Using AI to Find the Right Prime Contractors

Searching for a set-aside prime to team up with is actually very easy 😎

Just visit the SBA’s Small Business Search page, apply filters, and export the raw data including the company list, contact information, and their capability narratives. Easy peasy.

If you filter for California companies with all set-aside certifications, you’ll narrow it down to 4,981. Tada 🎉

But now, what are you going to do? Send a mass email to all of them asking for teaming? Or call each one row by row hoping someone answers?

That would take days, and it’s a complete waste of time if you don’t know who you’re talking to or why they matter.

Instead, narrow it down to just a few companies where you can clearly see real synergy right now.

The easiest way is to:

1. Find a relevant contract you could have won in the past.
2. Look up who actually won it and check if they’re a small business with set-asides.
3. See if they’re still active, located near you, and whether their capabilities complement yours rather than compete with them.
4. Then, find the contact person’s email or a colleague’s LinkedIn profile to get introduced to the right person.
5. Reach out, exchange capability statements, explain how you can create value together, send over a teaming agreement, and move forward.

But come on, doing all this manually in the AI era?

Why waste your time when you already use ChatGPT for everything else? Use AI for teaming. Make smart teaming.

Or just use Cliwant, the AI agent for teaming.

We shortlist the right prime partners based on both your and their capabilities and goals, and our AI agent automatically books meetings for you through email and LinkedIn (and soon even by phone).

Crazy world, right? But AI is changing how teaming works. Reach out to me or visit cliwant.com for more info 🚀