Federal health IT capture, and how to read the field.
I built MMT so a capture lead walks into a gate review knowing who owns the program, what is funded, and what is about to hit the street, without a $30K seat license. This page shows how acquisition works and where each MMT tool fits.
If you wait for the RFP, you have already lost.
By the time a solicitation posts to SAM.gov, the winner has usually spent 12 months or more shaping it: meeting the program office, answering the RFI, positioning a team. The public RFP is the finish line, not the start. This section shows the work that happens before it, and where MMT gives you a seat at that table.
Most contractors only see stage 4, the public RFP. The teams that win were working stages 1 through 3 a year earlier. That is what this data is for.
- 12 to 24 months pre-RFP1. Market research and shapingGoal: Find opportunities before they go public, and help shape the requirement.
What you need to know here: Agency budgets, executive priorities, incumbent contracts, recompete forecasts. Where deals are won - 6 to 12 months pre-RFP2. Sources sought and RFIGoal: Signal capability to the program office and find teaming gaps.
What you need to know here: Incumbent performance, competitor capability, teaming partner data. Where deals are won - 3 to 6 months pre-RFP3. Draft RFP and forecastGoal: Refine the win strategy and set pricing anchors.
What you need to know here: Historical pricing, labor categories, likely-bidder analysis. Where deals are won - 0 to 3 months4. Final RFPGoal: Make the Go or No-Go call and write a compliant response.
What you need to know here: RFP shred, compliance matrix (L, M, N), Go/No-Go decision. Where most contractors start (too late) - at submission5. Proposal and evaluationGoal: Earn the highest technical score you can.
What you need to know here: Evaluator-style scoring, risk rollups. - post-award6. Award and protestGoal: Defend the win or learn from the loss for the next bid.
What you need to know here: GAO protest dockets, debrief patterns.
Every tool, the stage it serves, and how to use it.
Here is every tool on the platform, what stage it serves, and exactly how to use it.
Agency Profiles
DHA, VA, and HHS budgets, programs, vehicles, and live procurement signals, each with a source URL and a visible last-updated date. (DHA profile last updated 2026-07-09)
How to use it: Read the target agency's profile before you shape a pursuit.
Stage 1 to 2Org Charts
The named people who own programs and sign decisions, auto-monitored so a leadership-page change triggers an alert.
How to use it: Find the program owner and who they report to before an industry day.
Stage 1 to 3IDIQ and Vehicle Tracker
Vehicles with ceiling, period of performance, NAICS and PSC, set-aside, an incumbent-vulnerability score, and a forecast window with a confidence percentage.
How to use it: Check the vehicle's burn status and forecast window before committing capture hours.
Stage 1 to 2Signal Chain
A five-layer monitor that scores a topic 0 to 100 from live federal APIs and emails you when the composite crosses 75.
How to use it: Set a monitor on your target program and act when it crosses the threshold.
Stage 3 to 4Pursuit Score
Bid or no-bid support that scores a pursuit across four dimensions, including incumbent vulnerability, with a short analyst take.
How to use it: Run it at your Go/No-Go gate to pressure-test the decision.
Stage 5ProposalPulse
Evaluator-style scoring on a draft plus SOW or PWS: a scorecard, top risks, and prioritized fixes in about 90 seconds.
How to use it: Score before red team, not after. First assessment is free.
Any stageMarketPulse
Ask a market question and get a source-cited pursuit brief in 24 hours.
How to use it: Use it when you need the answer synthesized, not the raw firehose. First brief is free.
Any stageAsk MMT
Question and answer over MMT's source-cited corpus of articles, briefs, contracts, and vehicles.
How to use it: Ask what MMT has published on a program before you research from scratch.
ReferenceContract Tracker, Newswire, and Glossary
Live contract movement with vendor, value, and NAICS, context notes, and a glossary that ties each term to its pursuit implication.
How to use it: Keep them open as your reference layer while you work a pursuit.
By the time this shows up elsewhere, you have missed the window.
The DHA reorganized April 20, 2026, with full operating capability targeted July 19. I have the new acquisition leadership mapped and verified: the confirmed Component Acquisition Executive (Dr. Matthew G. Clark), the Deputy CAE, and the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Medical Digital Solutions (Mr. James Perkins), the seat that succeeds PEO DHMS. If you are chasing DHA health IT work, those are the people who will own your program. Most market tools will not have this org chart current for a month or more, and small businesses usually cannot build it at all. I already did. It is in the DHA profile you can open right now, last updated 2026-07-09.
The org chart is the expensive part.
Building an accurate, current agency org chart takes relationships and hours most small businesses do not have. MMT ships it maintained, with a source URL and a verified date on every name.
Deep access, shared.
I track leadership moves and reorgs as they happen and hand the map to readers, not a month late, and not behind a $30K seat.
When it changes, you will know.
Leadership pages are auto-monitored, so a change triggers an alert and the chart does not quietly go stale like the others.
That single org chart is worth more than the $199 for anyone who understands what a warm intro to the right PAE is worth. See the DHA org chart →
How the numbers stay current.
Live federal sources, auto-refreshed
MMT reads directly from official APIs: SAM.gov, USASpending, Congress.gov, the Federal Register, and GAO, plus health-specific sources most GovCon tools ignore, including PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, and ONC. The Loop System discovers and refreshes data on a schedule, and every value carries a source URL and a retrieved-at time.
By contrast, legacy tools refresh on analyst cycles, and reviewers report empty or stale records; the free .gov sites are the raw un-curated firehose.
Connect your own AI (Agent Access)
Premium members can connect the AI they already use, such as Claude, to their live MMT data through a read-only API and MCP server. Your assistant answers from your real pipeline, never guesses, and can read but never edit, delete, or spend.
How to use it: set it up at /premium/ai-integrations/; the machine-readable catalog lives at /api/v1. No other tool here ships a connect-your-own-agent, read-only path; GovTribe meters AI per credit and GovWin bolts on an assistant.
Honest, and sourced.
| What matters | Mission Meets Tech | Legacy market tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $199 a year; $0 to read the analysis; free tiers on the Pulse tools | GovWin about $12K to $14K per user a year, quote-only; GovSpend about $11.5K a year; Bloomberg Government about $7.5K to $14K |
| Freshness | Auto-refreshed from live APIs, with a source URL and timestamp on each value | Analyst-refresh cycles (GovWin, Bloomberg Government) or the raw un-curated .gov firehose |
| Leadership and org charts | Named, verified, source-cited, and auto-monitored; reorg leadership mapped within days | Often empty, stale, or a month behind on reorgs; small businesses cannot build their own |
| Focus | DHA, VA, HHS, and ONC health IT, with the why behind each buy | Broad federal and state generalists, thin on MHS and VA health IT context |
| AI | Native: ProposalPulse, Pursuit Score, Signal Chain, and Ask MMT, plus connect-your-own agent | AI bolted on, or metered as a per-credit add-on |
| Transparency | Public pricing; every claim carries a source link; no sponsors | Opaque, sales-led pricing and long reported time to value |
Pricing figures are third-party 2026 benchmarks; confirm current vendor pricing directly.
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