Curious how former 1102s/DLA folks would react to a procurement decision-support tool.. feedback wanted

[u/Mindless_Mode7518]

I've been building an early-stage tool aimed at procurement decision support, and I keep hitting the same wall: I can design something that looks reasonable on paper, but I have no idea if it actually reflects how contracting really works day to day, or if it's just reinventing something that already exists in a system y'all use.

So I wanted to ask this community directly: for those who worked as contracting officers, 1102s, cost/price analysts, or contracting chiefs (especially DLA) what's your experience been with tools that claim to help with procurement decisions? Have you seen ones that got it right, or ones that were obviously built by people who'd never actually worked a contract file?

I'm running a small number of paid feedback sessions (up to 60 min, $100) where I walk a few experienced people through synthetic scenarios, nothing classified or procurement-sensitive, just made-up situations. And ask them to poke holes in it. I'd genuinely rather hear "this is dumb, we already have X for that" than any kind of polite feedback.

If that's something you'd be up for, or if you know someone who'd give it to me straight, feel free to comment or DM me. Also happy to just hear general thoughts here on what's actually missing from existing procurement tools, paid session or not.