🫦 SoliciDate
Where Capability Meets Compatibility
Winning federal contracts was never supposed to be sexy. But here we are.

What Is SoliciDate?SoliciDate is the only matchmaking platform designed for small businesses and lonely contracting officers.We help you:
✅ Get registered, verified, and ready to win
✅ Swipe right on real set-aside opportunities
✅ Avoid red flags (like unsolicited capability attachments)
✅ Build relationships—not just responsesSoliciDate is 100% fake. The advice is not.
How It Works1️⃣ Build your profile: SAM.gov, NAICS, UEI
2️⃣ Upload a flattering capability statement (no attachments in the first message, please)
3️⃣ Set your filters: set-asides, NAICS, size standard
4️⃣ Swipe through federal opportunities
5️⃣ Submit your proposal (on time, with formatting)
6️⃣ Ghosting is possible. Growth is optional. Compliance is forever.
💼 VA Set-Aside
🎯 Looking for: SDVOSB with facility support capacity
📍 Location: Remote-ish
📝 “Bonus points if you actually read Section L.”
📄 GSA BPA – Not Looking for Anything Serious
🎯 Seeking: Schedule holders with past performance and trust issues
📍 Location: Everywhere
🚫 “No capability statements in the first message, please.”
💼 DoD MICC – Emotionally Unavailable but Needs Everything Yesterday
🎯 Seeking: Fully staffed small business that can deploy within 72 hours but still qualifies for a set-aside
📍 Location: Forward Operating Base (Classified)
💬 “Looking for something long-term. Also short-term. Also maybe just market research.”
🚩 “Bonus points if your proposal includes a COMSEC plan, a goat, and a typo in Section B.”
🛠️ Army Corps of Engineers – Likes It Rough, Demands Precise Specs
🎯 Seeking: A contractor who understands drainage, fencing, and emotional suppression
📍 Location: Wherever the mud is deepest
🪖 “You will get yelled at. If you like that, we might just work.”
📏 “Must submit shop drawings, environmental plan, and your soul. In triplicate.”
📄 Dept. of Labor – Seeking High Standards, Pays Net-90
🎯 Looking for: Someone with real past performance and the patience of a saint
📍 Location: Anywhere but always at least 2 hours behind on emails
💬 “Must love compliance. And submitting invoices multiple times.”
🕊️ “Ghosted our last vendor. We weren't ready. But we are now. Probably.”
📑 NOAA – Into Climate Data and Passive-Aggressive Modifications
🎯 Seeking: A small business who gets our mission and doesn’t mind being underwater (literally or financially)
📍 Location: Coastal-ish
⚠️ “Must include five signed originals of Attachment J. No typos. No mercy.”
🌊 “Will drown you in amendments. But at least we’ll say ‘please.’”
📦 USPS – Likes Routine, Hates Surprises, Probably Lost Your Proposal
🎯 Seeking: Predictable, reliable, barcode-savvy contractor with emotional range of a shipping label
📍 Location: In transit
✉️ “We’re open to poly…procurement.”
📮 “Don’t ask about the last vendor. Or the one before that. Or the one before that.”
Why You're Getting Left on Read❌ “We do everything!” = No boundaries. 🚩
❌ “We’re certified!” = Okay… but what do you actually do?
❌ Spamming capability statements = Unsolicited attachment energy
❌ Circling back (again) = You’re not being ghosted, they’re just not into your bid
❌ Submitting late = You missed the window and the point
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