For contractors who do public work in the Twin Cities
Hear about the job before it goes to bid.
Every public project starts as a line in a council, county or school board packet, months before the RFP. Packet Scout reads all of them and tells you which ones are yours.
14 days free, then $99/month. Cancel anytime before day 14 and you pay nothing.
Why it works
The bid board is the last place to find out.
Public work is decided in public meetings, long before anyone writes an RFP. The details are all in the packets. Almost nobody reads them.
Budget discussion
A council or school board talks about a new roof, a road, a building. It's in the packet, with a number attached.
Packet Scout finds it hereDesign & study
A consultant is hired and the scope gets drafted. Staff are still taking calls from contractors.
RFP posted
Everyone sees it at once. The specs are set, and it comes down to price.
How it works
We read the packets. You get the projects.
We read every packet
38 Twin Cities public bodies: 21 cities, 11 school districts, 6 counties. Agendas, staff reports and capital plans, thousands of pages a month.
We pull out the projects
Each one with its budget, timeline, stage and the staff member in charge, linked to the exact page it came from.
You get your trade's leads
A weekly email briefing, plus a searchable lead board where you save, track and take notes on every opportunity.
4,305 pages of packets read in the last 30 days.
Sample leads
Real projects from recent packets.
Straight from the lead board. Subscribers see the agency, the staff contact and the source page for every one.
One won job pays for Packet Scout for years.
Pricing
One plan. Everything in it.
- Every lead from 38 councils, counties & school boards
- All trades, filtered to yours in one click
- Weekly email briefing of new projects
- Budgets, timelines, staff contacts and source pages
- Capital plans: years of planned projects at a glance
- Your own tracker: save leads, set status, notes and reminders
Cancel anytime from your account. Payments by Stripe.
Where do the leads come from?
Public meeting packets: the agendas, staff reports and capital plans that cities, counties and school districts post online. It's all public record. The hard part is reading thousands of pages to find the projects, and that's what we do.
Which areas do you cover?
21 cities, 11 school districts, 6 counties across the Twin Cities metro, and we add more regularly. If there's a city or district you need, tell us.
How current is it?
We check for new packets every week and add projects as soon as they're found. Every lead links to the page it came from, so you can see the source yourself.
How accurate is it?
Projects are pulled from the documents with AI and every one is linked to its source page. Budgets and dates are what the documents said at the time, and public plans change, so confirm the details with the agency before you bid.
Can I cancel?
Anytime, from the Billing link in your account. You keep access through the period you've paid for. Cancel during the free trial and you're never charged.
Can my whole team use it?
Each subscription is for one person. Email us about access for a team.
Your competitors watch the bid board. You'll read the packet.
14 days free, then $99/month. Cancel anytime before day 14 and you pay nothing.
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