Stop burning hundreds of hours on
the Contract Pursuit Process.

Cousin Sam is the tool that reads the documents for you. Drop in any public-sector solicitation. Get a snapshot, a go or no-go score built for your firm, the clarifying questions to send before the window closes, and a compliance check on your draft before you submit.

Get Started →How it works
Private preview. We add one customer at a time.15-minute call. No credit card. Talk first, decide later.
40 to 1,500Hours GCs burn per pursuit. We give most of those back.
30 secFrom RFP drop to a scored snapshot of the bid
90 secFrom draft proposal to every compliance gap, ranked

Reading solicitations from federal, state, county, school district, and special district owners

USAFBase Maintenance, Ft. MeadeNAICS 238910 · Q&A closes Apr 2894
DFCMState Lab Renovation, Salt Lake CityNAICS 236220 · Proposal due May 381
CountyJustice Center, Utah CountyNAICS 236220 · Pre-proposal May 788
SchoolElementary Addition, Alpine SDNAICS 236220 · Due May 1476
GSAOffice Renovation, Denver CONAICS 236220 · Due May 379
UDOTBridge Rehabilitation, I-15NAICS 237310 · Due May 2191
SpecialWastewater Treatment ExpansionNAICS 237110 · Due Jun 282
CityPublic Safety Building, ProvoNAICS 236220 · Due Jun 885
Who we help

Construction GCs chasing public-sector work at every level.

Owners

Federal contracts on SAM.gov. State contracts through DFCM, state DOT, and state university systems. County facility work, school district CM/GC pursuits, special district projects, municipal capital improvement work.

Delivery methods

CM/GC. Design-build. Lump-sum hard-bid. Sole-source. Job order contracting. Multi-step best value. If a procurement document names it, Cousin Sam reads it.

Firm types and sizes

CM-only firms. Self-perform GCs. Heavy-civil contractors. Vertical builders. Any size firm. Every analysis is anchored to your company profile so the same RFP for two different firms gets two different scores.

What we build

Our most popular systems.

Six pieces. One pursuit workflow. Use the ones you need. Tell us about a pain point we missed and we will build it.

01Most popular

Bid Reader

Drop in any RFP. Get a scored snapshot in 30 seconds.

Solicitation snapshot, go or no-go score against your firm, clarifying questions to send, owner-specific quirks the generic playbook misses.

02Most popular

Compliance Checker

Catch every gap in your draft before you submit.

Every requirement the RFP imposes, checked against your draft, ranked critical, major, minor, or info, with a one-line fix per gap.

03Most popular

Q&A Generator

Draft the clarifying questions before the window closes.

Surfaces conflicts, scope contradictions, and missing definitions in the RFP. Hand the list to your captain. Submit before the deadline.

04

Sub Checker

Cross-check sub qualifications the moment a bid comes in.

So contractors do not accept low bids from subs who cannot actually perform.

05

Company Profile

The bedrock every score anchors to.

Revenue tier, bonding capacity, NAICS, certifications, geographic focus, project types you win at, project types you avoid, recent past performance, operator notes.

06 . Bespoke

Custom Build

Don't see what you need? Tell us your pain. We build it.

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How It Works

Three steps from RFP drop to ready to submit

01

Set up your company profile once

Revenue tier, bonding capacity, NAICS, certifications, geographic focus, project types you win, project types you avoid. About 15 minutes, one time.

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02

Drop in any solicitation

Federal off SAM.gov. State, county, school district, special district. In 30 seconds you get the snapshot, a go or no-go score against your firm, and the questions to send the owner.

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03

Check your proposal before you submit

Drop in the RFP and your draft. In 90 seconds you get every gap ranked by severity, with a one-line fix for each. The night-before read, done in the time it takes to make coffee.

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The Founder

Nick Raddon, founder of Cousin Sam

Nick Raddon

Founder, Cousin Sam Technologies, Inc.

"I've talked with 15+ construction GCs about how they pursue public-sector work. Some pain points were specific to their firm. Others were universal. Cousin Sam attacks the universal ones first and tailors to the specific ones one customer at a time."
Contact

Talk to us about your pursuit engagement

We work with each customer one at a time. Tell us about your firm and what you're chasing, and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.

  • Direct line to the founding team
  • Engagement quoted per solicitation. Flat-fee. FAR 52.203-5.
  • Every deliverable reviewed by a human before it leaves the door
  • Shape the roadmap with your feedback

Cousin Sam Technologies, Inc. Provo, Utah.