Federal building work for a general contractor runs through SAM.gov, governed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The set asides, the bonding, the wage decision, and the qualifications that decide eligibility are all written into the solicitation, and they are what an agent has to read.
What federal building work on SAM.gov involves
Federal construction posts on SAM.gov under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with Miller Act performance and payment bonds, federal prevailing wage, and small business programs including the eight a, HUBZone, service disabled veteran owned, and women owned set asides. Agencies use sealed bid and best value source selection and design build. Eligibility turns on registration in SAM, the set aside designation, and meeting the bonding and qualifications.
Why federal opportunities are easy to misread
A SAM.gov listing carries a set aside designation, a bonding requirement, and qualifications that decide whether a contractor can bid at all, and those sit in the solicitation provisions. A contractor that scans titles can miss a set aside it qualifies for, or pursue work whose bonding it cannot meet. The terms that decide the pursuit are in the documents.
How an AI bid agent monitors SAM.gov
An AI bid agent monitors SAM.gov for federal building work, identifies the set aside, the bonding, the wage decision, and the qualifications, and scores each project against the contractor's registration and capacity in one ranked digest. The contractor sees the federal pipeline and its eligibility terms before it commits.
You can see the scoring and set aside detail in our AI bid agent demo for general contractors. The agent pulls federal building work from SAM.gov and surfaces the set aside and bonding so the right projects are pursued.