nDemand Consulting Services, Inc.
Federal Year-End Sprint
A fixed-fee capture engagement built for the close of FY2026.
Two engagements
Two engagements, sized to where your firm already is.
The work that moves a fourth quarter depends entirely on what a firm already has. A business without a contract vehicle and a business with a federal practice and open capacity are solving different problems, and the same engagement does not serve both.
For emerging and growing federal firms
You are building a federal practice or entering one. The work is pipeline construction, positioning, and getting compliant responses submitted before the window closes.
- Under roughly $20 million in revenue
- Building or entering a federal practice
- Needs pipeline, positioning, and proposals
- Tracks A and B below apply to you
For established enterprise firms
You already have a pipeline, past performance, and capture staff. What decides this quarter is who takes your call, not whether you can find the work.
- Roughly $20 million in revenue and above
- Existing federal practice and capture function
- Needs relationships, teaming, and access
- May hold vehicles or clearances sitting idle
Download the full Q4 Contract Blitz overview
16-page PDF. Who we are, why now, two tracks, deliverables, tiers, payment plans, and how to start.
Download the full Q4 Contract Blitz for Established Enterprise Firms Overview
The enterprise track PDF for firms already operating inside the federal market.
The window
The window is closing.
The federal fiscal year ends September 30. Agencies are obligating remaining funds now, and contracting officers are under pressure to move money before it expires. For a firm already inside the federal market, the next several weeks are the highest-probability window of the year. For a firm on the outside, the awards that follow in October through December are decided by positioning done right now.
Two tracks
Two tracks, because two situations.
Year-End Capture
For firms with active federal awards, a GSA schedule, or an existing agency footprint.
- Expiring vehicle and option-year analysis
- Targeted opportunity list via GovBid Intelligence
- Recompete and incumbent mapping
- Three to five qualified pursuits identified
- Direct contracting officer outreach
- Response support via ProposalForge
FY2027 Fast Start
For firms with limited or no federal presence yet. New-start awards land October through December.
- SAM.gov and registration audit
- NAICS and set-aside strategy
- Capability statement rebuilt for buyers
- Named target agency and office list
- Subcontract and teaming pathway
- Q1 pursuit calendar built
Market intelligence
Your competition is not ready either.
91%
scored in the lowest readiness tier
64%
have no governance structure
43%
use AI tools with no governance policy
The firms bidding against you in Q4 are largely unqualified. A supplier who shows up organized, documented, and ready to price risk is not competing on price. They are competing against nobody.
Investment
Pricing by scope.
The fee tracks the work you need done. Enrollment deadline is the urgency, not the discount. Earlier starts get more runway. The same deadline, but more time to execute.
These tiers are built for emerging and growing federal firms. Established firms at roughly $20 million and above should see the Q4 Access Sprint below.
STRIKE
$6,500
One priority Q4 target
- 200 government and prime contacts
- 1 outreach campaign
- 1 proposal executed
- 1 targeted white paper
- Capability statement overhaul
- Bid and no-bid intelligence
- CRM and SPLOB pipeline
- Kickoff and midpoint capture sessions
SURGE
$13,500
A multi-opportunity push
- 500 government and prime contacts
- 2 campaigns, A/B tested
- 2 proposals executed
- 2 targeted white papers
- Everything in Strike, plus:
- Bi-weekly capture sessions
- Warm teaming target list
- Red team review on one bid
DOMINATE
$24,000
All-in, with teaming plays
- 1,000 government and prime contacts
- 3 campaigns, A/B tested
- 3 proposals executed
- 3 targeted white papers
- Everything in Surge, plus:
- Dedicated weekly strategist
- Facilitated teaming introductions
- Pink team, red team, and orals prep
| Tier | Pay in Full | 2-Pay (monthly) | 3-Pay (monthly) |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRIKE | $6,500 | $3,375 x 2 | $2,300 x 3 |
| SURGE | $13,500 | $7,000 x 2 | $4,750 x 3 |
| DOMINATE | $24,000 | $12,500 x 2 | $8,400 x 3 |
If cash flow is the only thing standing between you and Q4, we will find a plan that works. Milestone-based splits, deposit plus installments, and custom terms. Ask on your strategy call.
For established firms
The Q4 Access Sprint.
For firms at roughly $20 million and above. You already have a pipeline, a capture function, and people who know how to read a solicitation. The advice aimed at emerging contractors does not apply, and paying for it would waste the quarter.
What you do not need
- Registering in SAM
- Writing a first capability statement
- Learning to search opportunities
- Standing up a CRM
- Understanding NAICS codes
What actually moves a Q4
- Introductions to primes with real subcontracting gaps
- Teaming positions where your differentiator is the reason
- Access to program staff before the requirement is written
- Cleared work matched to a facility clearance you already hold
- Consortium and joint venture structures for larger pursuits
Every play in this engagement sits on the right side of that line.
An unused facility clearance is a teaming position.
If your firm holds an active facility clearance and is not running classified work against it, you are carrying cost for an asset primes actively need and cannot quickly obtain. Sponsorship runs six to eighteen months. A cleared partner takes a phone call. We position the clearance explicitly in every teaming approach, identify primes with cleared work and no cleared capacity, and broker the introduction directly.
If your firm does not hold a clearance, this play is replaced with vehicle access and consortium positioning. Confirmed on the strategy call.
The engagement
Four plays, run simultaneously.
An eight week sprint built on relationships and structure rather than opportunity search. We run it alongside your capture team, not instead of them.
Prime access
We identify primes carrying subcontracting obligations, cleared work, or capacity gaps in your exact scope, then broker warm introductions at the capture and program level.
Agency positioning
Direct outreach to program staff and contracting officers who hold unobligated funds, timed so you appear in market research rather than after the solicitation posts.
Teaming and consortium
Structured teaming arrangements, joint venture positioning, and mentor protege pathways where the arrangement itself creates a competitive position neither party holds alone.
Vehicle leverage
Existing schedules, IDIQs, BPAs, and clearances audited for underuse, then positioned deliberately as the reason a prime or agency should choose you.
How it runs
Eight weeks, in this order.
The sequence matters. Outreach before positioning wastes the outreach, and introductions made before your differentiator is clear waste the relationship.
Weeks 1 to 2
Audit and position
Vehicles, clearances, and past performance audited for leverage. Differentiator defined in the language a prime capture lead uses.
Weeks 2 to 4
Target and map
Named primes, agencies, and program offices identified with the specific gap you fill. Decision makers mapped by role.
Weeks 3 to 6
Broker and convene
Warm introductions made and meetings convened. We are in the room, not behind it.
Weeks 5 to 8
Convert
Teaming agreements, subcontract positions, and bids executed before September 30.
Every engagement begins with a strategy call before any commitment. If eight weeks is not enough runway for your situation, we will say so on that call.
Investment
Three tiers. Priced on access, not hours.
Every tier includes the full four play engine. The difference is the number of relationships we open and how deep we go on conversion.
ACCESS
$24,000
Focused entry into a defined target set
- 12 prime and agency targets
- 6 brokered introductions
- 1 teaming agreement supported
- Vehicle and clearance audit
- 2 proposals supported
- Biweekly capture sessions
ALLIANCE
$30,000
Double the reach, deeper conversion
- 24 prime and agency targets
- 12 brokered introductions
- 2 teaming agreements supported
- Consortium structuring
- 3 proposals supported
- Weekly capture sessions
- Pink and red team review
CONSORTIUM
$50,000
Continuous access, carried into FY2027
- Unlimited target development
- Continuous introductions
- Joint venture structuring
- Dedicated capture strategist
- 5 proposals supported
- Executive briefings with primes
- Full color team reviews
- Carries into FY2027
Milestone based payment structures available on every tier. Two pay and three pay options confirmed on the strategy call.
Enrollment window
Six firms, not ten.
Brokering access means spending our relationships on your behalf. We will not introduce competing firms into the same prime or program office, which caps how many enterprise engagements we can run honestly in one quarter. Six is the number, and the September 4 enrollment deadline applies here as well.
Download the Q4 Access Sprint overview
The enterprise engagement in full. Plays, sequence, tiers, and how to start.
Enrollment window
Ten firms. Then enrollment closes.
September 4
Enrollment closes. After this we cannot deliver inside the window.
September 30
The federal fiscal year ends. Unobligated funds expire.
Every week you wait costs scope, not just time. An engagement starting in August runs eight weeks. One starting September 4 runs four. Same deadline, half the runway.
Expectations
What this engagement does not promise.
A guaranteed award. No one can honestly promise that inside a fiscal quarter. What this delivers is a qualified pipeline, submitted and compliant responses, and a documented position going into FY2027. Firms without an existing contract vehicle should expect Track B outcomes, not Track A outcomes. Enterprise engagements are measured on relationships opened and teaming positions structured, not on award count inside the quarter.
Reserve your slot before September 4.
Ten firms. Direct principal-level support. Two tracks built for the close of FY2026.
Book a discovery callIn the last three years alone, nDemand has contributed to more than $1.8 billion in federal contract awards.