Contracting Authority Federal Contract Consulting

Federal contract consulting for small businesses

Know which federal opportunities deserve your bid.

We help small businesses evaluate solicitations, organize capability evidence and review proposals against the published requirements. Start with a clear decision about where to invest your time.

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$250, credited to any engagement

A clearer path from opportunity to decision

Choose a defined engagement with a practical output, a published price and a clear boundary between our support and your delivery responsibilities.

A written decision with evidence
Get a defined output: an opportunity recommendation, a positioning plan or a reviewed draft. Significant uncertainties and conditions are recorded alongside the recommendation.
A fee that supports an honest recommendation
No contingency, no commission, no percentage of an award. Nothing in the fee structure pays me more for telling you to bid, which is why the $1,000 assessment is allowed to come back a no-bid.
Review against the published criteria
We map proposal instructions and evaluation factors to the evidence your response needs. The solicitation governs the review, including formats that do not use Sections L and M.
A fixed price with a defined end
A $250 strategy call, a $1,000 opportunity assessment and other published service scopes. Monthly pipeline support is priced separately, with its minimum term stated on the service page.

Choose your next step

Every solicitation gets read in this order

Not the statement of work. Three gates decide whether a bid is real, and most of them sit outside the technical requirements entirely.

  1. 01

    Is the door actually open

    Set-aside type, incumbent position, and any consent requirement that hands a competitor a veto. Authorization letters, proprietary data rights, OEM lock. These close a bid before evaluation starts.

    Verdict: If gate one fails, nothing downstream matters. Stop here and write to the contracting officer instead.

  2. 02

    How well does your evidence fit

    Review required experience, technical specifications and the evaluation criteria. Separate documented competitive constraints from assumptions about the outcome.

    Verdict: Document the evidence that supports your approach and the gaps that still need to be resolved.

  3. 03

    Can you perform it and still make money

    Limitations on subcontracting, hosting and compliance obligations, and where the real cost sits once you price the parts nobody puts in the SOW.

    Verdict: Review staffing, compliance and cash requirements before committing. A win must also be workable to deliver.

Briefings

Practical guidance on opportunity selection, proposal preparation and buyer research. Examples are labeled, and factual references are linked.

All briefings

Bring one solicitation. Get a straight answer.

A strategy call reviews your firm and its next steps. A written verdict on a specific solicitation is a separate opportunity assessment. Review the scope before requesting an engagement.

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