IronBid Pro vs Solicitation Daily: Federal-Only Alerts or Federal + State + Local Shop Bids
Solicitation Daily (solicitationdaily.com, run by Chumpys LLC) reads the public SAM.gov feed every weekday and emails the notices that match your trades, states and set-asides by 7 AM Central. It covers 25 plain-English trades, including HVAC & Plumbing (NAICS 238220); welding is not a named trade, but you can add exact NAICS codes. IronBid Pro is a daily 7:00 AM ET email of welding, structural steel, fabrication, millwright and commercial HVAC/boiler bids from federal, state and local buyers, with a T&M rig estimator built in. If you only bid federal work, Solicitation Daily is a low-cost filter. If your shop also bids city, county, school and state jobs, IronBid Pro covers those too.
| Feature | IronBid Pro | Solicitation Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29/mo or $199/yr | Free: weekly Top 5 every Monday. Pro: $19/mo (14-day trial) or $190/yr; first 100 founding members $15/mo |
| Cadence | Daily digest at 7:00 AM ET | Pro: every match each weekday by 7 AM Central (Free: weekly Top 5 on Mondays) |
| Sources | Federal (SAM.gov), state and local buyers across the U.S. | SAM.gov Contract Opportunities only |
| Trades | Welding, structural steel & fabrication, millwright, commercial HVAC/boilers | 25 trades (janitorial, IT, construction, HVAC & plumbing, equipment repair and more; no named welding trade) or exact NAICS codes |
| Filters | Trade and state | Trades/NAICS, states, set-asides (SB, SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB/EDWOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, ISBEE) |
| Extras | T&M Rig & Overtime Estimator; $49 Rig & Shop compliance pack; $99 SAM.gov capability statement | Duplicate and amended notices collapsed; days-left flag; agency's own summary quoted |
| NAICS pages | 238220 HVAC & Boilers · 238120 Structural Steel · 332312 Fabricated Structural Metal · 811310 Millwright | Browse-by-trade pages |
Solicitation Daily details are taken from solicitationdaily.com, checked Nov 1, 2026. Check their site for current plans and pricing.
Where Solicitation Daily is a good fit
- You only bid federal work. It reads every new SAM.gov notice each weekday.
- Set-asides drive your pipeline. You can filter or prioritize SDVOSB, WOSB, 8(a), HUBZone and other programs.
- Price is the deciding factor. $19/mo, or a free weekly Top 5.
Where IronBid Pro is a better fit
- You bid city, county, school and state jobs, not just federal. City, county, school and state contracts are not posted on SAM.gov, so a SAM.gov-only alert will not show them.
- You weld, fabricate, set machinery or run commercial HVAC. The digest is filtered to those trades only.
- You miss BidRanger's 7 AM email. Same hour (Eastern), one email.
- Price it fast. The built-in T&M rig estimator models labor, 1.5x overtime and materials markup.
Comparing other tools? See IronBid Pro vs Daily Bid Alert, vs BidStar, vs BidRover, vs BidFox, vs BidSentry, vs BidBrief, vs Jobs & Bids, vs BidSweeper, vs FindMyBids and the BidRanger migration guide.
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