Top 10 AI Prompts and Use Cases and in the Government Industry in Chattanooga

Chattanooga contractors and local agencies can turn a flood of procurement data into focused wins by using targeted AI prompts to find open opportunities, likely bidders, and ideal teaming partners - capabilities highlighted in GovTribe's prompt playbook for government contractors (GovTribe prompt playbook for government contractors) - and to exploit fiscal timing when year-end spending creates urgent buys.

That matters in Tennessee now: as federal support tightens and cities must “do more with less,” Chattanooga's offices can use AI to surface efficient, evidence-based solutions while small contractors build relevance quickly (evidence-based budgeting for Chattanooga).

Practical skills - how to write those exact prompts and apply insights to capture contracts - are taught in programs like Nucamp's Nucamp AI Essentials for Work bootcamp, so teams can move from data overwhelm to targeted bids that stretch scarce dollars.

Attribute	Information
Description	Gain practical AI skills for any workplace; learn prompt writing and apply AI across business functions.
Length	15 Weeks
Courses included	AI at Work: Foundations; Writing AI Prompts; Job Based Practical AI Skills
Cost	$3,582 (early bird); $3,942 (after)
Syllabus	AI Essentials for Work syllabus

“We've developed complex prompts based on our team's extensive knowledge of government contracting, enabling customers to answer critical business questions in minutes instead of hours.”

Selection began with GovTribe's operational playbook - its “10 AI prompts” served as the backbone for usability and coverage - then applied GovTribe search best practices (filters, saved searches, exact-phrase syntax) to ensure each prompt maps to repeatable workflows Chattanooga contractors can run today; see the GovTribe prompt playbook (GovTribe prompt playbook: 10 AI prompts every government contractor should be using) and Search 101 guidance (GovTribe Search 101 user guide) for the exact mechanics.

Prompts were prioritized by three checks: (1) immediate procurement value (opportunity identification, subcontracting, fiscal-year timing), (2) policy and security relevance (AI vendor bias rules and FedRAMP requirements), and (3) local mission fit (GIS and grant-focused use cases that matter in Tennessee).

Each prompt had to be executable with saved alerts or AI Insights and validated against a live solicitation profile - such as the Treasury AI Tools notice that specifies FedRAMP, U.S.-based processing, and 99.9% uptime - so Chattanooga small businesses get prompts they can turn into bids within weeks, not months.

Source	Key Metrics
AI Vendor Bias Requirements	31 open opps · 10 potential recompetes · 20 key vendors · 300 files
Artificial Intelligence in GIS	25 open opps · 20 potential recompetes · 20 key vendors · 300 files

“We've developed complex prompts based on our team's extensive knowledge of government contracting, enabling customers to answer critical business questions in minutes instead of hours.”

Use an AI prompt that mirrors real search behavior - combine exact-phrase keywords, relevant NAICS/PSC codes, and a Chattanooga location filter - to pull federal solicitations into a tractable pipeline; GovTribe Search 101 guide for searching federal solicitations, and saved searches plus recommendation engines can push those matches to your inbox so local teams don't miss time-sensitive posts (How to find contract opportunities with saved searches and recommendations - GovTribe blog).

Tie that prompt to the City of Chattanooga open bids and solicitations portal for municipal leads and use GovTribe's Federal Contract Opportunities view to pull solicitation metadata (agency, NAICS, due date) so opportunities can be triaged by fit and deadline; the payoff is concrete - market tools tracked 416 Chattanooga-area contracts in a year, so a well-tuned saved search converts overwhelming volume into a short list of high-probability pursuits.

Metric	Value
Contracts tracked (1 year)	416 (GovWin sample)
Common contract categories	Construction, IT, maintenance, professional services, grounds & facilities

“We've developed complex prompts based on our team's extensive knowledge of government contracting, enabling customers to answer critical business questions in minutes instead of hours.”

Use an AI prompt that searches Grants.gov and agency NOFO pages for “Chattanooga” or “Tennessee” plus program names (CDBG, HOME, NOAA, HUD PD&R) and filters by deadline and applicant type to produce an actionable shortlist; the City of Chattanooga's NOFA shows a CDBG entitlement pool of $1,635,000 (CDBG apps open Feb 10, due March 14, 2025) and HOME funds totaling $860,000 with ongoing proposals and explicit eligibility for governmental entities, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, and for‑profit partners (City of Chattanooga NOFA and Grants Workshop 2025-2026).

At the federal level, NOAA's Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience opportunity makes up to $100 million available (awards $750k–$10M; typical $4–6M; tribal set‑aside up to 15%; apps due April 16, 2025) for habitat and resilience work (NOAA Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Grants), and HUD's PD&R posted $20M in research NOFOs addressing housing affordability (applications due July 24, 2025) that align to municipal housing priorities (HUD PD&R $20M Housing Affordability Research Grants).

So what: combining city NOFA priorities with these federal NOFOs - using deadline and eligibility filters - turns a broad grants scan into a two‑week prioritized proposal pipeline local teams can act on now.

Grant	Agency	Deadline	Amount / Notes
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)	City of Chattanooga / HUD	March 14, 2025	Total CDBG $1,635,000; 501(c)(3) & government eligible
HOME Investment Partnership (HOME)	City of Chattanooga / HUD	Ongoing	Total HOME $860,000; for‑profit, public, non‑profit eligible
Transformational Habitat Restoration & Coastal Resilience	NOAA	April 16, 2025	Up to $100M; awards $750k–$10M; tribal set‑aside up to 15%
PD&R Research Grant Opportunities	HUD PD&R	July 24, 2025	$20M in competitive research grants (housing affordability & innovation)

Target primes by prompting an AI to scan SAM.gov and recent local solicitations for Chattanooga POAs, NAICS codes (e.g., 236220) and active sources-sought - this surfaces high-value subcontracting leads such as the Tennessee Air National Guard's “Construct 241st Security Measures” presolicitation (place of performance: 6511 Bonny Oaks Drive, Chattanooga; magnitude $1M–$5M) and lets small firms flag pre-bid conferences, site visits, and SAM registration requirements quickly; see the SAM.gov presolicitation for full solicitation access and dates (SAM.gov Construct 241st Security Measures presolicitation details) and the companion market notice on GovernmentContracts for sources‑sought instructions (Construct 241st Security Measures sources‑sought market notice).

Expand the prompt to include large-design procurements (GSA's Lead Designer RFQ for the new Chattanooga courthouse) to identify prime teams and planned small‑business networking events where subcontractors can meet shortlisted firms like Fentress or HOK (GSA Design Excellence Lead Designer RFQ - Chattanooga courthouse).

So what: a well‑crafted prompt converts raw solicitations into a prioritized outreach list (POC, pre‑bid date, NAICS, magnitude), enabling timely capability pitches that win subcontract slots on $1M–$218M local projects.

Attribute	Value
Opportunity	Construct 241st Security Measures (W50S98-25-B-A006)
NAICS / PSC	236220 / Y1PZ
Place of Performance	Chattanooga, TN (6511 Bonny Oaks Drive)
Magnitude	$1,000,000 – $5,000,000
Primary POC	Kristen Phipps - kristen.phipps@us.af.mil - 865-336-3353

“Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded”.

Use a fiscal‑year timing prompt that filters solicitations by obligated‑fund year, “anticipated award” or “anticipated award quarter,” and local place‑of‑performance to surface high‑probability late‑year buys in Tennessee; examples to monitor now include the Chickamauga Lock Replacement approach wall (USACE solicitation with offers updated to July 8, 2025 and an anticipated award in the fourth quarter of FY2025) and GSA's new Chattanooga U.S. Courthouse, where the Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) award is anticipated in the fourth quarter of calendar 2025 after A/E selection - both notices flag timing-driven urgency that teams can exploit by pre-registering, scheduling site visits, and lining up key subcontracts before the award window (Chickamauga Lock Replacement solicitation on SAM.gov, GSA Chattanooga U.S. Courthouse project details on GSA.gov).

So what: an AI prompt tuned for FY timing turns a noisy opportunity feed into a short list of projects where accelerated buying near year‑end makes responsiveness - not just capability - the deciding factor.

Opportunity	Agency	Timing / Key Dates
Chickamauga Lock Replacement Approach Wall	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Offers updated to Jul 8, 2025; Anticipated award: Q4 FY2025
Chattanooga U.S. Courthouse - CMc award	GSA	A/E contract awarded Apr 15, 2025; CMc award anticipated 4th quarter 2025

Prompt 5 uses an AI prompt that profiles firms matching Baker Donelson's local footprint - filtering for a Chattanooga office, multidisciplinary practices (economic development, health law, emerging companies) and published government‑services guidance - to surface direct competitors and realistic teaming partners in Tennessee; for example, seed the prompt with Baker Donelson's Chattanooga office profile (Baker Donelson Chattanooga office profile), the firm's regional Economic Development practice (Baker Donelson Economic Development practice), and its Disaster Recovery & Government Services guidance on federal procurement rules (Baker Donelson guidance on contracting under federal procurement requirements after Hurricane Ida); score matches by on‑the‑ground presence, FEMA/HHS/CMS experience, and practice overlap (public‑private incentives, procurement compliance, health law), then export a ranked shortlist with POC and capability notes so Chattanooga teams know quickly whether to pursue subcontracting, joint bids, or head‑to‑head competition - a crucial edge when local contracts hinge on relationships and procurement compliance, and when Baker Donelson's Chattanooga roots extend more than 60 years.

Attribute	Information
Office (Chattanooga)	633 Chestnut Street, Suite 1900, Chattanooga, TN 37450
Contact	T: 423.756.2010 • Email: contact@bakerdonelson.com
Key practices to match	Economic Development; Disaster Recovery & Government Services; Health Law; Emerging Companies
Local history	Firm roots in Chattanooga go back more than 60 years

To identify a predecessor contract for a Chattanooga opportunity, prompt an AI to pull and cross‑check three specific data points: the PIID and modification trail (to see who held the work and when it changed), the awardee's Unique Entity ID/CAGE (to link predecessor and successor firms), and FPDS/award metadata (dollar amounts, TAS, place of performance).

Run that prompt against SAM.gov's Contract Data/Databank reports (SAM.gov DataBank contract reports) to retrieve FPDS-derived award and modification histories, then match against USAspending's award and subaward records (USAspending.gov award search tool) for obligations and first‑tier subcontract links; for older or archival records follow the Library of Congress research path for historical contracts (Library of Congress historical government contracts guide).

So what: a clean predecessor‑contract record reveals incumbency, scope drift, and modification patterns that decide whether to propose a novation, pitch as a teaming partner, or underwrite an aggressive competitive bid in Tennessee's tight procurement lanes.

Source	What to extract
SAM.gov DataBank	PIID, modification history, contracting office, award documents
USAspending.gov	Obligations, award/subaward linkages, recipient UEI/CAGE
Library of Congress / Archives	Pre‑digital and historical contract records, agency finding aids

Prompt 7 should ask an AI to map active local solicitations against national program patterns - using NTIA/BroadbandUSA award data to spot recurring scopes (middle‑mile fiber, FTTP/XGS‑PON, 2.5 GHz or CBRS fixed wireless, LEO satellite fallbacks, device/subsidy programs, and Network Operations Centers) so Tennessee bidders can classify opportunities by build vs.

operate roles and avoid expensive scope mismatches; see NTIA/BroadbandUSA award listings for the project types and common technical stacks (NTIA/BroadbandUSA award listings and project types).

In practice, an AI prompt that returns “matches” (local RFP vs. national templates) reveals whether a Chattanooga firm should bid as a prime for trenching/FTTP or position as an ISP/operator partner offering CPE, managed NOC services, or device distribution - streamlining decision-making and turning a noisy bid queue into a prioritized outreach list.

Tie that output to local AI governance and procurement workflows so technical assumptions and data‑privacy checks align with municipal requirements (Complete guide to using AI in the government industry in Chattanooga).

Common Scopes	Typical Technologies	Observed Award Size Range
Last‑mile FTTP; fixed wireless; device subsidy & adoption	FTTP/XGS‑PON, 2.5 GHz, CBRS, LEO CPE, NOC	$0.5M – $70M+

“We've developed complex prompts based on our team's extensive knowledge of government contracting, enabling customers to answer critical business questions in minutes instead of hours.”

Prompt 8 should direct an AI to harvest and rank contact metadata from Tennessee Valley Authority solicitations, amendments, and public vendor notices - extracting point‑of‑contact names, roles, emails and phone numbers where available - and to run OCR/LLM pipelines on scanned PDFs so buried POC details become searchable records (Nucamp AI Essentials for Work syllabus: OCR and LLM automation for role transitions).

Then apply lightweight validation and tagging so outreach lists distinguish contracting officers, program managers, and technical POCs and flag privacy or bias risks under local governance rules (Nucamp Responsible AI governance guidance for workplace deployment).

Tie the output to workflow automation - chatbot or alerting channels that free staff from manual lookups - so teams spend hours on tailored proposal strategy instead of contact harvesting; the payoff is a verified, auditable outreach list that accelerates targeted TVA engagement while keeping data handling compliant and efficient (Nucamp case study: 24/7 AI support reducing response load).

Prompt 9 asks an AI to read the solicitation SOW, evaluation criteria, past‑performance records, and compliance clauses, then recommend teaming partners whose certifications and capabilities close gaps the prime can't fill - an approach GovTribe lists as “Analyze this contract opportunity and suggest potential teaming partners” in its GovTribe AI prompts playbook for government contractors.

Practical prompts borrow Samsearch's structure - identify where partners add value, name the expertise required (for example, CMMC Level 3 for cybersecurity work), and explain the benefits each partner brings - so AI returns a short, ranked list with roles and rationale, as shown in Samsearch partner-sourcing prompt examples.

Backed by Deltek's findings that AI can quickly extract risk, past‑performance and contract language, this workflow can cut vendor due‑diligence from days to minutes (e.g., vendor‑info bots used by services programs) and surface pairings that match weighted evaluation criteria - think a Chattanooga prime plus a CMMC‑certified MSP for TVA cybersecurity work, or a local design firm (Fentress/HOK) paired with specialty subs for the courthouse CMc - so teams assemble compliant, complementary proposals faster and with clearer win themes, as discussed in Deltek analysis of AI in government contracting.

“We've developed complex prompts based on our team's extensive knowledge of government contracting, enabling customers to answer critical business questions in minutes instead of hours.”

Prompt 10 should direct an AI to read solicitations, FAR/DFARS clauses, and agency fact sheets to quantify how Executive Order 14306 and related 2024–25 rulemakings change cybersecurity obligations for Tennessee contractors: E.O. 14306 scales back centralized software‑attestation mandates while expressly leaving in place DFARS/NIST requirements and a near‑final CMMC rule, so Chattanooga firms may see fewer blanket attestation asks but still must meet NIST controls and CMMC certification for DoD work (see the WilmerHale client alert on Executive Order 14306 cybersecurity changes).

At the same time, federal enforcement remains active - DOJ Civil Cyber‑Fraud Initiative actions and high‑value settlements (examples cited at $4.6M and $8.4M) show that inaccurate SPRS entries or failures to implement NIST SP 800‑171 controls carry real financial risk - so an AI prompt should flag CMMC/DFARS clauses, SPRS scores, CUI handling, PQC/IoT labeling requirements, and signs of possible False Claims exposure (see analysis of evolving contractor cybersecurity obligations and Dickinson Wright on DOJ cybersecurity enforcement and CMMC).

So what: for Chattanooga primes and subs, a prompt that auto‑extracts cybersecurity clauses and cross‑checks SPRS/CMMC status can convert policy noise into a two‑week remediation list that prevents losing bids or incurring multimillion‑dollar enforcement exposures.

Policy Change / Rule	Implication for Tennessee Contractors
E.O. 14306 (June 6, 2025)	Attestation requirements scaled back; agencies retain some technical mandates (PQC, DNS, IP registry rules)
DFARS / NIST SP 800‑171 & CMMC	DoD-required NIST controls remain; CMMC implementation and assessments required for CUI work
DOJ Civil Cyber‑Fraud Initiative	Enforcement risk for misrepresentations - settlements reached into multimillions
IoT Trust Mark / PQC	Labeling and post‑quantum planning retained - procurements may require compliance

“imposing unproven and burdensome software accounting processes that prioritized compliance checklists over genuine security investments.”

Bring it home for Chattanooga: pair the ten AI prompts with automated saved searches so opportunities come to you - create a GovTribe saved search filtered to Chattanooga NAICS/keywords and set Email Notification to “Instant” so matching opportunities (GovTribe refreshes data about every 15 minutes) arrive within roughly 15 minutes rather than getting buried among the 70,000+ federal postings in 2025; use AI to triage fiscal‑year timing, surface likely primes for subcontracting, and generate ranked teaming shortlists, then turn those insights into action with hands‑on prompt‑writing and OCR/LLM workflows taught in Nucamp's AI Essentials for Work bootcamp (GovTribe saved searches and email notifications guide, Nucamp AI Essentials for Work registration and syllabus).

Start with three saved searches (primary NAICS, year‑end buys, and grants) and let AI surface the top 3–5 high‑probability pursuits weekly so Tennessee teams focus proposal effort where it wins.

Action	Recommendation / Detail
Saved Search Cadence	Instant (alerts ≈15 minutes) - set for Chattanooga NAICS and year‑end filters
Training	AI Essentials for Work - 15 weeks; practical prompt writing & OCR/LLM (register: Nucamp AI Essentials for Work registration)

“We've developed complex prompts based on our team's extensive knowledge of government contracting, enabling customers to answer critical business questions in minutes instead of hours.”