The Ask Pub K AI Workspace
The purpose-built AI workspace for government contracting professionals.
Research faster. Analyze with confidence. Create better work product.
Ask Pub K brings authoritative GovCon knowledge, advanced AI, document analysis, professional drafting, and team collaboration together in one secure workspace — from the first question to the finished deliverable.
A Professional Workspace, Not Just a Chatbot
Government contracting work does not end with a quick answer.
GovCon professionals need to find the right authorities, understand how they fit together, test conclusions against the record, prepare usable work product, and collaborate with the people who bear responsibility for the result. Ask Pub K is designed around that complete workflow.
“What is the deadline for filing a GAO protest?”
A single answer. No sources attached, no matter context, no record of how the conclusion was reached — and nothing to build on tomorrow.
The exchange ends hereResearch · Analyze · Create · Collaborate
The core ways GovCon professionals work.
Four capabilities, one connected workflow — each stage strengthens the next, and nothing developed along the way is lost.
Research
Find the authorities and information that matter.Statutes, regulations, FAR and agency supplements, case law, agency guidance, policies, practice materials, internal documents, and prior work product — with the distinction between controlling authority, official guidance, and commentary preserved.
Explore Research →“GAO will not consider protests of task orders below $25M under IDIQs awarded by civilian agencies…” [1][2]
OFPP MemoPub K AnalysisAnalyze
Turn documents and authorities into informed judgment.Review solicitations, contracts, correspondence, audit findings, investigation records, claims, and policies. Identify issues, compare positions, trace requirements, and evaluate risk in a structured, reviewable way.
Explore Analyze →§ L.3.2 — ambiguous key-personnel commitment · § H.14 — nonstandard IP clause conflicts with DFARS 252.227-7013 · CMMC Level 2 required at proposal…
Create
Produce professional work product, not generic text.Research memoranda, contract analyses, compliance assessments, claims, disclosures, investigation reports, executive briefings, checklists, and strategies — using workflows designed for professional GovCon work.
Explore Create →Collaborate
Move work forward across teams and matters.Review, refine, share, organize, and preserve work across legal, contracts, compliance, operations, and executive teams. Build on prior analysis instead of repeatedly starting over.
Explore Collaborate →M. Alvarez — approved analysis · assigned drafting to R. Chen
R. Chen — draft ready for GC review ● In review
Saved to matter knowledge · Claims — REA 2026-014Built Specifically for Government Contracting
Specialized work requires specialized AI.
Government contracting has its own authorities, terminology, institutions, procedures, and risks. Ask Pub K is built around them — designed to recognize the difference between a regulation and commentary, a legal argument and a business recommendation, a preliminary answer and a reviewable deliverable.
Domain-specific knowledge
Research and analysis grounded in the statutes, regulations, decisions, policies, and professional materials that govern public contracts and grants.
Government contracting workflows
Tools organized around the work professionals actually perform — from solicitation review and contract administration to claims, investigations, disclosures, and strategic advice.
Professional output types
Structured deliverables designed for legal, contracts, compliance, executive, and operational use — not generic prose generated in isolation.
Authority and commentary kept distinct
Ask Pub K helps users understand what a source is, how much weight it carries, and where interpretation or judgment begins.
Work Product Across the Organization
Built for the work GovCon organizations produce every day.
For in-house counsel, outside counsel, contracts administrators, and ethics & compliance teams — Ask Pub K helps create and improve the documents, analyses, strategies, and plans that move matters forward.
Legal Research Memorandum
Cited · reviewable · export-readySolicitation Analysis
Issues flagged · compliance matrixCompliance Risk Assessment
Framework-mapped · action itemsClaim Strategy & REA
Entitlement · quantum · recordInvestigation Report
Findings · evidence · disclosure pathExecutive Briefing
Decision-ready · board formatCorrective Action Plan
Milestones · owners · verificationContract Administration Checklist
Flowdowns · deliverables · deadlinesTrust, Transparency & Professional Control
AI should strengthen professional judgment — not obscure it.
Ask Pub K is designed to make the underlying research and reasoning visible, so users can review the support, test the conclusions, refine the analysis, and apply their own judgment before relying on the result.
Source-grounded answers
Trace important propositions back to the materials on which they are based.
Transparent citations
Review the relevant sources directly rather than accepting unsupported conclusions.
Visible source types
Distinguish controlling authority, official guidance, commentary, and internal knowledge.
Uncertainty made clear
Identify where sources are incomplete, conflicting, unsettled, or dependent on judgment.
Security & governance
Sensitive professional work protected in an environment designed for organizational use.
Pricing
One workspace, priced for every practice.
Every seat includes the complete workspace — Research, Analyze, Create, and Collaborate — with volume pricing that mirrors Pub K membership.
$149 / user / month
Billed annuallyThe complete Ask Pub K workspace for a single professional.
Request a Demo →$149 / user / month
Billed annually · volume discounts- 10–20 seats10% off
- 21–30 seats15% off
- 31+ seats20% off
$10,000 / yr
Ask Pub K onlyEvery seat in your organization under a single rate — no per-seat management.
Talk to Us →Ask Pub K is included with Institutional Silver, Gold & Platinum sponsorships — 5, 10, and 15 seats respectively.
Bring professional AI into your GovCon workflow.
See how Ask Pub K can help your team research complex questions, analyze documents and authorities, create better work product, and preserve the knowledge your organization develops.
Ask Pub K is developed with the knowledge and experience of the Public Contracts & Grants Institute — and connected to a GovCon intelligence ecosystem supported by Ask Pub K Briefs, Institute analysis and events, and a recurring professional audience that strengthens trust, distribution, and adoption.