Insights

Ideas That Help Move Acquisition Forward.

Practical thinking on competition, pricing, acquisition strategy, production readiness, and decision intelligence.

Pricing & Risk

The Three-Prong Challenge of Moving from Cost Plus to FFP

How cost risk, evaluation structure, and reduced access to subject-matter expertise can collide.

Price-to-Win

Why PTW Fails on Large Federal Pursuits

Why late analysis, false precision, and weak capture integration undermine otherwise sound work.

Acquisition Advisory

Can Industry Actually Scale?

Questions program teams should ask before acquisition plans assume production capacity exists.

Competitive Strategy

Competition Is Shaped Before the RFP

How early acquisition choices influence market participation and eventual competitive outcomes.

Cost Estimating

A BOE Is More Than a Pricing Artifact

Why the estimate should connect technical execution, staffing, risk, and management judgment.

Decision Intelligence

Stop Rebuilding Institutional Knowledge

How modern AI and knowledge systems can preserve the logic behind major business decisions.