Which fire are you trying to put out?
Three advisory practices, each scoped to a concrete deliverable and a named decision. We do not sell hours; we sell outcomes that change a capture posture.
Specific work.
Useful outputs.
Choose the practice that matches the decision in front of you. Most clients start with Capture Readiness before expanding the aperture.
Pre-solicitation positioning
Shape your position during the 18–36 month window when program offices form their working picture of the market.
View scopeMarket intelligence
Primary-source research across budgets, awards, memos, markups, competitors, incumbents, and acquisition pathways.
View scopeCapture artifacts
Evaluator-keyed documents produced on compressed cycles, with every material claim tied to a source the evaluator can verify.
View scopeDifferent lanes.
Different clocks.
Practice context matters. A dual-use entrant, a small prime, and an SBIR transition do not face the same buyer map or acquisition rhythm.
Program position
Program-of-record positioning, teaming strategy with IP firewall, proposal red-team review, and Hill-side signal interpretation.
Culture translation
Pre-solicitation positioning, OTA / CSO pathway selection, SBIR / STTR transition, and a bridge between commercial and Pentagon logic.
Capture without collapse
Phase II / III strategy, vehicle selection, CMMC readiness, and set-aside positioning for owners carrying too much.
What DIA declines: non-defense work, lobbying-style influence, lobbyist-of-record arrangements, competing bidders on the same program, and pure proposal-writing volume work. We advise; we do not ghost-write.
Mutual NDA.
One-page scope.
A 30-minute scoping call establishes the decision, constraints, deliverable, fit, and conflict considerations.
Capture Readiness
One to two weeks, fixed fee. Written brief and executive readout.
Retained Advisory
Quarterly retainer. Monthly briefings and on-demand questions.
Embedded Capture
Milestone-based engagement tied to a specific solicitation.