Ask a Question. Get the Answer in Seconds.
ACE is PotomacWave’s AI-powered reporting application for federal acquisition data. Type a question the way you would ask a colleague and ACE returns the chart or table that answers it.
No report request, no coding, and no waiting on an analyst. Just the answer, when you need it.
From Report Request to Answer
Most acquisition questions are simple to ask and slow to answer. ACE closes that gap.
The Usual Way
- 1Send a report request to your data team or an analyst
- 2Wait for it to reach the top of the queue
- 3Get a spreadsheet back and realize you need one more cut of the data
- 4Start the request over
With ACE
- 1Type your question in plain English
- 2Get a chart or table back on screen
- 3Ask a follow-up to narrow, filter, or compare
- 4Use the answer right away
How It Works
ACE understands acquisition vocabulary, so you can ask questions the way you already talk about your work.
Ask in Plain English
Type a question about awards, vendors, obligations, competition, or small business spend.
ACE Finds the Right Data
AI matches the words in your question to the right federal data fields and pulls the matching records.
See the Answer
Results come back as a chart or table you can refine with follow-up questions.
Conversational Follow-Ups
Refine any answer by asking the next question. No need to start over.
Instant Charts and Tables
Answers arrive in a format you can drop into a briefing or data call response.
Public Federal Data
Draws on FPDS, SAM.gov, USAspending, and other public federal sources.
Answers From the Data
Every number comes straight from the underlying records, not from AI-written text.
Securely Hosted
Runs in PotomacWave’s cloud environment. Nothing to install and no agency data required.
Built for the Questions That Come Up Every Day
For acquisition leaders, analysts, and anyone who needs a number from contract data without waiting for a report.
Data Calls
Pull the figures leadership or an oversight office asked for in minutes instead of days.
Exploratory Questions
Check a hunch or spot a trend without committing an analyst to a full report.
Follow-Up Analysis
Dig one level deeper into a report or briefing while the question is still fresh.
Market Research
See who is winning similar work, under which NAICS codes, and at which agencies.
Ways to Get ACE
Licensing that fits a single analyst, a contracting office, or an entire department.
Individual to Department-Wide
Per-user licenses for small teams and tiered pricing up to unlimited department-wide access.
Small Business Innovation Research
PotomacWave recently acquired an SBIR award, which may give agencies an additional path to acquire ACE. Ask us whether it fits your requirement.
GSA Multiple Award Schedule
Available through PotomacWave’s GSA MAS contract GS-00F-0007X.
Bring Your Questions to a Live Demo
Tell us what your team asks most often and we will show you ACE answering it in real time.
