Opportunities

Pulls fresh opportunities right now from every source below, AI-scores the new ones (0–100 on funding · geography · service · timeline · size), and adds them to Scouted. Also runs automatically every 4 hours.

• BidOcean — Subscriber portal — telecom/fiber bid solicitations (RFP-stage)
• ChatGPT search (OpenAI) — City-targeted search of the largest metros in WA/ID/MT/WY/FL/OR, rotating angle each run
• Web search — 8 telecom-specific themes — Telecom franchise agreements · BEAD/broadband grants (2026/27) · fiber construction RFPs · ISP fiber expansions · competitor & contractor builds · municipal & co-op broadband · make-ready/ROW · telecom project news — each run across WA, ID, MT, WY, FL, OR (exact queries shown live while fetching)
• City permit APIs — ArcGIS ROW / underground / telecom permits (Spokane live; more cities added over time)
• Council / agenda PDFs — Meeting agendas & minutes parsed for telecom items
• Researched pipeline — Curated known WA / Inland-NW opportunities
• State and county procurement portals — Formal RFP, RFQ and IFB postings from state and county purchasing sites
• BidNet — Public-sector bid aggregator for municipal, county and utility solicitations
• Periscope / DemandStar — Government bid networks carrying city, county and special-district solicitations
• SAM.gov — Federal contract opportunities, sources-sought notices and awards
• Utility supplier portals — Electric co-op and utility vendor portals posting construction and make-ready work
• Carrier vendor portals — Carriers' own supplier portals for outside-plant and fiber construction bids