Guide

What Is a Compliance Matrix? A Federal Contractor's Guide

A compliance matrix maps every solicitation requirement in Sections L and M to your proposal response — here's how to build one and why it wins.

2026-06-01
Guide

What Is PWin? A Practical Guide to Win Probability for GovCon

PWin is your probability of winning a specific bid — here's how capture teams estimate it, what drives it, and how to use it for bid/no-bid calls.

2026-05-30
Guide

Shipley for Small Contractors: The Capture Process Without the Overhead

The Shipley capture-and-proposal process scales down — here's the lean version a small GovCon shop can actually run, gate by gate.

2026-05-28
Reference

SBIR/STTR Phase III Sole-Source Awards: A Contracting Guide

Phase III sole-source authority comes from 15 U.S.C. 638(r), not FAR 19.1306 (which is HUBZone) — the "derives from" test, the authority, and why no further competition is required.

2026-05-26
Reference

OMB M-25-21: The Federal AI Use-Case Inventory, Explained

OMB Memorandum M-25-21 sets how agencies govern, inventory, and manage risk for AI use cases — here's what it requires and how to map your tool to it.

2026-05-24