Acquisition Plugins

Acquisition

Federal contracting, SAM.gov, and procurement tools to help you with the acquisition process

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. List of Acquisition Plugins & Agents
3. SBIR Proposal Assessment
4. Write RFP Response

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Overview

Federal Contracting Tools

The Acquisition plugins are designed to help you assess proposals and write RFP responses. These tools provide access to federal contracting data and proposal assessment capabilities to enhance your workflow.

Pro Tip: Our In-A-Box platform is a step-above these plugins and we recommend checking it out for more advanced capabilities.

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List of Acquisition Plugins & Agents

Available Plugins

Free Available to all users

Paid Requires paid subscription

SAM.gov Search Free

Gather data from SAM.gov for federal contracting opportunities

SBIR Proposal Assessment Paid

Assess your proposal to get feedback about its readiness for SBIR submission

USA-Spending Award Details by ID Free

Fetch award details from the USAspending API by award ID

USA-Spending Find and Compare Similar Awards Free

Compare similar awards and generate explanations of price differences

USA-Spending Similar Awards Free

Find awards similar to a given contract using the USA-Spending API

Write RFP Response Paid

Generate comprehensive RFP responses using GPT-4-32K model

Documentation Note: This guide focuses on the Paid plugins, which provide advanced capabilities for proposal assessment and RFP response generation.

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SBIR Proposal Assessment

SBIR Proposal Assessment Plugin

The SBIR Proposal Assessment plugin is designed to help you assess your proposal to get feedback about its readiness for SBIR submission. The plugin is already pre-configured with prompts that provide comprehensive feedback on your proposal.

Caution: Do not change the context in the Prompt Window unless you know what you are doing.

1

Open the Plugin

Navigate to the Ask Sage Plugins tool and select the Acquisition category. Then select the SBIR Proposal Assessment plugin.

2

Upload Your Proposal

Upload your proposal document and select Submit.

3

Review Generated Prompts

The Prompt Window will be populated with assessment prompts. Submit the prompts to get comprehensive feedback on your proposal.

4

Review Feedback

Review the feedback provided by the plugin and make the necessary changes to improve your proposal.

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Write RFP Response

Write RFP Response Plugin

The Write RFP Response plugin is designed to help you create comprehensive initial RFP responses using the powerful GPT-4-32K model.

1

Open the Plugin

Navigate to the Ask Sage Plugins tool and select the Acquisition category. Then select the Write RFP Response plugin.

2

Fill Out Required Information

Complete the following fields in the plugin interface:

Tip: Reference the prefilled information and adjust to your specific use case.

Company Information

Explain who you are and what you do.

RFP Content

Copy and paste the RFP content.

Company Context

Provide key context about your company.

Action Items

What you want Sage to do (e.g., follow requirements, answer questions).

Summarization Prompt (Optional)

Enter the prompt to be used by the bot to summarize the RFP (only used if more than 16K tokens).

Note: The UI mentions that you can train Sage to understand your company better - but this is not available in the current version of the plugin. We recommend checking out our In-A-Box platform for more advanced capabilities such as this feature.

3

Submit

Click Submit to process your information.

4

Review Generated Prompts

The Prompt Window will be populated with prompts designed to help you write an initial RFP response.

5

Confirm Model Usage

Ask Sage will inform you that the GPT-4-32K model will be used, which is expensive but brings tremendous value.

Proceed with GPT-4-32K?

/yes

Proceed with the GPT-4-32K model

/no

Stop the process

6

Review and Export

Review the generated RFP response and copy it to your document template.

Advanced Option: Once again, our In-A-Box platform is a step-above these plugins and we recommend you check it out for more advanced capabilities.