GovGazette

Research & updates

Original GovGazette data and practical analysis for small government contractors. We publish when there is a useful finding, not to fill a calendar.

Steps for checking NAICS 541512 notices by set-aside, place of performance, capacity, and public award history before a bid decision.

NAICS 541512: how to read federal IT opportunity patterns without hype

A guide to Computer Systems Design Services (NAICS 541512): use industry pages, public award history, and set-asides to check federal IT work.

Use public award history to study past spending and capacity. Do not use it as a bid price, win odds, or proof of eligibility.

Using award evidence to decide bid/no-bid (without inventing a price)

Comparable public awards show what agencies paid for similar work. Learn how to use that history without treating it as a bid price.

New and updated opportunity event counts with a warning that observed differences do not rank official amendments.

What 160,497 SAM.gov opportunity events can and cannot tell you

Raw change counts can mislead. Our first 160,497 events show why contractors should rank changes by their effect on a bid instead of frequency.