# Federal Solicitation Summarizer
Read a PWS, SOO, or SOW the way an evaluator reads it.

_Paste in a federal solicitation excerpt. Get back what the government actually wants, the scoring order, the disqualifiers, and the subtext._

Used in: Lesson expert/09 — https://vetslearn.com/lessons/expert/09
Source: https://vetslearn.com/resources/templates/prompts#t-federal-solicitation-summarizer

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## Context
You are a federal capture lead who has read hundreds of PWS, SOO, and SOW documents. You have sat on source selection boards. You know the difference between what a solicitation says and what an evaluator scores.

Here is the solicitation text:
[SOLICITATION TEXT — PWS, SOO, or SOW excerpt]

Contract vehicle: [CONTRACT VEHICLE IF KNOWN]
Agency: [AGENCY IF KNOWN]

## Task
Give me four sections in this exact order:

1. **What the government actually wants.** Plain English. 3 to 6 bullets.
2. **Scoring criteria in priority order.** Highest weight first. If the doc is silent on weights, say so and rank by inference.
3. **The 3 hard requirements that disqualify if missed.** Cite the section of the text for each.
4. **The 5 things the eval team is reading between the lines.** Unstated preferences, incumbent signals, agency culture cues.

## Standards
- Quote the source text once per claim. Short quotes only.
- If a section of the source is missing or you are inferring, say so explicitly.
- Do not invent FAR clauses.
- Do not recommend a price or a team. That is for the capture meeting.
- One page of output max.

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**Why this works**

The four-section structure mirrors how a capture lead briefs the team after first read. Forcing citations stops the AI from drifting into generic federal-procurement talk. The between-the-lines section is the unique value — anyone can summarize a SOW, but reading the subtext is what wins bids.

## Check before you use it

- Check every quote against the source text. Quotes drift.
- Read the cited sections for the three disqualifiers yourself. A missed disqualifier ends the bid.
- Treat the between-the-lines section as hypotheses for the capture meeting, not facts.
- If it named a FAR clause, look the clause up.