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Sell to State Government Tender Intelligence Retainer (7-10 days)

A productized retainer that turns Sell to State's 1.4 million indexed contract awards across 194 countries into a monthly tender shortlist and competitor win report for agency clients selling into government procurement. Time: 7-10 days.

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Sell to State Government Tender Intelligence Retainer (7-10 days)

A productized retainer that turns Sell to State's 1.4 million indexed contract awards across 194 countries into a monthly tender shortlist and competitor win report for agency clients selling into government procurement.

Prerequisites
  • Active Sell to State Data plan at $49/month (or $499/year) with a working bearer token (sk_live_...) validated against the REST API, CLI, and MCP server
  • Client's target countries, sectors, and 3 to 5 plain-English search queries agreed in writing
  • Named list of competitor suppliers and buying agencies the client wants profiled
  • Delivery owner assigned to run monthly shortlist production and alert monitoring
  • Client inbox or shared drive destination for CSV exports and shortlist reports
Execution Timeline
  • 1.Provision the flat-fee Sell to State subscription and generate the bearer token (sk_live_...) for the delivery team
  • 2.Confirm the token returns identical results across the REST API, CLI, and MCP server so any surface can query the same dataset
  • 1.Run the client's 3 to 5 plain-English queries against the web interface to test recall before locking filters
  • 2.Set country and sector filters to the client's actual bid geography and drop any market where they cannot deliver
  • 1.Build supplier profiles for each named competitor using the contract history view
  • 2.Record agency spending patterns for the client's top five target buying agencies
  • 1.Configure keyword and category alerts so new tender publications surface without manual searching
  • 2.Test alert latency by comparing a fresh alert against the same tender pulled through the API
  • 1.Build the monthly tender shortlist template using structured fields: tender ID, agency, value, closing date, and procurement method
  • 2.Write plain-English summaries for the first ten shortlisted tenders so the client can triage without opening source portals
  • 1.Set up the CSV export workflow that delivers the curated shortlist to the client inbox on a fixed monthly date
  • 2.Wire the MCP endpoint into the client's AI assistant so their team can query the dataset directly between reports
  • 1.Train the client team on interpreting tender data and ranking by closing-date priority
  • 2.Hand over the competitor win report showing which suppliers took which awards in the last two quarters
  • 1.Run a dry cycle of the full monthly workflow end to end and time each step
  • 2.Document the recurring effort so the retainer scope matches the 4 hours per month delivery estimate
$49/month vendor cost on the Data plan ($499/year if prepaid), plus 8 hours setup and 4 hours per month of delivery time; typical agency retainer priced at $590/mo7-10 days
ROI Logic

The Data plan costs $49/month with whole-team access and no per-seat fees, so a single $590/mo retainer covers the subscription more than twelve times over before delivery hours are counted. Setup runs about 8 hours and steady-state delivery about 4 hours per month, which keeps gross margin above 80% once the shortlist template and alert rules are built. The margin holds only for clients with genuine government-contractor demand, since general agencies without that client base cannot justify even the $49 entry cost.

Deliverables
  • Monthly tender shortlist report with tender ID, agency, value, closing date, and procurement method for every shortlisted opportunity
  • Competitor win report built from supplier contract histories in the client's target sectors
  • Configured keyword and category alert set running against the client's countries and sectors
  • CSV export workflow delivering the curated shortlist to the client inbox on a fixed schedule
  • MCP endpoint connection so the client's AI assistant can query the same dataset directly
Definition of Done

The client receives a scheduled monthly shortlist and competitor win report generated from Sell to State's indexed awards, with alerts firing on new tenders and the MCP endpoint live for self-serve queries.

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