What does the AI use to write the response?

The agent reads the actual notice (the RFI questions or Sources Sought requirements) and searches your CLEATUS profile: capability statements, past performance, NAICS codes, set-aside certifications, and any documents in your Document Hub. The draft cites your real qualifications, not invented ones.

Does it send the response to the government automatically?

No. The draft is emailed to you (or the assigned owner) with a review task. A human always reviews, edits, and sends the final response. The workflow removes the blank-page problem, not your judgment.

Why bother responding to Sources Sought notices at all?

Sources Sought responses influence how the government structures the eventual solicitation, including set-aside decisions. Contractors who respond early help shape requirements toward their strengths and get on the contracting officer's radar before the RFP drops. Automating the draft makes it practical to respond to far more of them.

Who it's for: Capture managers and small business owners in government contracting who want to respond to more RFIs and Sources Sought notices without spending hours drafting each reply.
What it does: Triggers on pursuit.phase_changed when an opportunity moves into an RFI or Sources Sought response stage. An AI agent reads the notice, pulls relevant past performance and capabilities from the company profile, drafts the response email to the government point of contact, and delivers the draft to the owner with a review task.
Key outcomes: Every RFI and Sources Sought gets a draft response within minutes of entering the stage. Responders start from a grounded draft instead of a blank page, so more notices get answered and more solicitations arrive pre-shaped.

Answer Every RFI and Sources Sought with AI-Drafted Responses

Responding to RFIs and Sources Sought notices is how you shape solicitations before they drop, but drafting each one eats hours. Move an opportunity into your RFI stage and CLEATUS drafts the response from the notice and your capability profile, then emails it to you ready to review and send.

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Move a Card, Get a Response Draft

One real CLEATUS customer, a veteran-owned consultancy, runs exactly this: dragging an opportunity into their "Write Response (RFI)" column fires an agent that drafts the full response email to the government, grounded in the notice text and their capability profile. The draft lands in the owner's inbox with a review-and-send task. No blank pages, no copy-pasting boilerplate.

Triggers on a pipeline phase change you control

Draft grounded in the actual notice and your profile

Email arrives ready to review, edit, and send

Review task created so nothing slips

CLEATUS workflow drafting an RFI response when an opportunity changes phase

Grounded Content

Drafts Built from Your Real Past Performance

The agent does not write generic marketing copy. It reads the Sources Sought or RFI requirements, searches your uploaded capability statements and past performance, and assembles a response that addresses the specific questions asked: your relevant NAICS codes, set-aside status, comparable contracts, and delivery capacity. You review for accuracy and tone, not structure.

Answers the specific questions in the notice

Pulls from your capability statements and past performance

Includes set-aside status and NAICS alignment

You edit a strong draft instead of writing from scratch

CLEATUS AI agent extracting requirements from a Sources Sought notice

Ready to Answer More RFIs?

Turn every Sources Sought into a shaped solicitation opportunity

Response drafts fire automatically on phase change

Grounded in the notice text and your real capabilities

Delivered by email with a review task attached

Works for RFIs, Sources Sought, and market research notices

Build it in plain English, no technical setup

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Workflow FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

It triggers on the pursuit.phase_changed event. Create a pipeline column like "Write Response (RFI)" and the workflow fires whenever you move an opportunity into it. You stay in control of which notices get responses; the drafting is what gets automated.