Government Contracting

You won the contract. Now you’re being graded.

Every report, work order, and conversation with your government contact becomes part of your performance record. That record decides your rating, your option years, and whether you win the rebid.

For prime contractors and subcontractors running federal service contracts: facility O&M, base operations support, power and utilities, data centers, construction support, and security.

Where federal contracts slip

// four things owners tell me
01Your rating

Your rating is being written now, and you don’t hold the pen.

Every report and conversation with the government feeds it. By the time you see it, it’s final.

02Your government contact

Your government contact stops covering for you and starts documenting.

It happens quietly. There’s no letter, just a change in what goes into your file.

03Wage rules

One wage complaint can wipe out the contract’s margin.

A single misclassified technician can mean months of back pay under federal wage rules.

04The dashboard

Your maintenance system says you’re on track. The field says otherwise.

Late work orders and back-dated closeouts look fine on screen. The government notices before you do.

When owners call me

01A cure notice or a rating warning lands before the option year.
02A new award starts in 30 to 120 days and nobody on your team has run a transition-in.
03Your program manager just left, and the site can’t wait for a search.
04Finished work is piling up unbilled or invoices keep coming back.

Recent work

A two-site federal security contract had lost three program managers and missed its site openings. I was the fourth lead. Within four months, paid hours went from about 4,800 to 4,200 a week with every post covered, call-outs fell to one to three a week, and I handed the site back to its program manager.

On a facilities contract overseas, 612 hours of finished work had never been billed. I put it through correctly, and it was paid: $43K to $69K.

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Four ways to work together

// start with the level you need; go deeper only if you need to

Same rates as the Ready Room. Each monthly option is a block of hours; extra time is billed at the off-retainer rate of $250/hr. Full-Time has a 90-day minimum, and travel, room and board are paid by the client.

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Oversight
An outside set of eyes.
$3,000 / month · 20 hours

Every month I review the contract’s reports and correspondence with the government, stay in touch with your managers, and flag problems before they reach your rating.

How it runs
Mostly remote. Guidance only, with limited decision-making authority.
You get
A monthly review and a written note to the owner.
Start the conversation
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Active Operator
Your representative in the room.
$6,000 / month · 40 hours

I join your performance reviews and meetings with the government as your representative, coordinate the people and vendors assigned to me, and keep the contract on a steady rhythm through option years.

How it runs
Remote and on-site. I act within the authority you give me in writing.
You get
A monthly summary and a quarterly contract review.
Start the conversation
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Interim Leadership
A temporary manager for the contract.
$12,000 / month · 80 hours

I step in as the contract’s temporary manager for a rebid season, a multi-site ramp-up, or a recovery, then hand over to your permanent lead once it’s stable.

How it runs
On-site schedule set in the agreement. My authority is written down; you keep the final say.
You get
A weekly report to the owner and a written handover plan.
Start the conversation
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Full-Time
On your site, in the seat.
$15,000 / month · 160 hours

I’m on your site full time as the contract’s interim manager through a recovery, a transition-in, or a leadership gap, then hand it to your permanent lead.

How it runs
On-site, 40 hours a week. 90-day minimum. Extra hours at $250/hr. Travel, room and board paid by the client.
You get
Daily presence, a weekly report to the owner, and a written handover plan.
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How I work

01U.S.-based and veteran-led, currently working in Asia. Available worldwide.
02Travel, room and board are paid by the client.
03I’m your only consultant, and I do the work myself. A small back-office team handles the admin behind me.

What I don’t do

×Write your proposal for you. I’ll review it and advise on the operations, staffing, and transition sections.
×Give legal advice on federal contracting rules. I’ll refer you if you need it.
×Sell compliance software or recruit staff.
×Sit in a key-personnel slot your contracting officer hasn’t approved. I stabilize the site and hand it to the person who will hold it.

What to expect

I don’t promise a rating. You earn it by how you run the contract. I help you run it well, keep the record accurate, and sit in the room while it’s being written.

Your record is still open

Find out where you stand before it’s final.

Fifteen minutes. I’ll tell you if the record can still be changed. If it can’t, I’ll tell you that too.

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Government Contracting