ENTRY & ROUTING
Choose the entry, then let the evidence choose the route.
Routing is a hybrid model. Revenue and headcount are soft absorption signals, not thresholds. What the firm still has to fix, and where it already stands federally, determine the depth of the workstream and the route. One universal six-dimension index is scored across the engagement, and the score resolves into one of the six routes above.
THE ENTRY LADDER
Four ways in. Each one bounded.
Entry depth is set by the burden and the target contract, not by a fixed package.
Diagnostic
Bounded intake, entity and SAM scan, federal exposure scan, a routing and scoping memo, and a 90-minute session.
ORIENT-lite
A market-entry and bounded readiness baseline covering only the workstreams the situation requires.
ORIENT full
All standard ORIENT workstreams, at defined depth.
Downstream phase engagement
ORGANIZE, REMEDIATE, ASSESS, HOLD/ConMon, any program-build domain, or a status-contingent C3PAO module.
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THE READINESS INDEX
Six dimensions. One honest score.
One universal six-dimension model is used across every engagement, whatever the sector. Each dimension is scored from “unknown or evidence unavailable” through “documented and operational.”
A dimension scored without evidence is not a dimension scored. Findings that cannot be traced to a source file or client evidence are not counted, which is why the same index can support an honest deferral as easily as a go-ahead.
The index is applied the same way in every engagement, so a score means the same thing whether it leads to a go-ahead or an honest deferral.
Federal market entry posture
NAICS, SAM validity, set-aside path, target agencies, and prime or subcontract intent.
Business infrastructure
Accounting, estimating, bonding, insurance, and working capital.
Regulatory baseline
FAR and DFARS, Davis-Bacon, Buy American and TAA, EEO and OFCCP, Section 3, and export-control triggers.
Safety program
EM 385-1-1, OSHA records, Activity Hazard Analysis capability, and Site Safety and Health Officer capacity.
Cyber and CUI readiness
CUI and FCI determination, SPRS, DFARS 252.204-7012 posture, access-control and CUI-marking posture, and self-assessment readiness.
Target-market execution posture
Capacity, past-performance context, financial capacity, capability fit, and execution-process maturity from need to closeout.
THE SIX ROUTES
What the score resolves into.
A route is a recommendation with a reason behind it. It is not a sales path. DEFER and DECLINE are real outcomes, and they are issued as findings, not as discounts.
Target market, bonding, accounting, working capital, and execution posture support a prime pursuit.
The firm is capable but not prime-ready; route toward teaming or subcontract posture.
A structural gap must be addressed before the pursuit is responsible.
No viable federal path within the working horizon. An honest deferral rather than discounted custom work.
Existing federal performance makes direct ASSESS or HOLD work more appropriate than a readiness baseline.
Pathological accounting, foreign ownership or FOCI concerns, ITAR or EAR program needs beyond diagnostic scope, an exotic CUI boundary, or work outside LFC capability.
WHERE TO START
Read one page instead of six.
A T0/T1/T2 route and a costed roadmap.
An owned plan, architecture, milestones, and budget.
Evidence-backed implementation and documentation.
A readiness rehearsal and corrective-action closure.
Annual affirmation, SPRS upkeep, monitoring, and change control.
A separately scoped domain with its own acceptance gate.
5 PHASES · FIVE PROGRAM-BUILD DOMAINS · SIX READINESS ROUTES
TAKE THE FIRST STEP
Start with the diagnostic, not the proposal.
Tell us the target contract and what you already know. We will tell you which route we think you are on and why.
A 30-minute introductory call. Bring the target solicitation and what you already know about your gaps.
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