GovWin

What GovWin does

GovWin, operated as a product subsidiary of Deltek, Inc. and headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, is a subscription-based government contracting intelligence platform that serves U.S. federal, state/local/education (SLED), and Canadian government contractors. The platform, branded as GovWin IQ, combines a searchable opportunity database (IntelliSearch), primary-research market analysis (Federal, SLED, and Canadian Market Analysis modules), a Document Library containing labor rate analyses and contract/task order records, the daily GovWin Recon newsletter, and a Small Business Resource Center. GovWin operates the largest dedicated team of government contracting analysts in the industry, providing forecasts, agency research, and capture support that customers credit with helping them win more than $200 billion in government business across 6,000+ clients.

The product is distributed through a sales-led go-to-market motion with direct sales (US: 800.456.2009), inside sales/customer success support (571-521-7062), a self-serve web platform, free trials, and SAML 2.0 SSO integrations with Azure AD, Okta, JumpCloud, OneLogin, and Ping Identity. Revenue is generated primarily through annual subscriptions to GovWin IQ modules, supplemented by individual document sales (Labor Rate Analyses priced $85–$750) and add-on training via GovCon University. GovWin's 11–50 person product unit sits within Deltek's broader government contracting portfolio, which also includes Costpoint ERP, ProPricer proposal pricing software, and Replicon time tracking. Adjacent offerings include the newly launched Deltek Dela for Government Contractors AI module and webinars covering emerging categories such as federal AI spending.

Founded in 2007 and brought into Deltek via the 2010 acquisition of INPUT, GovWin is a privately held, operating business unit without standalone revenue disclosure. Its customer base spans large primes and systems integrators (AWS, Battelle, Fluor), mid-market contractors (C&S Companies, Henry Adams, MBP), and small business contractors (YKM Tech Services), with primary segmentation by procurement geography (U.S. Federal, SLED, Canadian) and secondarily by small business status.

Name

GovWin

Legal name

Deltek, Inc.

Website

https://iq.govwin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GovWin IQ, a Deltek subsidiary, is a subscription-based government contracting intelligence platform serving 6,000+ U.S. federal, SLED, and Canadian government contractors with opportunity databases, primary-research market analysis, labor rate tools, and supporting training and analyst services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Herndon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Services: GovWin operates primarily on a subscription model where companies pay for access to the GovWin IQ platform, market analysis reports, and intelligence tools. Subscriptions provide access to opportunities, agency research, teaming partner identification, and market forecasts.
2. Document Sales: Individual documents including Labor Rate Analyses and Comparative Rate Analysis reports are sold separately at various price points ranging from $85 to $750 per document. These documents provide detailed pricing intelligence for specific government contracts and programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GovWin IQ is a subscription-based government contracting intelligence platform that provides U.S. Federal, SLED, and Canadian contractors with opportunity discovery, agency and budget research, market analysis, teaming partner identification, and labor rate analysis documents. The platform combines proprietary IntelliSearch technology with a large in-house analyst team to deliver forecasts, market briefs, and tracked opportunities that help contractors find, bid for, and win government contracts. Additionally, the company sells individual Labor Rate Analysis and Comparative Rate Analysis documents on a per-unit basis.

Product overview

GovWin IQ is a unified government contracting intelligence platform from Deltek that provides comprehensive market analysis and opportunity discovery across U.S. Federal, U.S. State/Local/Education (SLED), and Canadian government markets. The platform consists of the core GovWin IQ application integrated with specialized modules including Federal Market Analysis (offering IT forecasts and budget analysis), SLED Market Analysis (covering state, local, and education sectors), Canadian Market Analysis, a Small Business Resource Center (with SBIR tracking and teaming resources), a Document Library with labor rate analyses, and daily GovWin Recon newsletters. Training is available through GovCon University and on-demand courses. The platform supports over 6,000 clients who have collectively won more than $200 billion in government contracting opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GovWin Recon: Daily newsletter highlighting federal government contracting news and analysis.
• GovWin IQ

Products and services

• GovWin IQ Market-leading subscription-based government contracting intelligence platform providing comprehensive coverage of U.S. Federal, SLED, and Canadian government contracting markets, enabling contractors to find, bid, and win government business through opportunity discovery, agency research, teaming partner identification, and market forecasts. Built on proprietary IntelliSearch technology and sold via annual subscriptions with a free trial available.
• Federal Market Analysis Comprehensive market analysis subscription covering U.S. federal government contracting, including Annual IT Market Forecast, Market Reports, On-Site Briefings, and Federal IT Budget/Forecast Finders for federal contractors and agencies.
• SLED Market Analysis Market analysis subscription for State, Local, and Education (SLED) government contracting, featuring industry insight reports on major market drivers, market briefs on core opportunity areas, and profiles of top SLED opportunities for government contractors.
• Canadian Market Analysis Research and analysis subscription covering Canadian federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal government procurement, including Crown Corporations and MASH sector entities, with market outlooks, contracting trends, and industry-specific opportunities.
• Small Business Resource Center Resource center for small business government contractors (including SDVOSB, HUBZone, and 8(a)) providing spending data, set-aside opportunities, SBIR tracking, teaming partner identification, agency research, and training resources to compete for small business federal contracts.
• Document Library / Labor Rate Analysis Searchable database of contracts, task orders, and Comparative Labor Rate Analysis documents providing detailed pricing intelligence for specific government contracts and programs. Individual documents are sold at various price points ranging from $85 to $750 per document.
• GovWin Recon Daily newsletter aggregating headlines from third-party government contracting industry publications, covering key market developments in government technology, policy, budget, and vendor activities for government contracting professionals.
• GovCon University Training and education program for government contractors covering federal contracting, state/local contracting, small business contracting, and Canadian government contracting topics.
• Deltek Dela for Government Contractors AI-powered capability leveraging Deltek's AI platform for government contracting intelligence, designed to provide speed, clarity, and control for government contractors using GovWin.

Quantifiable outcome

• Customers have won more than $200 billion in government contracting using GovWin intelligence
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft Azure serves as the SSO provider platform for GovWin IQ authentication. Companies can access GovWin through Azure AD SAML 2.0 integration, enabling enterprise customers to use their corporate Azure credentials for single sign-on access to GovWin.
• JumpCloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationJumpCloud provides directory platform services supporting SAML 2.0 SSO authentication for GovWin IQ, allowing organizations using JumpCloud for identity management to integrate GovWin access.
• OktacoreTechnology or IntegrationOkta identity management platform supports SAML 2.0 SSO integration with GovWin IQ, enabling Okta customers to use their existing Okta credentials for GovWin access.
• OneLogincoreTechnology or IntegrationOneLogin provides SAML 2.0-based identity and access management integration with GovWin IQ, supporting enterprise single sign-on deployments.
• Ping IdentitycoreTechnology or IntegrationPing Identity (Ping) supports SAML 2.0 SSO authentication for GovWin IQ, enabling organizations using Ping Identity for enterprise identity management to integrate GovWin access.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bloomberg Government: Bloomberg Government (BGov) is a subscription-based intelligence platform providing federal policy, budget, and contracting intelligence to government affairs and contractor professionals — directly competing with GovWin for the same federal contract-research buyer.
• FiscalNote: FiscalNote is a policy intelligence and government affairs SaaS platform covering legislation, regulations, and procurement — overlapping with GovWin's policy, budget, and federal-contracting intelligence offerings for shared enterprise customers.
• G2Xchange: G2Xchange is a subscription service aggregating federal contract opportunity, award, and incumbent intelligence across civilian and defense agencies — directly competing with GovWin in the federal opportunity-discovery niche.
• HigherGov: HigherGov is a federal and state/local government contracting intelligence platform covering opportunities, awards, and labor rates — competing head-to-head with GovWin for government contractors across both federal and SLED markets.
• Onvia: Onvia (now part of Deltek) is a government contracting intelligence platform specializing in state, local, and education (SLED) procurement — overlapping substantially with GovWin's SLED module post-acquisition, illustrating intra-portfolio consolidation in the space.
• Market Connections: Market Connections is a government market research and intelligence provider serving federal contractors — comparable to GovWin's Federal Market Analysis offering with primary-research-driven market sizing.

Emerging players

• Politico Pro: Politico Pro provides policy and regulatory intelligence that complements GovWin's federal coverage; less focused on contract-level opportunity discovery but competing for the same government-affairs and contractor policy-intelligence budgets.

Broad incumbents

• LexisNexis Government Solutions: LexisNexis provides public records and government-data analytics across a wide portfolio — broader and less specialized than GovWin, but increasingly overlapping in government-contractor due diligence and compliance use cases.

Others

• USAspending.gov: USAspending.gov is the official U.S. government source for federal spending data; not a paid competitor, but its continuing improvements in usability and structure partially commoditize the raw data layer beneath GovWin's value proposition.
• SAM.gov: SAM.gov is the official U.S. government contractor and opportunity database; not a commercial competitor, but as a free source of opportunity listings and award data it sets the floor on what GovWin's intelligence layer must add beyond raw access.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/DeltekInc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/deltek
• Facebookfacebook.com/deltekinc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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