askTender Partners · United States
Tender work in United States. Signed by you.
Companies bidding on United States’s public tenders need registrations, attested documents and filings that only a licensed professional may do. As an askTender Partner, that work comes to you as priced job offers, done under your own name and registration.
For accountants, lawyers, notaries and licensed specialists licensed in United States · no joining fee · your fee is yours in full
How filing works in United States
You work on the portal under your own login. In United States, the client adds you as a named user on its account on SAM.gov and the agencies' portals: you prepare, upload and, on the client's written go-ahead, submit under your own login.
- A Partner gets the SAM.gov Data Entry role under their own Login.gov; offers go from your own account by default.
The client keeps its own login, the administrator role and every signature only it may give. You never use its credentials.
Who we work with in United States
Bid writers
Government-contracts proposal / capture consultant (no licence; APEX-style counselling…
Find and qualify opportunities on SAM.gov, PIEE, GSA eBuy and state portals; Create, update and renew the client's SAM.gov registration under the SAM 'Data Entry' role, using their own Login.gov account; Draft the technical, management, past-performance and…
Apply as this role ↗State boards of accountancy; AICPA Code of Professional Conduct (for members)
Certified Public Accountant (CPA), licensed by a state board of accountancy; AICPA member
Prepare or review financial statements, which GSA's Readiness Assessment (2 years) and responsibility determinations use; Prepare the size calculation for SBA standards (average receipts or employees, including affiliates); Assemble the financial documents…
Apply as this role ↗State bar / state supreme court of admission
Attorney admitted to a state bar (government-contracts / corporate counsel)
Draft the power of attorney or board resolution that lets an agent sign offers (FAR 4.102(e)) or state bids; Draft teaming agreements and joint-venture agreements (FAR 9.6), including SBA-compliant JV terms; Advise on size, affiliation and…
Apply as this role ↗State Secretary of State (commissioning authority)
Notary public commissioned by a US state (or a home-country notary for foreign firms)
Notarize the SAM.gov Entity Administrator Appointment Letter when an entity has no administrator; Notarize sworn bid affidavits (non-collusion, bidder's affidavit) where a state or local solicitation requires it; Witness officer signatures on corporate…
Apply as this role ↗State insurance departments; US Treasury
Surety bond producer (licensed insurance agent/broker) placing bonds with a…
Prequalify the contractor and arrange bid bonds (SF 24) and performance and payment bonds (SF 25 / SF 25A); Apply for an SBA Surety Bond Guarantee for small contractors that standard markets decline; Arrange annual bid bonds (SF 34) for frequent bidders
Apply as this role ↗Accreditation bodies
Accredited assessor: ISO 9001/AS9100 registrar; CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization…
Certify a quality management system when a solicitation imposes higher-level quality requirements (FAR 46.202-4); Run a CMMC Level 2 third-party assessment (currently not designated in new solicitations: Phase 2 suspended 13 July 2026); Validate a cloud…
Apply as this role ↗State insurance departments
Insurance broker (commercial lines: general liability, workers' compensation, auto,…
Place the minimum coverages the contract's insurance clause demands (FAR 28.307-2) and issue certificates of insurance naming the agency where asked
Apply as this role ↗DoD Office of Small Business Programs (APEX Accelerators program)
APEX Accelerator counselor (DoD-funded, formerly PTAC; free)
Free SAM.gov registration help, classes and proposal counselling; Referral point for clients who only need registration
Apply as this role ↗Work the Desk sends Partners
Each service, with the official cost and usual lead time where they’re published (— where none is). Your own fee is set per job, on top.
Government-contracts proposal / capture consultant (no licence; APEX-style counselling…
Company identity
Experience and past-performance evidence
Certified Public Accountant (CPA), licensed by a state board of accountancy; AICPA member
Tax registration
Accountant-attested financial certificates
Attorney admitted to a state bar (government-contracts / corporate counsel)
Company identity
Legal documents
Surety bond producer (licensed insurance agent/broker) placing bonds with a…
Bid security
Bid security
Bid security
Accredited assessor: ISO 9001/AS9100 registrar; CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organization…
Quality and management-system certifications
Security and cyber certifications
Insurance broker (commercial lines: general liability, workers' compensation, auto,…
Insurance
Rules we follow in United States
- Government-contracts proposal / capture consultant (no licence;…. Never the SAM Entity Administrator: since March 2023 GSA limits that role to the entity's employees, officers or board members, and SAM records the outsider's contract start and end dates. Never uses or holds the client's Login.gov, FAS ID or PIEE credentials. Contingent (success) fees on federal awards are against public policy unless the consultant is a 'bona fide agency' (FAR 3.4; clause 52.203-5 above the…
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA), licensed by a state board of…. A CPA who audits or reviews the client (attest client) must not sign representations or certifications 'as a client's authorized representative', hold Authorized-Negotiator signing authority, or take management responsibilities. Doing so impairs independence under AICPA ET 1.295. For attest clients they prepare data only, and the client designates a competent officer who owns the decision. Interpreting statutes or…
- Attorney admitted to a state bar (government-contracts / corporate…. Lawyers may not share legal fees with non-lawyers (ABA Model Rule 5.4(a) and state equivalents), so askTender cannot take a cut of a lawyer's fee; the client pays the lawyer directly and askTender charges its own separate subscription. Conflict rules bar representing competing bidders on the same solicitation without informed consent. Only lawyers should draft legal instruments or interpret contract terms for a…
- Notary public commissioned by a US state (or a home-country notary…. A notary only verifies the identity and signature of the person who personally appears. The signer must be the client's officer, not the partner. A notary gives no legal advice.
- Surety bond producer (licensed insurance agent/broker) placing bonds…. Federal bonds must come from a surety on Treasury Circular 570 within its underwriting limit (FAR 28.202). The bond is issued in the contractor's name, and the client signs as principal and gives indemnity. Producer commissions are regulated insurance compensation, so askTender should not take a share unless it is itself licensed.
- Accredited assessor: ISO 9001/AS9100 registrar; CMMC Third-Party…. Assessor independence rules bar the same firm from both implementing (consulting) and assessing the same client. The client's senior official signs CMMC/SPRS affirmations.
- Insurance broker (commercial lines: general liability, workers'…. Licensed per state. The policy is in the client's name. askTender must not share in commissions unless licensed.
- APEX Accelerator counselor (DoD-funded, formerly PTAC; free). Counselors advise; they do not act as the company's agent. Their free service is the benchmark that makes paid 'registration-only' offers look like scams. Whether APEX counselors may hold SAM Data Entry roles was not verified.
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