Acceptable Use Policy

Effective date: to be published

This policy is part of the SunriseBids Terms of Service. It exists to keep the service fast, fair and affordable for every small contractor using it. If you are not sure whether something is allowed, ask at support@sunrisebids.com before doing it.

You may

• Use SunriseBids to find, track and evaluate federal contract opportunities for your own business.
• On a Team plan, use it for your team and, if you are a consultant, for the clients you serve.
• Forward an individual digest item, brief or opportunity link to a teammate, teaming partner or client.
• Export your own data and use CSV, iCal, RSS, webhook or API features your plan includes, within their documented limits.

You may not

Scraping and redistribution

• Scrape, crawl, spider or bulk-download SunriseBids pages, digests, briefs or scores by automated means (other than features or APIs we provide, within their limits).
• Resell, sublicense, republish, syndicate or redistribute SunriseBids's derived content (fit scores, AI briefs, rankings, digests, award statistics, or compiled datasets), whether free or paid.
• Use SunriseBids content to build, train or improve a competing product, dataset or AI model.
• Frame or mirror the site, or remove attribution or notices.

The underlying SAM.gov notices are public government data. If you want raw notices, get them free from SAM.gov's official data services. This policy covers what SunriseBids adds.

Account abuse

• Share sign-in links or accounts outside your plan's seats.
• Create multiple free accounts or repeated trials to get around plan limits.
• Sign up with someone else's email address, or impersonate any person, company or government office.

Security and service abuse

• Probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the service, except under our responsible disclosure rules.
• Bypass or try to bypass authentication, rate limits, bot checks, plan restrictions or tenant isolation.
• Send traffic designed to overload the service (denial of service), or use the service to attack anyone else.
• Upload or submit malware, or content designed to manipulate our AI systems (for example prompt-injection text placed in your profile or feedback).

Misuse of contact information and email

• Harvest government points of contact or other people's details from SunriseBids for marketing, cold outreach or lists.
• Use SunriseBids to send spam or unsolicited messages.

Unlawful or harmful use

• Use the service in violation of any law, including procurement integrity, export control, sanctions, anti-fraud and privacy laws.
• Misrepresent your business size or socio-economic status to anyone using information from SunriseBids. Eligibility is your responsibility and is decided by the government, not by SunriseBids.
• Infringe anyone's intellectual property or privacy rights.

Fair use limits

Plans have limits on profiles, saved searches, followed opportunities, alerts and API calls, as listed on the pricing page. We may also apply reasonable technical limits (for example, request rate limits) to protect the service. If you hit a limit for a legitimate reason, email us.

Enforcement

If we believe this policy has been broken, we may warn you, rate-limit or suspend access, remove content, or close the account, depending on how serious and repeated the issue is. Where it is reasonable and safe, we will tell you first and give you a chance to fix the problem. We may report illegal activity to the authorities.

Reporting abuse

Report abuse to abuse@sunrisebids.com. Report security issues to security@sunrisebids.com.