Real Businesses Scaled with Automation, AI & Systems Thinking

Minds On Fire built a procurement platform to launch first for New York City and New York State businesses to uncover small purchase government procurement opportunities that typically go unnoticed by small and medium enterprises (SMBs). The solution automates discovery, matches relevant bids, and guides submissions to the right agencies on time.

Challenge

Small and medium businesses historically struggle to find and compete for local government procurement opportunities because:

• Public procurement data is scattered across multiple portals.
• SMBs often miss discretionary and small awards because notifications are buried in large bid databases.
• Manual tracking of deadlines and submission requirements is time-intensive and error-prone.

Our Solution

We engineered a system that:

• Continuously scans NYC & NYS procurement sources for relevant opportunities.
• Uses intelligent matching to align bids with a business’s profile.
• Automates deadline alerts and compliance guidance to increase timely submissions.
• Provides a central dashboard that simplifies discovery and pipeline tracking.

Value Delivered

• Expanded access to government bids for SMBs that were previously hidden or hard to find.
• Faster time-to-opportunity identification, eliminating manual searching across disparate sources.
• Improved submission rates by helping users route applications to the correct agency and stakeholder before deadlines.