Privacy Policy

Effective date: 2026-10-16. Last updated: 2026-10-16.

This Privacy Policy explains how GCExperts LLC ("we", "us") collects, uses, and protects information when you use Interested Vendors at interestedvendors.com ("the Service"), an a federal construction interested-vendor registry and teaming board: contractors express interest in live federal construction solicitations and are surfaced to the market. GCExperts LLC is a Texas limited liability company (IRS CP 575 B; Texas SOS file number 0804996600) and owns and operates the Service. You can reach us at [email protected].

Information we collect

• Account information. Your email address and a securely hashed password when you create an account.
• Demand Desk membership and payment records. The plan you bought, the amount, the currency, the payment status, and the payment provider's transaction identifier. Card numbers are handled by Stripe and never reach our servers.
• Interested-vendor entries. When you register your firm's interest in a solicitation, we collect the firm name, your contact name and email, your trade, your NAICS codes, any set-aside certifications you list, and the states you serve. You submit this; we do not obtain it from any government system.
• Local demand alerts (optional). When you register for local federal demand alerts, we collect your email address and, only if you choose to give it, a phone number. Email alerts and phone/SMS alerts are separate, optional choices; each consent is recorded separately with the exact wording you agreed to and the time you agreed. You can withdraw either consent at any time.
• Usage and security data. Records needed to keep sessions working and the site safe, such as session tokens and rate-limit counters. Session tokens are stored in a strictly-necessary cookie.
• Cookie choices. The consent choice you make on the cookie banner.

What is shown publicly, and to whom

An interested-vendor entry is shown on a public page for the solicitation it names. The public page shows the firm name, trade, NAICS codes, set-aside certifications and states you submitted. Your contact name and email are shown only to users who are signed in. The submission form states this in plain words and asks for your consent before you submit, and you can ask us to remove an entry at any time.

What we do not do

We do not ingest, mirror, copy or republish the federal government's own Interested Vendor List, and we do not obtain the details of any firm that did not submit an entry here. Every vendor shown on interestedvendors.com put itself there. The solicitation records we display are the government's own public opportunity notices from SAM.gov; the interest entries are ours and yours.

How we use information

• To create and secure your account and let you sign in and reset your password.
• To publish and maintain the interested-vendor registry you submit to.
• To provide and confirm any Demand Desk membership you purchase.
• To send service messages, such as password-reset links and payment confirmations.
• To send the local federal demand alerts you asked for, on the email and/or phone/SMS channel(s) you separately consented to.
• To detect abuse, prevent fraud, and meet legal and accounting obligations.

Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with service providers that help us run the Service, and only as needed:

• Stripe processes payments and card data.
• Our email provider delivers transactional email such as password resets.
• Our hosting provider operates the servers that run the Service.
• Authorities, where we are legally required to disclose information.

Retention

We keep account and purchase records for as long as your account exists and for the period required for tax, accounting, and legal purposes. An interested-vendor entry stays published while the solicitation it names is shown as active, and is removed on request. Password-reset links expire after 60 minutes and are single-use. When you delete your account, we delete or anonymise your personal information except where we must retain it by law.

Cookies

We use a strictly necessary cookie to keep you signed in; this cookie cannot be switched off without breaking login. With your consent we may also use analytics cookies to understand how the site is used. You can accept all cookies or only the necessary ones on the banner, and you can clear your choice at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or receive a copy of your personal information, and to object to or restrict certain processing. To make a request, email [email protected]. We will respond within the time required by applicable law.

California (CCPA/CPRA). If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect and how we use it, to request its deletion or correction, to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information, and not to be discriminated against for exercising those rights. We do not sell your personal information and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected] or write to GCExperts LLC, 300 Brushy Creek Rd, Cedar Park, TX 78613.

European Economic Area, UK and Switzerland (GDPR / UK GDPR). If you are in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, you have the rights above plus the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. Our lawful bases for processing are performance of a contract, our legitimate interests (securing the service and preventing abuse), and consent (optional analytics cookies, which you can withdraw at any time). To exercise a right, email [email protected] or write to GCExperts LLC, 300 Brushy Creek Rd, Cedar Park, TX 78613.

Children

The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has given us information, contact us and we will delete it.

Security

Passwords are stored using a modern one-way hash, sessions use secure cookies, and the Service is served over HTTPS. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect the information we hold.

Changes and contact

We may update this policy from time to time and will post the new version on this page. Questions about this policy or your information can be sent to [email protected].