Bid protest intake that flags the 30-day deadline first
The intake asks whether the award or solicitation happened within the last 30 days, whether the prospect actually submitted a bid, and whether they have the solicitation, proposal, or debriefing notes on hand, so you see filing urgency and evidence strength before you ever offer a free consultation.
The exact intake your bid protests leads complete
This is the real 7-question guided intake for Bid Protests — the same flow your customers finish before you ever pick up the phone.
What a qualified bid protests lead should tell you
A challenge to how a government agency ran a contract competition or awarded a contract, brought by a company that bid, planned to bid, or was excluded from bidding on that procurement.
- This About U.S. Government
- Submit Bid/Proposal, Or Were
- Lose Award, Get Excluded
- Award Decision Been Made,
- Know Which Agency Or
- Have Documents Or Information
- Seeking Challenge Procurement Process
The questions your team needs answered
Every bid protests intake asks these — and why each one matters.
| Question | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Is this about a U.S. government contract competition (federal, state, or local) where you believe the award or solicitation was handled unfairly or incorrectly? | Confirms the dispute is actually a government procurement matter rather than a private commercial contract disagreement outside this practice area. |
| Did you submit a bid/proposal, or were you planning to submit one, for that contract? | A prospect who never submitted or planned to submit a bid generally lacks standing to protest the award. |
| Did you lose the award, get excluded from the competition, or believe the rules prevented you from competing fairly? | Establishes the concrete harm, such as losing the award or being excluded, that a protest needs to be viable. |
| Has the award decision been made, or has the solicitation been issued/changed, within the last 30 days? | Protest deadlines are counted in days, so recency of the award or solicitation change is the strongest signal of whether the window is still open. |
| Do you know which agency or public entity ran the competition (and the contract/solicitation number or project name)? | Knowing the agency and solicitation number lets the attorney check the correct forum and filing rules before the consultation. |
| Do you have documents or information to support your concern (such as the solicitation, your proposal, emails, evaluation notes, or a debriefing)? | Existing documentation like the solicitation, proposal, or debriefing shows the protest has an evidentiary basis rather than being a bare suspicion. |
| Are you seeking to challenge the procurement process or award decision (not just to collect unpaid invoices or resolve performance issues after the contract started)? | Separates true procurement challenges from post-award payment or performance disputes, which fall outside bid protest practice. |
How Cliont scores bid protests leads
Every answer is weighted automatically — no manual review required.
Value signals
- This About U.S. Government: yes
- Submit Bid/Proposal, Or Were: yes
- Lose Award, Get Excluded: yes
- Award Decision Been Made,: yes
- Know Which Agency Or: yes
- Have Documents Or Information: yes
See the lead your team receives
Bid Protest Lead
From first click to qualified lead
Follow people and businesses seeking counsel through one smooth, guided flow.
They land & meet you
Your video greeting plays instantly — a real face instead of a blank form.
They explain the matter
Smart questions adapt to their matter and capture the full scope.
They share the documents
The facts, dates, and any paperwork come attached, so you can assess the matter before the consultation.
You get a ready lead
Scored and qualified — waiting for you to win it.
Built for bid protests workflows
| Cliont capability | Bid Protests application |
|---|---|
| Weighted lead scoring | Heavily weights whether the award or solicitation change occurred in the last 30 days, since that single answer often determines whether a protest is even still viable. |
| Disqualifying-question logic | Uses the procurement-versus-performance question to push payment disputes and post-award performance complaints toward a lower score instead of treating them as protest matters. |
| Document upload capture | Collects the solicitation, submitted proposal, evaluation notes, or debriefing before the consultation, so the attorney reviews the record instead of describing it verbally. |
| CRM delivery with full intake answers | Sends the agency name, solicitation number, and deadline status directly into the CRM record so the firm can immediately check the applicable protest forum's filing rules. |
Common bid protests lead scenarios
Fresh award loss, deadline live
Prospect lost a federal award within the last 30 days and has the solicitation number and evaluation notes ready. This combination scores as the highest-priority scenario because protest deadlines are short and unforgiving.
Pre-award challenge to solicitation terms
Prospect hasn't lost anything yet but believes the solicitation itself is unfair and plans to bid or has already submitted. The intake still flags this as a live procurement dispute rather than a completed award challenge.
Stale complaint, no deadline pressure
Prospect describes an award or solicitation change that happened months ago, with no recent trigger. The intake surfaces this so you can decide fast whether the underlying protest window has likely already closed.
Performance dispute mislabeled as a protest
Prospect is really trying to collect unpaid invoices or resolve a contract performance issue after work began, not challenge the award decision. The intake separates this out so it doesn't consume consultation time meant for actual protests.
Vague concern, no agency or paperwork
Prospect suspects unfair treatment but doesn't know the agency, solicitation number, or have any supporting documents. The intake still routes this lead, but with signals that tell you more fact-gathering is needed before a consult.
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Bid Protests lead-intake FAQs
How does the intake account for how time-sensitive bid protests are?
The intake directly asks whether the award decision or solicitation change happened within the last 30 days, since protest filing windows at GAO, agencies, and state/local forums are typically measured in days. That answer materially raises or lowers the lead's priority.
Can the intake tell the difference between a bid protest and a contract performance dispute?
Yes. One question specifically asks whether the prospect is challenging the procurement process or award decision, as opposed to collecting unpaid invoices or resolving performance issues after the contract started, which keeps performance disputes from being scored as protests.
What if the prospective client doesn't know the agency or solicitation number yet?
The intake still captures that gap as a data point rather than blocking the lead. A missing agency name or solicitation number simply factors into the overall score, so you can see at a glance whether more fact-gathering is needed before a consultation.
Does the intake collect supporting documents before the consultation?
It asks whether the prospect has documents such as the solicitation, their proposal, evaluation notes, or a debriefing, and can collect those uploads alongside the answers so you walk into the consultation with the record already in hand.
Will this intake work for state and local bid protests, not just federal ones?
Yes, the opening question covers federal, state, and local government contract competitions, so the same intake qualifies protests regardless of which level of government ran the procurement.
How does this intake relate to a False Claims and Debarment Defense matter?
Bid Protests qualifies leads challenging an award or solicitation, while False Claims and Debarment Defense is a separate sibling subservice for allegations of fraud or exclusion from future contracting; the two use different intake catalogs so protest leads and false claims leads aren't mixed together.
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Give every bid protests visitor a guided intake instead of a dead contact form — and get a scored, qualified lead before you book a consultation.