Check the source record for the current deadline, amendments, eligibility requirements, and award details.

Level 2

Related award or market signal

A past award may share an agency, NAICS code, location, or scope with a lead. That makes it useful context, not proof that its recipient is the incumbent for this exact requirement.

Level 3

AI-assisted interpretation

Match explanations, pursuit advice, and pricing context are analyses of available records. They are not official agency determinations, guaranteed outcomes, or substitutes for reading the solicitation.

The lead-level Contract Graph groups recorded notice facts, source-linked awards, and the fields that relate them. It shows a direct source link when one is stored and explicitly marks missing links. It is a partial evidence view, not proof that every AI recommendation or historical estimate has been independently verified. Where an exact notice-to-award connection cannot be established, we show related history as related history.

What a score does—and does not—mean

GovSentry currently calculates a rule-based opportunity score from factors such as set-aside match, NAICS match, incumbent signals, contract size, and time to respond. It is a pursuit-screening aid, not a statistically calibrated probability that your company will win. We are working toward clearer factor-by-factor explanations and will not describe a percentage as a validated win probability without outcome-based validation.

A missing incumbent in our data does not mean the competition is open, and a similar award does not establish an incumbent. Confirm certifications, size standards, registration, deadlines, and all solicitation terms with the issuing agency.

Coverage and freshness

GovSentry uses SAM.gov notices, USAspending award history, and available state, local, and other public sources. Coverage and update timing vary with the source, portal availability, and the search or alert workflow. An AI-discovered posting may require additional source verification. Always open the original posting before acting on a deadline or sending a proposal.

We have not published independently audited platform-wide accuracy, alert-latency, or portal-uptime percentages. We intend to publish measured results with a clear sampling method once the measurement and review process is in place; we will not invent benchmark figures.

What the public demo proves

The prepared dashboard demo combines illustrative sample-account records with separate historical dossier examples. It demonstrates the interface and types of research available, but its search results are not a live search for your company and should not be treated as independently verified open notices. Historical deadlines can now be expired. A paid account can run its own searches and configure alerts; the accuracy of any particular result still depends on its underlying source.

One source-linked example is SAM.gov solicitation N4008526R0087. Its notice and March 12, 2026 response date can be checked at the source; the deadline has passed. The accompanying prepared dossier illustrates how analysis appears in the product. Verification of the notice does not independently validate every estimate or recommendation in that sample analysis.

Where to check our claims

Last reviewed October 3, 2026. Product capabilities and third-party sources can change; the linked pages provide the current details.

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