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Case study · Safety analytics (solo) · 2 months on platform

Solo operator cut first-pass review from 3.5 hours to 52 minutes.

Intelligence · $349/mo US SLED Intelligence layer Proposal Scorer Knowledge Base
The challenge

The founder was manually checking local government sites and often found small RFPs too late to ask clarifying questions.

The founder was manually checking local government sites and often found small RFPs too late to ask clarifying questions.

In a safety analytics (solo) firm of sole proprietor with contractor bench, that workload landed on a small group of senior people — time that could not also go into the bids the team did want to win. The status quo was unworkable once the team committed to pursuing US SLED opportunities at a serious pace.

The approach

A Intelligence tier, used the way a safety analytics (solo) firm actually works.

On the Intelligence tier, Keystone Safety Analytics worked across BidClarity's US SLED coverage. Used local-market monitoring and Knowledge Base prompts to evaluate eligibility, buyer pain, and whether a small team could realistically deliver the scope.

  • Intelligence layer — scores each opportunity against your fit profile and surfaces a PWIN
  • Proposal Scorer — scores your draft against the published evaluation criteria before pink team
  • Knowledge Base — answers buyer-specific questions and builds repeatable briefing prompts

The rhythm shifted within a few weeks: less time opening solicitations that were never going to fit, more time on the safety analytics pilots pursuits that matched the team's actual capability.

The results

Numbers across 2 months on the platform.

Over 2 months, the numbers tracked the same direction as the workflow shift. Screened 27 municipal opportunities; advanced 6 to bid review; reduced first-pass review from 3.5 hours to 52 minutes; submitted 2 pilot proposals.

27
Municipal opportunities screened
PennBid + state + municipal portals
6
Advanced to bid review
Eligibility + scope-feasibility filters
3.5 hrs → 52 min
First-pass review
Practical-delivery focus
2
Pilot proposals submitted
Safety analytics + inspection software

The compounding effect: sole-proprietor time savings and practical bid selection. Each subsequent bid pulled from the work already done — reusable components, eligibility filters tuned to the firm's actual capability, and a clearer view of which US SLED buyers were the right starting point.

With the recovered capacity, the team began pursuing a wider set of small consulting awards adjacent to their core work — leaning into the capability mix that scored highest in their fit profile.

As a small operator, the biggest value was knowing quickly what not to chase.

Founder, Keystone Safety Analytics
What’s next

Where the team is going next.

Solo consultant improves bid selection and saves review time on local government RFPs. The next quarter is about deepening the workflow: layering knowledge base into the recurring bid cycle, and expanding the US SLED coverage to adjacent agencies where the team has emerging past-performance.

Bring this to your pursuits

Start with a 14-day trial of the Intelligence tier.

See whether BidClarity can do for your team what it did in this scenario for a safety analytics (solo) firm — with the same Intelligence layer workflow at the centre.