Intandem Government Contracting & FAR Reference MCP

@intandem/govcon-mcp — Government Contracting & FAR Reference MCP Server

Official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server powered by the Intandem Government Contracting Resource Center.

Gives Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Windsurf, VS Code, Antigravity, and custom AI agents instant, deterministic access to 1,460+ verified public-sector contracting references (2026 FAR, DFARS, 13 CFR, SBA, and 50-State SLED):

• lookup_commodity_codes — Lookup & cross-walk 351 NAICS codes, 165 Federal PSC codes, and 136 State/Municipal NIGP codes with SBA size standards, agency spend shares, and automatic Federal ↔ SLED code cross-walks.
• find_procurement_portals — Retrieve official vendor registration links, commodity code systems, fees, and local municipal blind spots across all 50 U.S. State eProcurement portals & 250+ City/Municipal portals.
• check_set_aside_program — Inspect 2026 sole-source award ceilings, FAR/13 CFR citations, FAR 52.219-14 subcontracting limits, and compliant teaming matrices across 8 SBA Socioeconomic Set-Aside Programs (8(a), SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB/EDWOSB, HUBZone, Small Business, SBA Mentor-Protégé, and Buy Indian Act / ISBEE).
• define_govcon_term — Instant definitions, regulatory key points, and real-world examples from the 500+ Term GovCon & FAR Glossary.
• get_govcon_playbook — Retrieve 12 Step-by-Step GovCon Capture & FAR Playbooks (SAM.gov registration, Capability Statements, Sources Sought/RFIs, Go/No-Go qualification, RFP proposal writing, wrap-rate pricing, and contractor teaming).
• search_govcon_resources — Unified omni-search across all 8 GovCon reference libraries and 5 Free Interactive GovCon Calculators & Tools.

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Option 1: One-Command Auto-Setup (Recommended)

Run this in your terminal to automatically add the Intandem GovCon MCP server to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and Antigravity:

npx @intandem/govcon-mcp mcp add

Option 2: Zero-Install Remote HTTP MCP Endpoint

Add the remote Streamable HTTP endpoint directly to your MCP client configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "intandem-govcon": {
      "url": "https://www.getintandem.io/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Option 3: Local Stdio via npx

For stdio-based MCP clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "intandem-govcon": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@intandem/govcon-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

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Direct Web Reference Directories

Every tool response includes canonical verification links back to the underlying statutory reference pages:

• Government Contracting Resource Center Hub
• Interactive GovCon Tools & Calculators (AI Capability Statement Writer, Smart NAICS Code Finder, RFP Go/No-Go Bid Scorecard, SBA Set-Aside & Sole-Source Checker, 2026 FAR Acquisition Threshold Calculator)
• 50-State & 250+ City Procurement Portal Directory
• SBA Socioeconomic Set-Aside Hubs
• Federal NAICS Code Directory (351 Codes)
• Federal Product & Service Code (PSC) Directory (165 Codes)
• State & Local NIGP Commodity Code Directory (136 Codes)
• Step-by-Step Government Contracting Playbooks
• Government Contracting & FAR Glossary (500+ Terms)

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About Intandem & Author

Intandem (About Intandem) scans 100,000+ active federal (SAM.gov), 50-state, and 3,000+ local municipal, county, school district, and utility portals daily—matching solicitations to your NAICS/PSC/NIGP codes and SBA certifications, shredding 100-page RFPs with Tandy AI inside the Bid Workspace, and finding compliant SBA Teaming Partners.

Author & Systems Architecture

Architected and maintained by Steve Salstrand (Stephen Salstrand) — Founder & Principal Systems Architect of InTandem (CAGE: 21QN8, San Antonio, Texas).

• Executive Biography & Systems Architecture Profile: https://www.getintandem.io/about/steve-salstrand
• ORCID Researcher iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0309-8435
• About InTandem LLC: https://www.getintandem.io/about
• CERN Zenodo DOI Record: https://zenodo.org/records/23989928 (10.5281/zenodo.23989928)
• Hugging Face Dataset: US GovCon NAICS/PSC/NIGP/SLED Dataset (2026)
• PyPI Python SDK: intandem-govcon
• LinkedIn: Stephen Salstrand
• Hugging Face: InTandem-Steve (Steve Salstrand)

Citation (BibTeX)

@software{salstrand2026intandem_govcon_mcp,
  author       = {Salstrand, Steve (Stephen Salstrand)},
  title        = {{Intandem Government Contracting & FAR Reference MCP Server (@intandem/govcon-mcp)}},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Zenodo / InTandem LLC},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23989928},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23989928},
  note         = {Author profile: https://www.getintandem.io/about/steve-salstrand}
}