Teaming
Find primes, subcontractors, and partners from real award and subaward data, then reach the right people.
Teaming helps you find the companies that fill a gap in capability, certification, or past performance. CLEATUS builds each contractor profile from federal award and subaward filings. You see who actually works with whom, not only who claims a capability.
All teaming research happens in Market Intelligence > Contractors in the sidebar. The CLEATUS agent can also build partner lists and contact lists for you.
Search for partners
Open Market Intelligence > Contractors to search the contractor directory. Search by company name, Unique Entity ID (UEI), or Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. Narrow the list with these filters:
- NAICS Codes: the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes that a company registered.
- Awarded NAICS: the NAICS codes on awards that a company actually won.
- Set Aside: the business types that a company registered, such as 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), service-disabled veteran-owned, and woman-owned.
- States and Entity Structure.
- Awarded Only: show only companies that have federal awards.
Click the star on a contractor to save it. Turn on the Saved toggle to see only your saved contractors. Your saved list stays with your account across sessions.
Click the table icon to compare companies in a sortable table. Click Export to download the list as a comma-separated values (CSV) file.
Read a contractor profile
Open a contractor to see its full federal footprint. The tabs on the profile include:
- Overview: award counts and charts of awards by agency, type, size, and place of performance.
- Awards: the contracts that the company won.
- Corporate Family: the parent company and its subsidiaries. This tab shows only for companies in a corporate family.
- Vehicles Held: the contract vehicles that the company holds. See Contract Vehicles Directory.
- Teaming Partners: other subcontractors that worked under the same prime awards as this company.
- Primes: the prime contractors that this company subcontracted under.
- Subcontractors: the companies that this company brought in as the prime.
- Expressed Interest: the opportunities that the company signaled interest in.
- Contacts: the points of contact that the company published on its federal schedules and vehicles.
- Registration: the registration details, such as UEI, CAGE code, entity structure, primary NAICS code, and address.
On the Primes and Subcontractors tabs, each relationship shows the total subawarded amount and the number of filings. Expand a card to see each filing, with the work, amount, date, and NAICS code.
Some tabs show only when data exists. For example, Contacts shows only when the company published a contact.
Subcontractors on an award
Open a federal contract award and click the Subcontractors tab. It lists each company that the prime paid under the award, ranked by the total of its disclosed filings. Click a filing to open the subaward page. Its Actions tab lists every disclosed action.
Find teaming opportunities
- Subcontract signals. CLEATUS splits large prime contracts into the scopes of work that a subcontractor can fill. These scopes show in Contracts > Recommended with a SIGNAL badge.
- Potential Primes. Add a subcontract signal to your pipeline. Its pursuit page lists the companies that showed interest in the prime contract as Potential Primes. Click View Prime Contract to open the prime.
- Expressed Interest. Check which primes already chase a program that you want to subcontract on.
Ask CLEATUS
Open Ask CLEATUS on any page, or click Agent in the sidebar. The agent can do this teaming work for you:
- Find contacts. Ask "give me the contacts for these contractors." The agent returns the published contacts for each company, with the source of each contact. It can also include contacts from the parent company or subsidiaries. If no contact exists, the agent tells you.
- Find subcontractors by place. Ask "which subcontractors have worked at Camp Lejeune, NC since fiscal year 2025?" The agent reads federal subaward filings for that place and ranks the companies by their work there. Add a trade, such as "electrical," or a status, such as "woman-owned," to narrow the list.
In an AI Workflow, an AI Agent step can run the same place-based search. It saves the results as an Excel workbook and a PDF summary.
Frequently asked questions
What is teaming in CLEATUS?
Teaming helps you find primes, subcontractors, and joint venture partners that strengthen your bid. CLEATUS shows who actually works with whom, from federal award and subaward filings.
Where do I search for partners?
Open Market Intelligence > Contractors in the sidebar. Search by company name, Unique Entity ID (UEI), or Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. Filter by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, awarded NAICS codes, set-aside business types, states, and entity structure. Turn on Awarded Only to see only companies with federal awards. For the full steps, see Finding Teaming Partners.
Is there still a separate Teaming page?
No. The sidebar has no separate Teaming page. Teaming search is part of Market Intelligence > Contractors, and each contractor profile shows its teaming relationships.
What can I see on a contractor profile?
The profile shows awards, vehicles held, and charts of awards by agency, type, size, and place of performance. The teaming tabs show:
- Primes: the prime contractors that the company subcontracted under.
- Subcontractors: the companies that the company brought in as the prime.
- Teaming Partners: other subcontractors that worked under the same prime awards.
- Expressed Interest: the opportunities that the company signaled interest in.
Some tabs, such as Corporate Family and Contacts, show only when CLEATUS has data for them.
How do I save the companies I track?
Click the star on a contractor card or on the profile header. Turn on the Saved toggle in Market Intelligence > Contractors to see only your saved companies.
How do I find subcontractors who worked at a specific base or city?
Ask CLEATUS, for example "which subcontractors have worked in Norfolk, VA?" Include the state. CLEATUS reads the federal subaward filings for that place and ranks the companies by their work there. Add a trade, such as "roofing," or a status, such as "Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone)," to narrow the list.
How do I contact a company?
Open the contractor and check the Contacts tab. It lists the points of contact that the company published on its federal schedules and vehicles, with the source of each contact. You can also ask CLEATUS, "give me the contacts for these contractors." The agent can include contacts from a parent company or subsidiaries.
How do I choose the right partner?
Match your gaps (capabilities, certifications, set-asides, and location) to their strengths. Use the Primes and Subcontractors tabs to check their real teaming history. Use Awards to check their past performance with the agency.
Can CLEATUS find subcontracting opportunities for me?
Yes. CLEATUS splits large prime contracts into the scopes of work that a subcontractor can fill. These scopes show in Contracts > Recommended with a SIGNAL badge. Add one to your pipeline, and its pursuit page lists the Potential Primes to approach.
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