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SAM.gov has the work. Finding it is the problem.

Thousands of notices a week, filed under codes nobody explains, with the real detail locked inside PDFs. Most contractors never look. Solicity does the digging.

FILE 01

Tuned to your trade

Pick your trade and we set the right industry and buying codes behind your search, traps included. The federal security code excludes locksmiths outright. Miss that and you miss half your work.

FILE 02

It reads the documents

Not a link dump. Solicity opens the PDFs, Word files and spreadsheets and pulls the site, the scope, the itemized breakdown, brand requirements, and exactly how to submit. Live today for Security and locksmith work, with more trades on the way.

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Ship it or drive to it

Every bid is tagged supply or on-site. Hardware you can ship comes from all fifty states. Work that needs a truck stays in the states you serve.

Real contracts

Small businesses won these this year.

Every one started as a bid on SAM.gov. Solicity finds bids like these for your trade every morning.

$3,225,000

Repair an HVAC system

Dept. of Agriculture · Florida

$3,494,676

Janitorial services at a VA hospital

Veterans Affairs · Illinois

$3,881,837

Fire alarm system upgrade

Veterans Affairs · South Dakota

Source: USAspending.gov, 2026 federal awards to small businesses.

A real solicitation

This is what one bid looks like

A real Air Force solicitation, exactly as Solicity hands it to you. No PDF to open.

FA282326R0028

Your board / Security & locksmith / Florida / closes in 7 days

Lenel Access Control Maintenance

Dept. of the Air Force · Firm fixed price · 1 base year + 2 option years

DueEmail by Jul 27, 11:00 AM CST WhereDuke Field, Eglin AFB, Florida Set-asideNone stated
Not in the package. You have to ask for this

The list of doors and devices covered. The package never says how many. Email the contracting office before questions close, Jul 22 at 11:00 AM CST.

Scope of work, step by step

  1. Answer every service call within 4 hours. On site within 24 hours for emergencies, 5 business days for the rest SOW 5.2.1
  2. Preventive maintenance every 6 months on readers, door contacts, locks, controllers, power supplies, batteries and wiring SOW 5.2.9
  3. A written report within 5 business days of each inspection SOW 5.2.9
  4. Repair or replace failed parts. Anything over $5,000 needs written approval first SOW 5.2.11
  5. Software support and manufacturer-approved updates for the whole contract SOW 1.4
  6. A yearly system health report: worn-out parts, repeat failures, upgrades to plan SOW 5.2.13

Item list

QtyItemWhere
3 EACard readers, kept on hand as sparesSOW 5.2.10
3 EADoor contacts, kept on handSOW 5.2.10
3 EALocking mechanisms, kept on handSOW 5.2.10
3 EASystem controllers, kept on handSOW 5.2.10

All must work with the Honeywell S2 NetBox system. Cameras are not part of this contract.

Who to contact

  • Contracting office, questions and quotes. Name, email and phone on your board.
  • The unit's point of contact at the 7th Special Forces Group. Name and email on your board.
Worth asking about

The title says Lenel, but the statement of work names a Honeywell S2 NetBox system throughout. And the form says quotes are due Jul 22, five days before the date in the notice. Get both answered before you price it.

Every detail above came from the attachments. None of it is in the SAM.gov listing.

Why Solicity

Finding bids is easy. Reading them is the work.

Most tools stop at the alert, or hand you a summary written for proposal writers. Solicity tells you what the job really is: the steps, the parts, and who to ask.

SAM.gov on your own
A typical bid-alert service
Solicity
Finds the bids for your trade
You learn the codes
Keyword alerts
Pre-tuned codes, traps included
Reads the bid documents
You do
You do, or a general AI summary
Read into a job worksheet
Scope step by step and the item list
✗
✗
✓
Says what's missing and who to ask
✗
Rarely
✓
Flags bids your business can't bid
You check
Sometimes
✓
Built by
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Software companies
A security & low-voltage contractor
Cost
Free, but it costs your evenings
From $50 a month to thousands a year
$39 a month
Contract
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Often yearly, renews on its own
Month to month, cancel in one click
Getting started
Learn the site yourself
Often a demo call with a sales rep
Sign up yourself in 3 minutes
Who it's for

Do the work, sub it out, or ship it.

Federal jobs pay the same whether your crew does the work or you hire one. Solicity works for all three.

You do the work

Tradesmen

Locksmiths, electricians, HVAC, plumbers, roofers, cleaning crews and more.

  • Jobs in your trade and the states you cover
  • The scope step by step before you drive out
  • Who to call and what to ask for
You run the job

Sub it out

Win the contract, hire a local crew to do the work, and manage it.

  • Jobs in any trade, anywhere in the country
  • The scope and parts list to send your sub for a quote
  • Find a sub on any bid: companies with federal wins in that trade, plus local shops near the job
  • The set-aside on every bid, so you know the rules
You ship the product

Supply & resale

Padlocks, filters, parts and hardware the government buys by the box.

  • Supply bids from all fifty states
  • The item list with quantities and specs
  • Brand and "or equal" rules spelled out

Good to know before you sub out a job: on bids set aside for small businesses, the winner has to do part of the work with its own people (for services, at least half the cost). Bids open to everyone don't have that rule. Solicity shows the set-aside on every bid.

Three steps, then it runs itself

01

Tell us your trade

Pick your trade and the states you cover. We handle the codes. You can still look anywhere, any time, for work you would sub out or ship.

02

We scan every morning

Solicity checks SAM.gov every morning and puts the matches on your board. It runs on our servers, so your computer can be off.

03

Open your board

Sorted by deadline, on your phone or your desktop. Star the ones you want and track them from interested to submitted.

Built for the trades

Each one comes pre-tuned: the right codes, the words buyers actually use, the noise filtered out.

Security & locksmithElectricalFire protection HVAC & mechanicalPlumbingRoofingPainting & coatings JanitorialGrounds & landscapingFencing & gates Paving & civilElevatorIT & structured cabling General constructionand 14 more

See what's open right now for each trade, state by state →

From the ownerDolphins Lock and Security, a working locksmith and low-voltage contractor

Built by a lock shop, not a software company

I run a low-voltage and locksmith business. Federal work is some of the best money in this trade: real budgets, real paperwork, contracts that don't fall through because someone changed their mind. But finding it meant sitting down with SAM.gov and digging through thousands of notices a week, buried under industry codes and product codes that don't explain themselves, most of it not even for my trade. I did that for years, on top of running the business, and I still missed things.

I built Solicity because I was tired of losing evenings to that search and still missing work in my own back yard.

The first week it ran, it surfaced 76 opportunities for my shop. A locksmith set-aside at a wildlife refuge in Florida, the small, local kind of job that never would have crossed my desk. An 11,000-unit padlock supply contract, enough to keep a shop busy for a season. A Lenel access-control maintenance contract at Eglin Air Force Base. Federal work, sitting there the whole time, that I had simply never seen.

The industry code most locksmiths search under, NAICS 561621, technically excludes locksmiths.

Not buried in fine print. Written into the code's own definition. I'd been searching under the wrong number for years, and so has almost every locksmith or low-voltage contractor who's ever typed that code into SAM.gov. It's not a rare mistake. It's the default one.

Every trade has a trap like that: a code, a keyword, an exclusion nobody tells you about until it's cost you work. Solicity knows them so you don't have to find out the hard way, like I did.

Questions

Before you sign up

How is this different from SAM.gov's own alerts?

SAM.gov emails you whatever matches the codes and words you type in, so you have to know the right ones. Many trades are filed under codes that don't name them (the main security code excludes locksmiths), and plain keywords pull in junk. Solicity comes pre-tuned for your trade, filters the noise, marks each bid supply or on-site, flags the set-asides you can't bid, and helps you find a sub.

Do I need to know NAICS codes?

No. Pick your trade and the states you work. Solicity handles the codes behind the scenes.

I'm not registered on SAM.gov yet. Can I still use it?

Yes. Your board works from day one, so you can see what's out there first. To win a bid you'll need a free SAM.gov registration, and our free guide walks you through it step by step. Never pay anyone to register you.

What is "Find a sub"?

On any bid, one click shows two lists: small businesses that have won federal work in that trade and state, from public contract records, and local shops near the job site with their Google ratings and phone numbers. Handy when you'd rather sub the work out or need extra hands.

Is Solicity part of the government?

No. Solicity is an independent tool that reads the public notices on SAM.gov. It never submits bids for you, and you should always check the official notice before you bid.

Is anything locked behind a bigger plan?

No. There's one plan and it includes everything. No tiers, no add-ons, no sales calls.

How does the free trial work?

The first 14 days are free. A card is required to start, and we email you 3 days before the first charge on day 15. Cancel in one click before then and you're never billed.

Pricing

Simple pricing

One plan with everything: your board of bids every morning, and Solicity reading the documents for you. Nothing locked, no upsells. $39 a month or $390 a year. The first 14 days are free, and you can cancel any time.

Your board

Included
  • Every bid for your trade, each morning
  • Filters by state, deadline and job type
  • "Can I even bid this?" set-aside flags
  • A daily email of what's new
  • Star and track bids across your devices
  • Every bid's documents, one click away
  • Find a sub on any bid, federal and local

One small federal job pays for years of Solicity. A month costs less than a tank of gas. Full details

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