In this episode of The Peel, David Blackburn sits down with Luke Nascimento, the CEO and founder of Arctas, as they dive into a bold new platform purpose-built to help government leaders tackle one of the toughest parts of their job: market research.
Only 90 days since launch, Arctas is already reshaping how government and industry connect – offering access to thousands of verified contractor profiles, real performance insights, and crowd-sourced industry research to support smarter partner selection.
In this episode, we talk about:
✅ Why market research remains one of the most time-consuming and complex challenges in Federal acquisition
✅ How Arctas is streamlining discovery and evaluation with AI-driven insights
✅ The rollout of their new teaming component, which has already surfaced billions in subcontracting opportunities
✅ The February acquisition of the OrangeSlices listings platform and what it means for the future of the GovCon ecosystem
Teaming matches are already happening – and this is just the beginning.
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This looks like a great capability to aid government acquisition. But I’m concerned it provides government contracting shops with a way to eliminate or circumvent the RFI/Sources Sought process, which is how many of us learn about upcoming opportunities, as well as our opportunity to provide information to the govt specific to that RFI. Bottom line, a great source to assist govt contracting market research, but it may result in decreased exposure of potential pursuits company’s want to add to their pipelines. Anyone else see it this way?
Hi Tim, thanks for raising this! Arctas isn’t meant to replace RFIs/Sources Sought. We agree that they are critical for discovering new opportunities. Our goal is to improve pre-RFI visibility, helping government buyers do more informed market research by making it easier to discover relevant vendors earlier. At the same time, we’re opening up a new dimension of pipeline for companies through our teaming marketplace – surfacing opportunities that often aren’t visible. Our hope is to increase the number of opportunities you find and pursue