Don't take this the wrong way, but .gov procurement people do notice things like the fact that both domains ( dobt.co and procure.io ) are using cctld's for non-US countries.
It's a good start, but this is a focused on the relatively low price segment. This doesn't address how some startup could come in and effectively submit a bid for something like the VA system
> During the pilot period, RFP-EZ attracted more than 270 businesses that until now had never approached the world of Federal contracting.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/05/15/rfp-ez-delivers-sa...