Executive summary
At Procura, we built an AI-powered federal contract search and analysis platform for small teams that are tired of spending nights and weekends hunting listings and manually reading long solicitation packages. Our promise is straightforward: Procura continuously scans SAM.gov, ingests and reads full RFP packages (including attachments), then scores fit against your capability statement and delivers executive-ready summaries and alerts so you can make faster, more confident bid/no-bid decisions. [1]
SAM.gov (and most “contract search engines”) can help you find notices. But the real work starts after you click: downloading attachments, hunting for compliance gates (clearances, certifications), and decoding whether the evaluation criteria actually reward your strengths. SAM.gov describes Contract Opportunities as a place to search procurement notices (solicitations, awards, presolicitations, sole source notices, and more). [2]
Procura is designed for that “hard part.” We replace keyword guessing with full-document analysis and fit scoring, so your team spends less time sorting noise and more time building a winnable pipeline. And because small teams need enterprise-level capability without enterprise-level pricing, our Starter plan is listed at $399/month (with additional tiers coming soon). [3]
What Procura is
Procura is offered by Astradian Technologies as a “federal contracting analyst” platform—built to help you identify, analyze, and pursue the right federal opportunities using automated matching and AI-powered analysis. [4]
Our product philosophy comes from lived pain. Procura was built after our founder, Jacob Grass, spent “tens of hours” every week reading solicitations and realized most tools were doing keyword matching—not real analysis. Procura exists to give small teams the kind of always-on analyst support that used to require a full capture department. [5]
That’s also how we describe Procura internally: a teammate that monitors federal databases, flags what fits, and hands you the key details in plain English—so you can move faster with fewer surprises. [6]
What Procura does that a search engine usually does not
Capability-statement-based matching instead of keyword gymnastics
Most workflows start with keywords, NAICS/PSC codes, and filter tuning. Procura starts with one thing that actually represents your business: your capability statement. Our docs describe it as the foundation of how Procura evaluates fit—and we designed it as a “write it once” approach, not a never-ending filter maintenance project. [7]
If you don’t have a polished capability statement yet, Procura includes an AI capability statement generator that asks targeted questions and produces a clean one-page draft (core competencies, differentiators, past performance, corporate data). We built it around common federal best practices and evaluation concepts so you can get to a strong “first version” fast. [8]
Full-solicitation ingestion and “reads the attachments” analysis
Here’s the differentiator we obsess over: document depth. Procura is built to read the full package—solicitation text plus SOWs and attachments—so you don’t discover a deal-breaker on page 147 at 11:30 p.m. [9]
In our documentation, opportunity analysis includes not only the SAM.gov notice, but also statements of work, technical specifications, and evaluation criteria—the pieces that actually determine whether you can win. [10]
Fit scoring with plain-English explanations
Procura assigns a fit score (with tiers like “Exceptional Fit,” “Good Fit,” and “Slight Fit”) and explains why—so your team can move from a long list of “maybe” notices to a prioritized shortlist with rationale you can share with leadership. [11]
Alerts, digests, and “change awareness”
Opportunities change—amendments drop, attachments update, requirements shift. Procura highlights alerts and digests so your team stays current and doesn’t miss a critical update buried in an amendment. [12]
Our Getting Started flow also describes notifications for high-fit opportunities as part of automatic discovery. [13]
Compliance and gating-requirement surfacing
One of the fastest ways to waste proposal hours is missing a gating requirement hiding in attachments. Procura’s analysis is designed to surface certification requirements (examples include CMMC and FedRAMP), security clearance requirements, and key personnel needs early—before you commit to a chase that can’t be won. [14]
Workflow tooling and “time to value”
Procura is designed to be fast to deploy: upload/paste your capability statement, and we start analyzing immediately. We also run a first-time deep pass against active opportunities (which may take several hours) so your pipeline starts filling quickly. [15]
We also share platform-level outcomes (opportunities reviewed, hours reclaimed, dollars saved) to illustrate the ROI we’re aiming for. [16]
Use cases for small primes and subcontractors
Bid/no-bid decisions
Procura’s core value is helping you make bid/no-bid decisions earlier—with clearer context. Fit scoring plus executive-ready summaries let you decide before deadlines compress and before you sink scarce proposal bandwidth into low-fit opportunities. [17]
If you’re newer to GovCon, we even outline a “first 7 days” workflow: draft/upload your capability statement, review fit scores and summaries, build a shortlist, then use identified gaps to decide “teaming vs. pass.” [18]
Subcontractor sourcing and teaming conversations
For consultants and small teams, Procura supports “rapid screening for teaming and subcontracting leads” and creating “why this fits” writeups you can hand to leadership or prime partners. [19]
If you’re a subcontractor, the same pattern applies: find high-fit prime opportunities, then approach likely primes with outreach grounded in the actual requirements Procura surfaced—especially the details buried in attachments.
Compliance monitoring for “gating” risks
Procura is designed to surface clearance/certification requirements and evaluation factors early. [10]
Many customers turn this into a simple habit: for every high-fit opportunity, review gates first (clearances, CMMC/FedRAMP alignment, key personnel), then decide whether to bid, team, or pass—before proposal work begins.
Procura vs a typical government contract search engine
Here’s how we think about the difference—based on what small teams actually do during capture.
| Feature | Procura | Typical Search Engine |
| Primary goal | Analyze and prioritize opportunities for bid/no-bid | Find notices you still review manually |
| Source coverage (today) | Currently analyzes SAM.gov opportunities; additional sources listed as “coming soon” (SBIR/STTR, Grants.gov, SubNet, etc.) [20] | Often SAM.gov listings or aggregated feeds; coverage varies |
| Reads full solicitation packages | Built to read full packages including attachments/SOWs [21] | Commonly surfaces the notice; attachments still require manual download/review [22] |
| Fit scoring | Fit scores with clear explanations [23] | Usually none; prioritization is manual |
| “Hidden requirements” detection | Designed to surface requirements and risks inside attachments [23] | Dependent on a person reading PDFs end-to-end |
| Evaluation criteria extraction | Explicitly analyzes evaluation criteria [10] | Usually manual |
| Certification/clearance gate surfacing | Calls out certifications (e.g., CMMC/FedRAMP) and clearance requirements [14] | Usually manual (unless a specialized tool is used) |
| Alerts/digests when notices change | Alerts, digests, and change awareness [24] | Often basic saved searches/notifications; depth varies |
| Setup effort | “Write it once” input: your capability statement [25] | Keywords, filters, saved searches, ongoing tuning |
| Pricing model | Subscription; Starter shown at $399/month; other tiers “coming soon” [26] | Government sites free; commercial tools vary widely |
Benefits for small businesses
The biggest win we target is time. Procura is designed to reduce the weekly manual triage burden—searching, downloading attachments, skimming for gating requirements—so small teams can spend more time on capture strategy and proposal execution. That’s the heart of our “Focus on Winning, Not Finding” positioning and our commitment to automated analysis. [27]
We also built Procura to be cost-accessible. We list a Starter plan at $399/month and describe Procura as “10x more affordable,” especially compared to enterprise platforms that may still rely heavily on keyword alerts and may not analyze attachments end-to-end. [28]
And by surfacing certification/clearance requirements and evaluation criteria earlier, Procura helps improve front-end compliance readiness—reducing late-stage disqualifiers and last-minute surprises. [10]
Checklist: how small firms can get value from Procura quickly
| Action | Why it matters | Procura source anchor |
| Refresh your capability statement (include clearances, certifications, vehicles, differentiators) | Matching is only as strong as your capability statement detail | Capability statement guidance and “what to include” [32] |
| Use the capability statement generator if you need structure | Creates an organized one-page statement and prompts for missing capture details | Generator and AI assistant description [8] |
| Run (and allow time for) the first deep analysis | First-time back-analysis of active opportunities may take hours | “Deep pass” timing notes [14] |
| Set a weekly review cadence for fit scores and summaries | Turns alerts into an actual pipeline discipline | Alerts/digests positioning [24] |
| Treat “gaps” as teaming triggers (not automatic disqualifiers) | Helps you decide whether to partner vs. pass | “Use the gaps to decide teaming vs pass” [18] |
| For subs: use summaries to craft targeted outreach to primes | Converts analysis into specific, credible teaming conversations | “Why this fits” and subcontracting lead screening [19] |
| Keep your capability statement current (quarterly or after major changes) | Prevents your matches from drifting as you add past performance/certs | Best-practice update guidance [33] |
Recommended next steps
If you’re evaluating Procura, the highest-ROI next step is to test it against your real pipeline: book a demo and let us analyze opportunities matched to your NAICS/set-aside profile and capture workflow. [34]
If you’re early-stage, start by refreshing your capability statement and narrowing your pursuit focus to one or two lines of business. Then use Procura’s fit scoring and summaries to build a shortlist and refine targeting—one of the fastest ways to reduce noise and get traction. [35]
If you’re spending hours each week searching SAM.gov, downloading attachments, and still struggling to answer “Is this a real fit?” quickly, Procura is built to act like your always-on BD analyst—scanning SAM.gov, reading full solicitation packages, scoring fit, and notifying you when high-fit opportunities (or critical amendments) appear. Learn more on our site, review pricing, and book a live demo to see the analysis on your actual pipeline. [36]
Meet with the Procura Team to See How We Can Help
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https://www.procurafederal.com/terms-of-service
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https://procurafederal.com/docs/opportunity-analysis
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https://procurafederal.com/docs/getting-started
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[24] Procura for Small Business Government Contractors – Find Federal Contracts Faster
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[34] Book a Procura Demo – AI-Powered Federal Opportunity Analysis