The hardest part of a bid is the number. Price-to-Beat shows what the government has actually paid per hour for any role — from public award data — so you price to win the contract and still make money, instead of guessing.
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Price-to-beat · Program Manager
$180/hr
Median awarded rate — bid near here to stay competitive.
$150
Win on price
$180
Median
$258
Ceiling
From guessing a number to pricing on real data.
The role you'd staff on the contract — project manager, engineer, analyst, nurse. That's the whole input.
From GSA CALC — the government's own record of hourly rates it has actually paid on awarded contracts.
The median rate to look competitive, the lower end to win on price, and the ceiling — in plain English.
Enough to put a confident number on the bid.
The median of what the government has actually paid for the role — your baseline number.
The lower-quarter rate — where to aim when the award goes to the lowest acceptable bid.
Low, median, and ceiling, so you can see how much room you have to move.
How low is too low — so you don't get tossed for a price that looks unrealistic.
From GSA CALC+ (Contract-Awarded Labor Category), the government's public database of hourly rates on awarded GSA schedule contracts. These are real prices agencies have paid — not estimates or survey data. AskTuvo reads the awarded rates for the role you search and summarizes the range.
Bid rates. They're fully-burdened hourly rates — they already include the company's overhead, fringe, and profit, not just the employee's wage. It's the number you'd actually put on a proposal, which is what makes it useful for pricing.
Bid near the median to look competitive without underselling. If the solicitation awards on lowest price, lean toward the lower-quarter rate. If it's best-value (quality matters), the median is safe and leaves you margin. And don't bid far below the low end — an unrealistically low price can get your proposal thrown out.
Yes. Rates vary with security clearance, education, years of experience, and where the work is performed. The number here is a benchmark across awarded rates for the title — treat it as a starting point, then adjust to your real costs and the specifics of the job.
Yes — it's built on free, public government data, and you don't even need an account to look up a rate. Create a free AskTuvo account and you also get the live government contracts matched to your business, alongside the price-to-beat for any role.
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