PHASE 01 · ORIENT
Scope and baseline
OORAH ORIENT gives you a documented answer to where you stand in the federal marketplace before you spend a proposal dollar. We review market path, business infrastructure, regulatory exposure, safety readiness, and bounded cyber posture, then give you a prioritized route and costed next step.
WHAT THIS PHASE ESTABLISHES
Establish an honest, evidence-backed baseline before a firm spends proposal dollars or commits to remediation. ORIENT determines where the firm stands, what path is viable, what must be fixed, and which entry or downstream route is responsible.
SMBs entering federal work, with Construction/EPC fully configured, moving from subcontractor to prime, responding to a lost bid, or already holding federal work but needing a structured baseline before the next pursuit.
A prioritized gap register where every finding cites a source, a costed roadmap with dates and owners, and the route we think you should take. Plus a written boundary around what ORIENT did not cover.
STANDARD ARTIFACTS
What the phase produces.
The exact phase boundary and the client inputs are documented before work begins. These are the artifacts that define acceptance.
Routing and scoping memo
The T0/T1/T2 route and which workstreams it runs.
Market entry report
Target market, NAICS, agency, and prime or subcontract posture.
Gap register
Every finding cites a source file or client evidence.
Roadmap
The costed and timed next route.
SPRS / DFARS posture summary
Bounded cyber readiness, not a full 110-control assessment.
Export-control screen
ITAR and EAR trigger inventory, foreign-national exposure, and registration posture. Diagnostic only.
Execution-chain map
Need-to-closeout steps, process and procedure evidence, flow-down handling, and gap flags.
PROGRAM-BUILD DOMAINS IN THIS PHASE
The five domains, at ORIENT depth.
Each domain threads all five phases but is separately scoped. What happens here is only what this phase owes the domain, not the whole build.
Export control
Export control — screened at ORIENT: ITAR and EAR trigger inventory, foreign-national access, registration posture.
Document control
Document control — CUI identification and marking posture screened, not built.
Access control
Access control — access and marking posture screened, not implemented.
Program setup
Program setup — ownership screen: who would own the program, and where the gaps are.
Execution evaluation
Execution evaluation — a first-pass need-to-closeout walk from procurement through closeout.
LIMITS THAT APPLY HERE
No phase guarantees an outcome.
PHASE 01 OF 05 · The LFC OORAH Framework
NEXT STEP
Ready for ORIENT?
Every engagement starts with a conversation about the route, not a price list. Tell us the target contract and where you think the gaps are.
A 30-minute introductory call. Bring the target solicitation and what you already know about your gaps.
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