Free contract bid search tools and custom email alerts attract serious users toGovContractsMagazine.com
SAN BRUNO, CA, JUNE 10, 2008 — Technical Communities, leading service provider for technical organizations that sell to U.S. government agencies, military organizations, and prime federal contractors, announced that adoption of their GovContracts website (govcontractsmagazine.com) has exceeded expectations, noting that more than 550 users have already registered for free government bid and award information.
“Technical Communities is dedicated to finding more efficient ways to help companies sale to the federal government and we are very pleased with the success of this new endeavor,” said Peter Ostrow, president and chief executive officer of Technical Communities, Inc. “This quick user adoption of GovContracts puts our free offering on par with existing paid services”.
In contrast to existing standard paid-subscription websites, GovContracts offers free search tools to find and filter thousands of government contract opportunities. Free features also include accounts to save complex search queries, distribute hot leads, receive custom email alerts and RSS feeds of pre-solicitation, solicitation and award information.
More than 16,000 government focused visitors have used GovContracts to make nearly 6,000 free custom searches for government bids and awards. Page views are far above average industry at 4.41 pages per visit. The site’s ongoing value and “stickiness” is proved by the 20% of current traffic that is already returning visitors. Users are very enthusiastic:
“Great job. I really like the site. Thanks for the service,” President of a Connecticut corporation that contracts to the U.S. Army, Air Force, and Navy
“This is a great idea! I can’t tell you how scattered award information is…I would use this site daily!” Executive at a leading federal government professional services systems integrator
“I’ll definitely pass your site to my business development group,” CEO of a woman-owned provider of IT products and solutions
GovContracts is supported by advertising from companies that are interested in reaching both buyers and sellers in the government contracts industry.