Every posting, translation, score and reason on this page came out of the running system. None of it was written for this website.
Step one
What they typed at signup.
Small IT services company in Alexandria, Virginia, eight people. We do helpdesk support, network administration, Microsoft 365 setup and migration, and general desktop support for offices. Several of us have worked on federal contracts before. We serve Virginia, Maryland, and DC, and can do remote work anywhere.
Serving VA, MD, DC
Step two
What arrived in their inbox.
Sent, scored 78
Navy seeks IT helpdesk support contractors in Indian Head, Maryland
Why it matched: This is a helpdesk Tier 1-2 IT support BPA at a Navy facility in Indian Head, Maryland, set aside for small businesses, which matches the subscriber's core helpdesk and desktop support work and their Maryland service area.
Agency
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Respond by
November 11, 2028 (823 days left)
Value
No dollar value published
Set aside
Small businesses
Published as: BPA - IT and Telecom PSC 7E20
Step three
Read, translated, and held back anyway.
These scored below the bar. Each one was still read in full and rewritten in plain English before it was set aside, and the reason it was passed over is the same sentence the system wrote at the time.
VA Medical Center wants help upgrading computers to Windows 11
Scored 45 of 100
This is a Windows 11 upgrade project fitting desktop support skills, but it is a sources sought market research notice (not an actual solicitation) for the Fayetteville VA Medical Center in North Carolina, outside the subscriber's VA MD DC service area.
Published as: J065--Windows 11 Upgrade Using Scripto Pro Software
Redesign and ongoing support for Education Department's data website
Scored 45 of 100
This is a custom software (541511) contract for the Department of Education in DC, but it's an RFI with a draft SOO and no set-aside, meaning it's likely a large-scale website/data platform redesign beyond an 8-person helpdesk shop's typical scope.
Published as: Datalab - Redesign and O&M
Government wants info on cloud storage help for a military injury tracking database
Scored 42 of 100
This is only a Request for Information (not a contract yet) for cloud storage support tied to a DoD trauma medical registry, which is more specialized data/registry work than the helpdesk and Microsoft 365 support this company does, though the Virginia location and IT category naics 541519 line up loosely.
Published as: RFI for Cloud Storage Support Services for DoD Trauma Registry (DoDTR)
Upgrade audio-visual gear in split conference rooms for DoD
Scored 40 of 100
This is an AV equipment upgrade for conference rooms at DoD in DC, which is more audio-visual installation work than the helpdesk, network, and Microsoft 365 services this subscriber actually offers.
Published as: AV Equipment Upgrade for Split Conference Rooms
Capital IT Services is a test business used to build and check the matching engine, so the company itself is invented. The postings, the rewrites, the scores and the reasons are not: all of them are real output from the live system, copied unchanged.
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