We tell PE firms and corporate development teams what their diligence is missing. Which revenue is durable and which is relational. Where the valuation is right and where it's fiction. What the post-close execution plan needs to look like — before you sign, not after.
A program-by-program assessment of which revenue is durable, which is relational, and which is one budget cycle away from disappearing. We read the contract file the way the contracting officer does.
We tell you who actually decides whether the work continues — and what they think of the team you are buying. The names that matter are not always the ones on the org chart.
The execution plan you need before signing — recompete posture, leadership continuity, agency relationships you cannot afford to disrupt, and the AI story that will hold up to scrutiny.
Then the partner asks: who actually keeps this work after close?
The answer comes back from the agency: the program officer who has steered the contract for nine years was promised the founder would still be running point. The founder is the deal. The relationships are the deal. The team the buyer plans to integrate is not who the customer hired.
We see this pattern repeatedly because diligence asks a different question than the customer answers. Diligence asks “is the contract real?” The customer asks “is the trust real?”
The contract is a record of a relationship. It is not the relationship.
We close that gap. We tell you what the customer will say in eighteen months when the recompete is being shaped — because we have been the person shaping the recompete.
A one-week federal-side review of the target. We tell you whether to keep going, where to push on price, and what the customer will say if you call them.
We sit alongside your accounting and legal teams and ask the questions they cannot. Program durability, customer sentiment, recompete posture, AI claims.
The integration plan that protects the customer relationships you just paid for. Who you must keep, who you must brief, what you must not announce.
No retainer for the read-through. If we see something worth pursuing, we'll talk about scoping a full engagement.