8 top competitive intelligence tools for: government spend

These are some of the tools we use in competitor research for our customers - to analyze competitors, understand what they are doing and what they plan to do next.

  1. FedSpending - analysis of top US government contracts.

  2. FPDS - search for government contracts awarded to your competitors.

  3. GovWin - subscription database for detailed information about government contracts.

  4. GSA Advantage - a good guide to how companies price their products for government contracts (which may be extrapolated, under caveat, to their commercial business).

  5. Subsidy Tracker - monitor subsidies being given out by government to companies.

  6. UK Freedom of Information - within limits, UK FOI requests can reveal details of your competitors’ contracts with government agencies (which may be extrapolated, under caveat, to their commercial business).

  7. US Freedom of Information - submit FOI requests for US activities here; the chances of finding useful competitor information this way are limited.

  8. USA Spending - comprehensive database of US government contracts.

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