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Find Subcontracting Partners

Identify prime contractors winning large contracts in your sector who may need subcontractors with your capabilities.

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Not every contract opportunity requires you to bid as a prime. Many large awards go to firms that then subcontract specialist work to smaller suppliers. Finding those primes before a tender drops — or right after an award — gives you a head start on teaming conversations.

Contract Opportunities lets you search awards to find which firms win large contracts in your area, use buyer intelligence to understand the scale and frequency of those awards, and review opportunity details to spot upcoming large procurements where teaming makes sense. The result is a targeted list of potential prime partners rather than cold outreach.

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Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter in Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Describe your specialist capabilities and the contract sizes where you typically subcontract.
  3. Use `search_awards` to find large contracts awarded in your sector.
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ChatGPT

  1. Connect ToolRouter in ChatGPT: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
  2. Describe your subcontracting capabilities and ideal prime partner profile.
  3. Search large contract awards in your sector.
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Copilot

  1. Connect ToolRouter in Copilot: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
  2. Define the fields your partnership tracker needs.
  3. Search awards to identify high-value prime contractors.
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter in OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Define the sectors and geographies to scan for prime contractors.
  3. Batch award searches across all target segments.
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