Last updated 6 August 2026
The short version: SubSignal republishes public federal award records and points out which primes carry a small-business subcontracting plan. It is information, not a promise of work, and it has no connection to the government.
Federal contracts above certain thresholds require the prime contractor to adopt a plan for subcontracting part of the work to small businesses. Each award record carries the contracting officer's own determination of that. SubSignal reads the government's published award data, surfaces the awards that carry such a plan, and matches them to the NAICS codes and regions you care about.
An award carrying a subcontracting plan is an opportunity, not an entitlement. A subcontracting plan sets goals; it does not obligate any prime to hire you, to respond to you, or to subcontract in your NAICS code at all. Many will already have incumbent partners. We make no representation that contacting anyone will lead to work.
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