Create a teaming interest
Post a teaming interest on a federal contract opportunity, set whether you are looking for primes or subs, and let GovTribe generate your anonymous public profile.
Open the federal contract opportunity you want to team on, click the Teaming tab, and click Post your interest.
Teaming is available to GovTribe accounts where the feature has been enabled. See Choose the right GovTribe plan for plan details.
How teaming works
Teaming pairs two vendors who want to work together on the same federal contract opportunity. You post a teaming interest on each opportunity you care about, then send and receive anonymous teaming requests with other vendors who have the opposite intent.
- A Prime teaming interest says you intend to lead the bid and want subcontractors.
- A Sub teaming interest says you intend to provide capabilities under a prime.
- Either side can send a teaming request to the other. The recipient sees the requester's anonymous profile, then accepts or declines.
- A conversation opens the moment the request is sent, so both vendors can message each other right away — anonymously, using public profile names.
- When the recipient accepts, both vendors see each other's company name and logo. Messaging continues in the same conversation with the revealed identities.
Post your interest from the opportunity
Open a Federal contract opportunity you are evaluating and click the Teaming tab. The tab shows how many vendors have already posted teaming interest on this opportunity. Click Post your interest to start.
The workflow is a guided multi-step form. Each step focuses on one decision or set of intake questions so you can move through it at your own pace.
Set your intent. Choose Prime if you intend to lead the bid. Choose Sub if you intend to provide capabilities under a prime. GovTribe matches you with vendors on the opposite side.
Choose the vendor profile you want to represent. Search for your company's vendor profile and select it. Your vendor is not revealed to other vendors until a teaming request is accepted.
Answer the intake questions. The questions depend on your intent. Primes answer a short set of required questions about their capture stage and subcontractor needs. Subs answer two required questions about their role and relevant experience, plus a few optional questions about socioeconomic status, clearances and location, partner preferences, and staffing capacity.
Save your teaming interest. GovTribe sets the status to Open and makes the interest visible on the opportunity's Teaming tab.
As you fill out an intake question, GovTribe automatically suggests AI feedback on your draft when you move out of the answer field. The suggestions help you sharpen your response without changing what you actually save.
What happens after you post
- Your teaming interest appears on the opportunity's Teaming tab and on the Teaming page in your Your Interests rail under OPEN.
- GovTribe immediately shows a generic public label — Looking for subcontractors or Looking for prime contractors — while it generates an AI-assisted name and summary in the background. You'll get a notification when your interest is live with its descriptive profile.
- Other vendors with the opposite intent on the same opportunity can now send you teaming requests. New requests appear in the Conversations panel on your interest's detail page and as Teaming notifications.
- You can edit your interest later. Open it from the Your Interests rail, click Manage, then click Edit on the Your Public Profile card. Updating your intake answers regenerates the AI-assisted profile.
Teaming interest statuses
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
| Open | Your teaming interest is visible to compatible vendors and can receive teaming requests. |
| Matched | You have at least one accepted partnership on this interest. |
| Hidden | Your teaming interest is paused. Other vendors cannot find it and you stop receiving new requests, but your existing matches and conversations are unaffected. |
| Withdrawn | You have ended the teaming interest. It is removed from the opportunity's Teaming tab. |
You change the status from Manage on the interest's detail page. The available actions depend on the current state and your intent — see Respond to teaming requests for how matching, locking in a team, and disbanding work in practice.
Common questions
Can I post a teaming interest for a federal grant opportunity?
The Teaming tab is available on federal contract opportunities only.
Can I edit my teaming interest after I post it?
Yes. Open the interest from the Your Interests rail, click Manage, then click Edit on the Your Public Profile card.
Related articles
- Teaming: Review how Teaming works and the statuses you will encounter.
- Respond to teaming requests: Send and receive teaming requests, message partners, lock in a team, and disband when you need to.
- Federal contract opportunities: Search and review federal contract opportunities, including the Teaming tab on each opportunity.
Teaming
Use Teaming to find prime or subcontract partners on federal contract opportunities, exchange teaming requests, and message partners anonymously before identities are revealed on acceptance.
Respond to teaming requests
Send and receive teaming requests on your teaming interests, message partners anonymously, accept or decline, lock in a team, and withdraw or disband when you need to.