Federal AI/Acquisition Path Finder

The fastest legal path to award, with the paragraph your file needs.

Answer eight questions about the requirement. The tool ranks the standing authorities that fit, names the Federal AI engagement that fits under them, drafts the market-research paragraph, and lists the questions your contracting officer will ask. Deterministic, runs in your browser, nothing is stored. Informational only; the CO determines applicability.

Find the path Read the four paths first

Public, non-sensitive input only · No source-selection information

Path finder

Eight questions. One memo.

Describe the requirement the way you would to a contracting officer. The output is a draft memo you can copy into the file, download, or send to Federal AI for a same-day quote.

Who is buying Estimated value Urgency Mission domain Readiness, scheduling, or training decision layer (Optimize)? Set-aside status Existing vehicle Funding type

The requirement, in one sentencePublic and non-sensitive only. Do not enter classified, CUI, source-selection, or customer-restricted information.

OutputThe ranked paths, the engagement that fits, the draft market-research paragraph, and the questions your CO will ask appear here.

What this tool knows

The FAR thresholds as amended effective October 2025 ($15K micro-purchase, $350K simplified acquisition, $5.5M HUBZone sole source for services), SBIR Phase III authority under 15 U.S.C. 638(r) as applied to the SBIR-derived Optimize platform, HUBZone sole source and set-aside rules in FAR 19.13, subcontracting plan credit under FAR 19.7, and prototype OTA authority under 10 U.S.C. 4022. Verify current values at acquisition.gov.

Acquisition strategy, in the open

Bring your CO. We will bring the citations.

Thirty minutes with a technical lead, and your contracting officer is welcome in the room. Fixed-price quote the same day.

Start an engagement One-pager for your CO (PDF)