As a freelance dev, government contracts always seemed appealing. The client tells you what they want and their budget before you even say hello?

Then I started navigating the wonderful world of online government contract websites.

Yuck.

• Confusing portals
• Giant PDFs written in federal-ese
• Half-broken search tools
• A lingering sense that these jobs were built for companies with full-time proposal teams

So that’s why RFPup was born.

I figured it might be cool to bring people along for the ride.

Right now, I’m:

• Scraping local government bids from California counties
• Breaking them down into plain English
• Tagging them as “solo-friendly,” “recurring,” etc.
• Making it dead simple to discover realistic opportunities

I’m trying to build the website I always wished existed.

Right now we’re at stage 0.1 — but I wanted to get something up early because this really does feel like a real problem.

If you’re a small business owner, freelancer, or just someone who wants a shot at these contracts without needing a 100-page proposal — this is for you.

Thanks for reading.
— The Pup 🐶

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