Tool reference

Search the regulations

Full-text search of eCFR Title 48 (the FAR, the DFARS, every agency supplement and the Cost Accounting Standards) by keyword or section code, returning section codes, headings and matching passages. Read exact language with govcondash_get_regulation.

Example

“What does the FAR say about the allowability of bonuses?”

Links back to

The section on ecfr.gov

Read one regulation

The text of one Title 48 section by its code, optionally one paragraph in full, optionally as it stood on an as_of date (a live call to the eCFR versioner). Use after govcondash_search_regulations; for a CAS standard pass its 9904 code.

Example

“Read FAR 31.205-6 paragraph (p).”

Links back to

The section on ecfr.gov

Search the Cost Accounting Standards

Full-text search of 48 CFR chapter 99 and FAR part 30 with the standard crosswalk: a query naming a standard returns its whole family of sections first. Read a section's exact text with govcondash_get_regulation.

Example

“Which Cost Accounting Standards speak to deferred compensation?”

Links back to

acquisition.gov and ecfr.gov

Search the FAR Clause Library

Searches the FAR Clause Library (FAR 52, DFARS 252, DEAR and the other supplements, with class deviation rows) by keyword or clause number, returning each clause with its flow-down status. Read one clause with govcondash_get_far_clause.

Example

“Find the clauses about safeguarding covered defense information.”

Links back to

ecfr.gov and the FAR Clause Library door

Read one FAR clause

One clause's detail: its text and prescription, the grounded flow-down determination by commerciality with its authority and threshold, and any class deviation that overlays it. Use after govcondash_search_far_clauses.

Example

“Does 52.244-6 flow down to a commercial subcontract?”

Links back to

ecfr.gov and the FAR Clause Library door

List mandatory flow-downs

Every clause whose flow-down obligation is mandatory in the grounded matrix, optionally scoped to commercial or noncommercial subcontracts. For one clause use govcondash_get_far_clause.

Example

“List every mandatory flow-down clause for a noncommercial subcontract.”

Links back to

ecfr.gov

Check the FAR Overhaul deviation for a part

The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul overlay for one FAR part: whether a model text exists, which agencies adopted it, whether the Department of War issued a class deviation, and the deviated text when the platform holds it. When no verbatim text is held it says so; search the text with govcondash_search_regulatory_changes.

Example

“Has the Department of War issued a class deviation for FAR part 15?”

Links back to

The deviation memo

Search regulatory changes

Full-text search across what is changing the rules: the FAR Overhaul class deviation text, the open FAR cases and their Federal Register pages, executive orders of the current term, and the DPCAP policy memos, chosen by source or all. Read one document with govcondash_get_regulatory_document.

Example

“What open FAR cases and executive orders touch domestic preference rules?”

Links back to

The source document

Read one regulatory change document

One deviation memo, executive order, open FAR case or policy memo by its id from govcondash_search_regulatory_changes, with its text paged by offset and max_chars and a link to the official document.

Example

“Read the newest executive order on federal procurement and tell me what it asks of contracting officers.”

Links back to

The source document

Look up the compensation cap

The compensation cap figure FAR 31.205-6(p) refers to but never states, from OFPP's own tables: the regime that applies by award date, the figure for the year, and the assumptions made. Read paragraph (p) itself with govcondash_get_regulation.

Example

“What was the FAR 31.205-6(p) compensation cap for 2023 on a contract awarded in 2019?”

Links back to

OFPP's published table

Read an SBA regulation

The verbatim text of one or several 13 CFR sections (size, joint ventures, HUBZone, WOSB, VOSB and SDVOSB, and the OHA rules of practice), or the sections matching a query. Title 13 is not in the Title 48 corpus, so govcondash_get_regulation cannot read it.

Example

“Read 13 CFR 121.103(h) on joint venture affiliation.”

Links back to

ecfr.gov

List the newest decisions

The newest decisions of one corpus (asbca, gao, cofc, cafc, cbca, sba-oha or fca), paged, with no narrowing. To search or filter use govcondash_search_decisions; to read one use govcondash_get_decision.

Example

“Show me the ten newest Court of Federal Claims bid protest decisions.”

Links back to

The public decision page or the official source

Search decisions

Searches one decision corpus by text plus that corpus's own filters (year, outcome, judge, agency and the rest; an unknown filter is refused with the allowed keys). For decisions citing a specific FAR section prefer govcondash_search_decisions_by_authority.

Example

“Find ASBCA decisions from 2024 that sustained an appeal on a termination for convenience.”

Links back to

The public decision page or the official source

Read one decision

One decision by corpus and id, slug, docket or B-number: the caption and facets, the stored grounded analysis where one exists, and the opinion text paged by offset and max_chars. The analysis is AI-generated; the opinion text is the authority.

Example

“Read that GAO decision and list the protest grounds GAO sustained.”

Links back to

The public decision page or the official source

Find decisions citing an authority

Decisions of the ASBCA, the Court of Federal Claims or the CBCA that cite a specific FAR, DFARS or CAS authority, matched against the authorities extracted from each decision's own text. It finds precedent a keyword search misses.

Example

“Which ASBCA decisions cite FAR 31.205-47?”

Links back to

The public decision page

Read a GAO bid protest rule

The verbatim text of one section of GAO's Bid Protest Regulations, 4 CFR part 21, or the list of sections. These rules are not in the Title 48 corpus.

Example

“What is GAO's timeliness rule for a protest based on solicitation improprieties?”

Links back to

ecfr.gov

Measure GAO sustain rates

Measured sustain rates over the GAO decision corpus, merits decisions only, each with its numerator and denominator, optionally by protest ground or agency. State a rate only from this tool, with both counts beside it.

Example

“What is the GAO sustain rate for protests of an unreasonable technical evaluation?”

Links back to

The GAO Insights door

Check a solicitation's protest history

The published GAO decisions that name a solicitation number in their text, and how each ended. An empty answer is not a finding that nothing was protested: withdrawn and corrective-action protests leave no decision.

Example

“Has solicitation W519TC-25-R-A011 been protested at GAO?”

Links back to

The public decision page

Find law firms by their case record

Law firms ranked by their appearances as counsel in the GAO, ASBCA, CBCA, Court of Federal Claims, Federal Circuit and SBA OHA decisions the platform holds, filtered by forum, side, issue, service, opposing agency, office state, years, a firm name or an attorney name. Each firm carries its appearances per side, its merits record per forum with a win rate only where the directory states one, and the services its record and website show. Read one firm with govcondash_get_law_firm.

Example

“Which law firms have represented the most protesters at GAO on organizational conflict of interest?”

Links back to

The firm's page in the GovConDash counsel directory

Read one law firm's record

One firm by firm_key or name: its record per forum and side, offices, the agencies on the other side, matters and outcomes, the attorneys the decisions name for it, its recent decisions (narrowable by forum, side or attorney), and what its own website says about its government contracts practice and people, each with its page.

Example

“Show the bid protest record of the firm that represented the protester in my last GAO decision.”

Links back to

The firm's page in the GovConDash counsel directory, and each decision's public page

List opportunities matched to my company

Active SAM.gov notices matched to the account's company, scored against its registration and award history, most relevant first, with the match reasons. Reads only the cached corpus. For any notice regardless of fit use govcondash_search_opportunities.

Example

“Which open SAM.gov opportunities fit my company, due in the next 30 days?”

Links back to

The sam.gov notice

Search SAM.gov opportunities

Keyword search over the whole cached SAM.gov notice corpus, not only the matched feed. Read one notice with govcondash_get_opportunity.

Example

“Search current opportunities for zero trust architecture support.”

Links back to

The sam.gov notice

Read one opportunity

One SAM.gov notice by notice id or solicitation number with its dates, codes, set-aside, office and attachment list (names and links only, never the files).

Example

“Open the best-matched notice and list its attachments.”

Links back to

The sam.gov notice

List SBIR/STTR topics matched to my company

Department of War SBIR and STTR topics scored to the account's company, most relevant first. Read one topic with govcondash_get_sbir_topic.

Example

“Which open Department of War SBIR topics fit my company?”

Links back to

The DSIP topic

Read one SBIR/STTR topic

One Department of War SBIR or STTR topic by its topic number or id, with its dates, component and description.

Example

“Read the SBIR topic with the best fit score for my company.”

Links back to

The DSIP topic

Read a company's SBIR award history

The SBIR and STTR awards the sbir.gov registry records for a UEI, newest first, with agency, phase and amount.

Example

“What SBIR and STTR awards has my company won?”

Links back to

sbir.gov

Search federal contract awards (live)

A live USAspending.gov search for prime contract awards (or IDV vehicles) by keyword or PIID, recipient, agency and NAICS. External data, labelled live. Read one award with govcondash_get_award.

Example

“Find Army contract awards to Leidos under NAICS 541512 in the last three years.”

Links back to

usaspending.gov

Read one federal award (live)

One award's details from USAspending.gov by generated id or PIID: pricing type, awarding office, obligation and period of performance. External data, labelled live.

Example

“Get the details of contract W56HZV-05-G-0005.”

Links back to

usaspending.gov

Read a recipient profile (live)

A contractor's USAspending.gov recipient profile by recipient_id from govcondash_search_contract_awards: total awards, business types and location. External data, labelled live.

Example

“Give me the USAspending profile for the recipient behind that award.”

Links back to

usaspending.gov

List a company's cached awards

The award portfolio the platform has cached for a UEI, with a portfolio summary. Cached, not live; for a live search use govcondash_search_contract_awards.

Example

“Summarize my company's active contract portfolio.”

Links back to

usaspending.gov

Look up a SAM.gov registration

A company's SAM.gov registration as the platform's cache holds it, by UEI or name: legal name, CAGE, status, address, business types, certifications and registered NAICS codes. Never a SAM.gov call and never a size determination.

Example

“Look up the SAM.gov registration of a competitor by name.”

Links back to

The sam.gov entity record

Look up an SBA directory profile

A company's SBA directory profile by UEI or name: certifications with status and dates, the NAICS codes it marks itself small under, and its capabilities narrative. The directory publishes no revenue or headcount.

Example

“What certifications does the SBA directory list for this company?”

Links back to

The SBA directory profile

Find teaming partners

The Partner Finder: the companies that won prime awards under an awarding agency, NAICS codes or PSC codes (at least one of the three), optionally a set-aside, a place of performance state and small business awards only, ranked by obligations over 1, 3 or 5 fiscal years. Each company carries its SAM.gov registration facts, its SBA certifications and the role it would play for your company (prime, sub, peer or target) where that can be said.

Example

“Find small businesses that won Army work under NAICS 541330 in the last three years.”

Links back to

The company's USAspending.gov recipient page and its GovConDash Teaming page

Find buyers

The Buyer Finder: the departments, agencies, commands or offices that buy under NAICS or PSC codes, ranked by obligations over 1, 3 or 5 fiscal years (commands and offices by open notices), with the notices each has open, your own awards there and the reasons it fits. Narrow by department, agency, set-aside or place of performance state.

Example

“Which Army commands buy the most under PSC R425, and which have a notice open now?”

Links back to

The buyer's GovConDash Agencies page and its USAspending.gov agency profile

List Other Transaction agreements

Other Transaction agreements from the SAM.gov Other Transaction module, by awardee UEI, by consortium, or newest first. Read one with govcondash_get_ota_agreement.

Example

“List the Other Transaction agreements awarded through the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium.”

Links back to

The Other Transactions door and sam.gov

Read one Other Transaction agreement

One Other Transaction agreement by agency id and PIID, with its actions, awardee, amounts and dates.

Example

“Read the newest Other Transaction agreement awarded to my company.”

Links back to

The Other Transactions door and sam.gov

List the OT consortia

The published Other Transaction consortia with their managers, focus areas and the awards measured from the SAM.gov Other Transaction module.

Example

“Which OT consortia focus on space, and what have they been awarded?”

Links back to

The /ota consortium directory

List the tracked public contractors

The publicly traded contractors the SEC Filings tab tracks, each with its ticker and cache state. Read one with govcondash_get_sec_company.

No parameters.

Example

“Which public defense contractors does GovConDash track?”

Links back to

EDGAR

Read a public contractor's filings

A tracked contractor's cached filings, financial ratios and subsidiaries by ticker or name. A company nobody has opened answers not-cached rather than starting a cold EDGAR load.

Example

“Summarize Leidos's latest 10-K ratios and subsidiaries.”

Links back to

EDGAR

Look up a FAR dollar threshold

The FAR 1.109 published threshold table with provenance, by threshold name or by the FAR section that states it. Use it for any dollar threshold rather than recalling one.

Example

“What is the current simplified acquisition threshold?”

Links back to

acquisition.gov

Look up an SBA size standard

The SBA size standard for a 6-digit NAICS code from the 13 CFR 121.201 table: the measure, the figure and any exception rows. The standard a solicitation applies is the one it names.

Example

“What is the size standard for NAICS 541330?”

Links back to

SBA's size standard table

Read the Department of War budget toplines

The Department of War budget request toplines by appropriation and component for the fiscal years the platform holds. Search line items with govcondash_search_budget_line_items.

Example

“What are the Department of War budget toplines by appropriation?”

Links back to

The Federal Budget door

Search budget line items

Department of War budget line items by text and facets (appropriation, component, fiscal year), with amounts. Read one with govcondash_get_budget_line_item.

Example

“Find budget line items for hypersonic test infrastructure.”

Links back to

The budget exhibit document

Read one budget line item

One budget line item with its amounts by year and the exhibit document it came from.

Example

“Read the budget line item behind that search result and show its amounts by year.”

Links back to

The budget exhibit document

Read the NDAA tracker

The National Defense Authorization Act bill tracker: each version, its stage and its latest action. Search the text with govcondash_search_ndaa.

No parameters.

Example

“Where does this year's NDAA stand in Congress?”

Links back to

congress.gov

Search the NDAA text

Full-text search of the NDAA bill text by section, with matching passages. Read a whole title with govcondash_get_ndaa_title.

Example

“What does the NDAA say about commercial item determinations?”

Links back to

congress.gov

Read one NDAA title

One title of the NDAA bill text, paged by offset and max_chars.

Example

“Read Title VIII of the NDAA on acquisition policy.”

Links back to

congress.gov

Search NAICS codes

Searches the 2022 NAICS table by keyword or code. Read one code with govcondash_get_naics.

Example

“Which NAICS codes cover cybersecurity consulting?”

Links back to

The NAICS research door

Read one NAICS code

One NAICS code with its definition and the platform's insights (size standard, appeals that put it at issue). For the size standard alone use govcondash_get_sba_size_standard.

Example

“Tell me about NAICS 541512 and how size appeals have treated it.”

Links back to

The NAICS research door

Search product and service codes

Searches the Product and Service Code manual by keyword or code. Read one with govcondash_get_psc.

Example

“Which PSC covers IT and telecom cybersecurity services?”

Links back to

The PSC door

Read one product and service code

One Product and Service Code with its definition, inclusions and exclusions.

Example

“Read the product and service code for IT security services.”

Links back to

The PSC door

Search DCAA guidance

Full-text search of DCAA's own guidance, chosen by source: the Contract Audit Manual, the Selected Areas of Cost Guidebook, the MRD audit guidance memos, or all. Every excerpt is DCAA's wording. Read a whole manual paragraph with govcondash_get_cam_paragraph.

Example

“What does DCAA tell its auditors about testing severance pay?”

Links back to

The reader door and the DCAA document

List the DCAA audit programs

The DCAA audit programs the platform holds, each with its activity code, title, variant and revision. Read one with govcondash_get_audit_program.

No parameters.

Example

“Which DCAA audit programs does GovConDash hold?”

Links back to

The Audit Readiness programs door

Read one DCAA audit program

One audit program by activity code or slug: its section outline with the verbatim steps, plus the stored intelligence memo where one exists. An activity code that names several programs returns the candidates.

Example

“Outline DCAA audit program 10100 for incurred cost.”

Links back to

The program explorer and DCAA's index

Read a Contract Audit Manual paragraph

One paragraph of the DCAA Contract Audit Manual by its number, verbatim, with the chapter revision it came from. Find paragraphs with govcondash_search_dcaa_guidance.

Example

“Read CAM 6-414.7.”

Links back to

The Contract Audit Manual reader door

Profile a FAR 31.205 cost principle

One FAR 31.205 cost principle as the Selected Cost matrix profiles it: the guidebook chapters, DCAA's expressly unallowable rows, the audit programs that cite it, the decisions linked to it, and the stored intelligence memo where one exists. Read the section text with govcondash_get_regulation.

Example

“Profile FAR 31.205-46 travel costs for an audit.”

Links back to

ecfr.gov and the Selected Cost door

Read the ICP adequacy checklist

DCAA's own Checklist for Determining Adequacy of a Contractor Incurred Cost Proposal, verbatim, optionally one schedule's questions.

Example

“What does DCAA check on Schedule H of an incurred cost proposal?”

Links back to

DCAA's checklist

Compute FAR 42.709 penalty exposure

Deterministic arithmetic only: applies the FAR 42.709-1 multiples to the amounts you supply. Whether a cost is expressly unallowable is your analysis from the regulation, never the tool's.

Example

“Compute the penalty on $250,000 questioned, $40,000 of it expressly unallowable.”

Links back to

ecfr.gov

Search the C3PAO directory

The CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization directory, by state and text, with each organization's authorization status and marketplace profile link.

Example

“Find authorized C3PAOs in Virginia.”

Links back to

The /cmmc directory and the marketplace profile

List CMMC and cyber enforcement

The cybersecurity enforcement matters the platform tracks (False Claims Act resolutions over DFARS 252.204-7012 and CMMC obligations), each with its amount, date and release link.

Example

“List the False Claims Act cybersecurity settlements involving DFARS 252.204-7012.”

Links back to

The Justice Department release

Read my company profile

The signed-in account's company of interest: the profile, the cached SAM.gov registration summary, the derived small-business size status and the primary NAICS. The matched opportunity and SBIR tools read this company.

No parameters.

Example

“What does GovConDash know about my company?”

Links back to

The Company door

List my Partner Pipeline

The companies the account saved to its Partner Pipeline on the Teaming tab, with each one's UEI, role, stage and dates. Notes are the account's own text and are left out unless include_notes is true. Pass a UEI to govcondash_lookup_sam_registration, govcondash_lookup_sba_profile or govcondash_list_contracts to check a partner.

Example

“Check every company in my Partner Pipeline for a SAM.gov registration that is about to lapse.”

Links back to

Each company's page on the GovConDash Teaming tab

List my Agency Watchlist and past buyers

The buyers the account saved to its Agency Watchlist on the Agencies tab (department, agency, command or office, with stage and dates), and the buying commands the company's own award history shows it has won from, with award counts and obligations. Notes are left out unless include_notes is true.

Example

“Which agencies on my watchlist have opportunities closing this month?”

Links back to

Each buyer's page on the GovConDash Agencies tab

Search everything

Searches every GovConDash corpus at once (the FAR and DFARS, CAS, class deviations, open FAR cases, executive orders, DCAA guidance and every decision corpus) for one question and returns a list of {id, title, url}. Use it first to map where a topic lives, then read an item with fetch using its id.

Example

“Search GovConDash for executive compensation cap disputes.”

Links back to

Per row: the public decision page, the official source, or the dashboard door

Fetch one item

Reads one item by the typed id search returned (corpus:ref, for example asbca:3849 or far:31.205-6) and answers {id, title, text, url, metadata}. Use it after search; for a decision with paging and its stored analysis prefer govcondash_get_decision.

Example

“Fetch asbca:3849 and summarize the Board's holding.”

Links back to

The item's public page, official source, or dashboard door