More Capacity Without Adding Headcount
GovCon contracting teams are stretched thin. Expectations have grown: more oversight, more documentation, more complexity. But team sizes have stayed the same or, in many cases, gotten smaller. The gap between workload and workforce keeps widening.
Review cycles drag. Deadlines slip. Institutional memory becomes the glue holding fragmented processes together. Software has improved visibility and organization, but the core work—interpreting requirements, drafting documents, checking for compliance—still depends on people, not systems.
AI isn’t an experiment anymore. The challenge is whether it can help carry the weight of the contract shop without introducing new complications.
Too Many Tools, Not Enough Progress
Contracting teams already use plenty of platforms. Proposal libraries, workflow tools, template repositories, and contract lifecycle management systems. Often several at once. But these tools don’t connect well. And they weren’t designed to help teams overcome the manual grind of assembling compliant documents, reviewing proposals, managing risk, and meeting oversight demands.
That disconnect creates friction. Work piles up. Processes stall. And despite all the tools, progress stagnates.
Designed for Context, Built for Contracting
AI that understands federal work offers a different path. Bidscale, acquired by Unison in 2025, was built specifically for the federal contracting lifecycle. It isn’t a generic AI tool and doesn’t function like a chatbot. Rather, Bidscale provides a curated, tailored, AI-native experience unlike commercially available AI tools.
Bidscale helps teams move faster by reading solicitations, generating first drafts, and supporting proposal development. It applies internal policies, templates, and past performance to produce working outputs ready for review.
Used alongside Unison CLM, Bidscale brings front-end acceleration, while CLM provides structure and traceability from award through post-award. Together, they offer full lifecycle coverage with fewer handoffs, less duplication, and stronger outcomes.
Tackling Bottlenecks Across the Lifecycle
Bidscale targets the points in the process where time and effort tend to stack up:
Business Development
- Summarizes RFPs and captures intent, constraints, and requirements
- Generates structured first drafts of proposals
- Supports collaborative color team reviews
- Builds compliance matrices and manages proposal markups
- Forecasts pipeline opportunities using SAM and historical data
Contracts
- Connects with CLM or internal systems to generate contract language
- Uses intelligent templates to create FAR-aligned documentation
- Reduces time spent assembling compliance packages
- Identifies risks during clause selection and drafting
Procurement and Subcontracts
- Translates prime requirements into subcontractor-ready documentation
- Creates RFQs, source justifications, evaluations, and flowdowns
- Supports proposal review and scoring through guided workflows
- Adds tools for pricing evaluation, cost analysis, and negotiation
Built for the Realities of Federal Work
Bidscale runs in a FedRAMP moderate environment with no outside connections. Its language model is hosted internally. All customer data is fully isolated, protecting information and reducing risk.
Every output passes through human review. Nothing is final until your team says it is. The system adapts to your workflows and can be configured for your structure. It works on its own or alongside Unison CLM for cradle-to-grave coverage.
A New Way to Build Capacity
What’s missing aren’t dashboards or extra layers of review. Contracting teams need a way to keep up with the work. To do more with less and do it better.
Bidscale’s AI capabilities, especially when paired with Unison CLM, helps them do more without being AI experts, adding headcount or lowering standards. It keeps people at the center. It just clears the path ahead.
To learn more, email ai@unisonglobal.com
