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8 Real GovCon Workflows: How Contractors Automate Capture, Pricing, and Proposals
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8 Real GovCon Workflows: How Contractors Automate Capture, Pricing, and Proposals

Eight real, anonymized GovCon workflow examples contractors are running on CLEATUS today, from keyword capture and labor pricing to auto proposal drafts and post-award subcontracting outreach, plus the cost-control and document-generation tricks that make them work.

Mithat CakmakJune 20, 2026
Government Contract Vehicles: What They Are and How GWACs, IDIQs, and BPAs Work
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Government Contract Vehicles: What They Are and How GWACs, IDIQs, and BPAs Work

Government contract vehicles like GWACs, IDIQs, BPAs, and the GSA Schedule let agencies buy through pre-competed contracts. Learn how each one works, how to get on one, and how to find the task orders that fund the work.

Erik ShermanUpdated May 29, 2026
How to Find SBIR and STTR Opportunities: A 2026 Guide for Small Businesses
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How to Find SBIR and STTR Opportunities: A 2026 Guide for Small Businesses

SBIR and STTR are the federal government's largest non-dilutive R&D programs — roughly $4 billion a year across 11 agencies. Here is how to find SBIR/STTR opportunities, understand the phases, qualify, and stop missing topics buried across agency portals.

Mithat CakmakMay 21, 2026
ChatGPT for Government Contractors: CLEATUS Joins the ChatGPT App Directory
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ChatGPT for Government Contractors: CLEATUS Joins the ChatGPT App Directory

CLEATUS is now a ChatGPT app for government contractors. Find federal contracts, track competitors, manage your pipeline, and draft proposals without leaving ChatGPT.

Mithat CakmakMay 18, 2026
How to Find Federal Grants on Grants.gov: A 2026 Guide
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How to Find Federal Grants on Grants.gov: A 2026 Guide

Grants.gov is the official database of every federal grant and cooperative agreement, with ~1,820 active opportunities at any given time. Here is how to find federal grants you actually qualify for, set up alerts, and avoid the noise.

Mithat CakmakMay 18, 2026
How TNC Scaled Government Pursuits Without Hiring a BD Team
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How TNC Scaled Government Pursuits Without Hiring a BD Team

A 22-year low-voltage technology integrator uses CLEATUS to turn opportunity discovery from a weekend job into a sorted feed, and proposal drafts from blank-doc rewrites into past-performance-grounded responses.

Mithat CakmakMay 15, 2026
CLEATUS Raises $4M Seed to Make Government Contracting Accessible to Every Small Business
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CLEATUS Raises $4M Seed to Make Government Contracting Accessible to Every Small Business

CLEATUS raised a $4M seed round co-led by Las Olas VC and REVO Capital to make government contracting accessible to every small business through AI.

Mithat CakmakMay 14, 2026
Every GovCon Platform Just Slapped "AI" on Their Website. Here is What That Actually Means.
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Every GovCon Platform Just Slapped "AI" on Their Website. Here is What That Actually Means.

Every major GovCon intelligence platform now markets AI features. But most of what is shipping is search with a chatbot skin. We break down what is real, what is marketing, and what contractors should actually care about.

Erik ShermanMay 10, 2026
Jack Dorsey Says Every Company Is Now a Brain. Here's What It Means for Government Contractors.
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Jack Dorsey Says Every Company Is Now a Brain. Here's What It Means for Government Contractors.

Dorsey's intelligent company thesis describes how AI will run the inside of every business. But contractors win or lose on what happens outside. Here's the missing layer, and why CLEATUS fills it.

Erik ShermanApril 29, 2026
AI for Government Proposal Writing: A Practical Guide (2026)
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AI for Government Proposal Writing: A Practical Guide (2026)

What real AI proposal writing for federal, state, and local contracts actually looks like in 2026: planning before drafting, structured bid packages, requirement cross-checking, cited past performance, and agentic editing. A practical guide for contractors evaluating the tools claiming to do it.

Mithat CakmakUpdated April 26, 2026
How to Generate Leads from Government Contract Awards (Before Your Competitors Do)
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How to Generate Leads from Government Contract Awards (Before Your Competitors Do)

Every federal contract award is a signal — someone just got paid to deliver work that almost always needs subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers. Here's the manual process most GovCon BD teams use to generate leads from contract awards, why it breaks down at scale, and how automated workflows are changing the economics of post-award business development.

Mithat CakmakApril 24, 2026
26 Ready-to-Use Workflow Templates for Government Contractors
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26 Ready-to-Use Workflow Templates for Government Contractors

26 pre-built GovCon workflow templates inside CLEATUS. Automate opportunity screening, capture planning, monitoring, reporting, and CRM integration in minutes.

Mithat CakmakApril 16, 2026