Market Intel and RFP Search for Government Contractors

NextStage empowers GovCon businesses and partners by identifying and prioritizing the federal opportunities that will help drive your growth in today’s competitive landscape. Features include:

One-Stop Search Hub – Discover RFPs and critical intel from SAM.gov, FPDS, GSA eBuy, GovWin, BPAs, IDIQs, and more—all in one centralized platform
Actionable Market Insights – Uncover buying patterns, contract vehicle activity, forecasts, and competitive intelligence to inform strategic decisions
Smart Pipeline Management – Save time with Shipley-ready pipeline tools that automatically update opportunities and minimize manual input
Accelerated Proposal Development – Get to Pink Team faster with our AI-powered Proposal Suite designed to streamline the entire proposal process

Schedule a demo and see how NextStage simplifies RFP identification and tracking, capture management, CRM, and proposal development—all on a unified platform built specifically for GovCon success.

*Integration with GovWin requires an active GovWin subscription

Turn insights into action with Market Intelligence
and Task Order Management

Comprehensive data sources

A single place to search all your opportunity sources so your team can spend fewer hours searching and monitoring RFPs.

AI-powered recommendations

Built in AI support so you can get even more insights into the opportunity without having to manually search.

Auto-synced updates

Instantly add RFP information to the CRM and get auto-synced updates any time the opportunity source is updated.

Trusted by hundreds of award-winning government contractors

Features and Functionality

Integrate siloed processes and opportunity sources to create a seamless business development workflow with the NextStage platform. Explore the features and functionality built to help your team streamline your RFP response process, search government contract opportunities, reduce manual data entry, and win more contracts.

Market Intelligence

Target the right opportunities with confidence

Search government contract opportunities from SAM.gov, FPDS, GSA eBuy, GovWin*, and more
Use AI Chat to get insights with pre-loaded documents from SAM.gov
Research contract vehicle trends and pre-RFP opportunities
Add opportunities to the pipeline with a single click
Get notified of new opportunities with Saved Searches

*Integration with GovWin requires an active GovWin subscription

Task Order Management

Stay organized and in control

Manage task orders originating from portals (GSA eBuy, CIO-SP3, and more)
Manage task orders originating over email (Seaport, OASIS, and more)

Reviews from people

See what our customers are saying

Pat Mercado

VP, Proposal Operations

Metronome

“It is so much easier to manage our pipeline and visualize our progress towards business goals with NextStage. The links to external sources of GovCon opportunity information saves a lot of time entering and updating critical fields.”

Pat Mercado

VP, Proposal Operations

Metronome

Dave Oathout

VP, Business Development

RSC2, Inc.

“NextStage is an efficiency and force multiplier for my BD analysts. The platform enables them to get to an 80% solution really quickly, where it used to take me a team of 15.”

Dave Oathout

VP, Business Development

RSC2, Inc.

“NextStage is an efficiency and force multiplier for my BD analysts. The platform enables them to get to an 80% solution really quickly, where it used to take me a team of 15.”

Karen Harris

VP, Business Development

Boston Government Services

“We found the NextStage platform intuitive and easy to use, with the added benefit of an excellent search feature that seamlessly ties into external systems such as GovWin, GSA eBuy, and SAM.gov.”

Karen Harris

VP, Business Development

Boston Government Services

Adam Byer

Chief Delivery Officer

iTech AG

“As a small business that relies on limited resource availability at times, we really needed a CRM that would automate and streamline opportunities and NextStage has exceeded our expectations.”

Adam Byer

Chief Delivery Officer

iTech AG

“As a small business that relies on limited resource availability at times, we really needed a CRM that would automate and streamline opportunities and NextStage has exceeded our expectations.”

Margot Blackard

Chief Strategy Officer

SRC Technologies

“NextStage is the most badass tracking system ever. It is game changing for small business defense contractors. I can communicate with my executive team with more accuracy, the reporting is so customizable, and we have financial accountability for our pipeline.”

Margot Blackard

Chief Strategy Officer

SRC Technologies

Brian Tessier

Business Development Manager

First Division Consulting

“This integration has significantly reduced the time and effort required to switch between multiple tools, allowing our team to focus more on strategy and execution.”

Brian Tessier

Business Development Manager

First Division Consulting

“This integration has significantly reduced the time and effort required to switch between multiple tools, allowing our team to focus more on strategy and execution.”