Platform mechanics
How the teaming engine works
Intelligence is ingested in BidBoard and resolved into compliance matchmaking inside SBAdvisoryBoard. Four components carry a solicitation from discovery to minted past performance.
COMPONENT 01
Ingestion & Section M parser
BidBoard scans SAM.gov opportunities and evaluates Section M (Evaluation Factors) alongside Section L (Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors). The parser extracts the required reference count, the recency window, the minimum acceptable CPARS rating, and whether subcontractor past performance is admissible. When a solicitation mandates references exceeding your verified history, the system raises a Critical Past Performance Deficit.
FAR 15.304 / FAR 15.305
COMPONENT 02
Direct solo bypass
If the opportunity is governed by FAR Part 13 — under the $350,000 simplified acquisition threshold — or structured as Lowest Price Technically Acceptable, the platform routes you to bid solo. In that lane you rely on the neutral past performance protection: an offeror without a record of relevant past performance may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably.
FAR 13 / FAR 15.305(a)(2)(iv)
COMPONENT 03
Matchmaking & deal desk
For large negotiated acquisitions that gate on past performance, the deal desk queries the SBAdvisoryBoard repository. It matches your socioeconomic profile — 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB — against an experienced subcontractor holding verified CPARS in the targeted NAICS and PSC codes, then scores each candidate on code alignment, rating strength, registration health, and set-aside fit.
FAR 15.305(a)(2)(iii) / 13 CFR 125.6
COMPONENT 04
Automated CPARS pipeline
Upon project completion the platform initiates a formal rating request, obligating the prime contractor to submit a subcontractor performance evaluation within fifteen days. The result becomes official corporate past performance the subcontractor can cite on subsequent bids — turning one teamed win into permanent competitive standing.
13 CFR 125.11 / FAR 42.1503
Data flow
[SAM.gov / FPDS Ingestion]
|
v
[BidBoard Section M Parsing Engine]
|
+-----+----------------------------+
v v
[Past Performance Deficit] [Low-Barrier / Solo Path]
(Requires CPARS; User = 0) (FAR Part 13 / LPTA / COTS)
| |
v v
[SBAdvisoryBoard Deal Desk] [Solo Quick-Win Pipeline]
| (Direct prime award / fast CPARS)
+-----+-------------------+
v v
[Universal MTA & Rate [$250 Pursuit Escrow
Card Match] Locked]
| |
+-----------+-------------+
v
[Active Deal Room Assembly]
- Prime: 51% labor (socioeconomic gate)
- Sub: 49% labor (Section M CPARS passed)
v
[Winning Proposal Submission]
v
[13 CFR 125.11 Automated CPARS Minted]The $250 pursuit escrow protocol
Accessible monthly dues are coupled with milestone-based pursuit staking. The stake exists to enforce operational discipline on a live proposal, not to raise the cost of entry.
01
Lock
When partners join a deal room for an active solicitation, each firm's $250 refundable commitment deposit is charged to the card on file and held by the platform for that pursuit.
02
Delivery
Each partner is assigned specific proposal volumes — for example, the prime authors Management and Staffing while the sub authors Technical Approach and Task Area 3.
03
Release
When the prime or authorized staff approves compliant copy at the internal Pink Team milestone (roughly a 65–70% draft), the deposit is automatically refunded to the original payment method, less non-returned merchant processing costs.
04
Forfeiture
The deposit is forfeited only if a member makes an unexcused withdrawal or abandons the pursuit within 72 hours of the delivery deadline. Forfeited funds compensate the remaining partners or an emergency proposal writer who completes the work.