What the source did
- He leads growth for a franchisor with franchisees in 32 states.
- His Grok Bot team scans bid portals and search engines every morning.
- In its first 2 days it found 5 unique opportunities they hadn't thought of: some bids, some partnerships. He says it keeps getting better with more input.
- Nothing goes out without his OK. In a reply he says staying in the loop has shown him the value of the guardrails.
- He published it free as BidBot in the Grok Bot Marketplace. Its page says it scores each bid for fit, shows what it takes, tracks deadlines, awards and renewals, and pairs with his GrantBot for grants.
- Asked whether it ranks bids, he said he keeps a separate lead-scoring bot for cold email and left it out of this version, with plans to add it.
- Heads-up: a small account. The post drew wide views but few replies, so most of the detail here comes from his template's own description.
“nothing goes out without my OK.”— Chad (@iii_myth), X
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Our notes
- What it takes
- Grok Bot with his free BidBot template (and GrantBot if you chase grants), plus enough about your business for it to score bids for fit.
- Where it breaks
- Thin detail in the source beyond the template description, a list too long to read without a scoring step, and fake bid notices, which the template lists among its alerts.
- Human checkpoint
- It never submits without your OK. You choose which bids to pursue and send every application yourself.
- Tools involved
- Grok Bot, Public bid portals (e.g. SAM.gov), Web search
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Get their template
Made and published by Chad. Start here; it is their original, not ours.
Template · by ChadBidBot, his Grok Bot templateFree. Finds government bids you can win, scores each for fit, shows what it takes, tracks deadlines, awards and renewals, and never submits without your OK. Its keywords also list bid scam alerts.Open it ↗Template · by ChadGrantBot, his companion template for grantsFree. Finds grants you qualify for, shows what each takes, tracks deadlines and awards, and never submits without your OK.Open ↗
Approval rule
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The bot finds, scores and tracks bids, but never submits one without your OK. You decide what to bid on and you send every application. Sending, buying, posting, and deleting always need a human.
Set it up
- Add his BidBot template to Grok Bot from the link above.
- Give it what it needs to judge fit for your business (our reading: it scores every bid for fit, so it has to know what you do).
- Let it run each morning across bid portals and web search.
- Read the morning list. For each bid it shows what it takes and the deadline.
- Decide which ones to pursue. Applications and outreach stay with you.
- Feed it your verdicts. He says it keeps getting better with more input.
- If you also chase grants, add his GrantBot alongside it.
Common failures
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- Letting a bot submit or send on your behalf. His rule is that nothing goes out without his OK.
- A morning list too long to read. A reply in his thread uses a separate bot to score leads first; he plans to add scoring.
- Fake bid notices. The template's description lists bid scam alerts among its jobs.
- Expecting it to be right from day one. He says it keeps getting better with more input.
Variations
- A reply suggests a separate scoring bot so the morning list stays short. He says he has one for cold email and plans to add scoring in the next update.
- Use GrantBot the same way for grants: it finds grants you qualify for and tracks every deadline and award.
- Beyond public bids: his own runs turned up partnerships as well as bids.
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