Services

GovCon expertise across the program lifecycle

From shaping a market to delivering the program, SMA: The Program Lifecycle Company® helps you pursue, win, and perform, with win strategy, competitive position analysis, capture, proposal, EVMS, and program controls services. Since 1982, we have provided on-demand consulting and talent through TOD®, our exclusive talent network. Find your phase below, or tell us what you need.

Consulting & Talent

Free Assessments

Campaign Phase

Campaign

Choose the right markets and build a pipeline you can win.

Market Arena Assessment

Assess market arenas to build your pipeline and inform decisions on future opportunities.

Market Franchise Map

Plan campaign strategies that build enduring, defensible positions in specific markets.

Competitive Position Analysis

Understand where you and your competitors stand: defending, contesting, or participating.

Pipeline Analysis and Management

Combine market and competitive analysis with a clear view of every opportunity in your pipeline.

Capture

Capture

Shape the opportunity, understand the competition, and set a winning strategy before the RFP drops.

Capture Support

Experienced capture managers and a flexible process that moves with changing customer requirements.

Shape™

Gain prospective insight into the customer's acquisition strategy while you can still influence it.

Competitive Assessment & Price to Win

Ground your price in data-backed, engineering-based cost realism.

Making Winning Choices™

Develop win strategies built on distinctive, robust, and actionable decisions.

Stakeholder Influence Mapping

Identify centers of influence and map how to engage each constituent.

Black Hat Review

An independent capture assessment that turns competitor insight into actionable findings.

International Capture & Proposal Support

Pursue and win international business with experienced capture and proposal teams.

Proposal Phase

Proposal

Compliant, compelling, easy-to-evaluate proposals, from solution to final production.

Capture Support & Proposal Development

An overview of our capture and proposal teams, from capture managers to orals coaches.

Turnkey Proposals

End-to-end proposal management and development, with daily reviews for compliance.

Proposal Writers

Clear, compelling writing that tells your story and is easy for evaluators to score.

Graphics & Desktop Publishing

Graphics, desktop publishing, and production for polished, professional proposals.

Solution Baselines

Translate program vision, differentiators, and strategy into a winnable, executable solution.

Basis of Estimate (BOE) Development

Substantiate your cost estimates and approaches to reduce risk adjustments to your price.

Color Teams & Independent Assessments

Reviewers with proposal and subject-matter expertise who keep your proposal aligned to your win strategy.

Pre-Award

Get ready to perform, and learn from every pursuit, win or lose.

QuickStart®

The process, people, and leadership to reduce risk as you move from proposal to program execution.

Lessons (Actually) Learned

Turn wins and losses into lasting improvements in your ability to win.

Delivery Phase

Delivery

Execute on cost and schedule, stay compliant, and keep the customer sold.

Program Management Solutions

The management services you need to compete with, and outperform, much larger firms.

Program Planning & Controls (PP&C)

Build an effective planning and controls capability with the right people, processes, and tools.

EVMS & Business Systems Support

Earned Value Management services and tools expertise for the program management community.

COMPASS™

Our integrated cost management, planning, and scheduling solution.

EVMS Gap Analysis

Check your processes against EIA‑748 and speed up EVMS certification.

EVMS Mock Review

Test your EVMS for EIA‑748 compliance before the government reviewers arrive.

IMS Compliance Review

Make sure your Integrated Master Schedule meets complex, changing federal requirements.

CSDR Express

Keep your Cost and Software Data Reporting compliant with DoD requirements.

Milestone Success™

A disciplined process for technical reviews that avoids costly overruns and delays.

Technical Management & Engineering Services

People, domain expertise, and tools proficiency for engineering in every market segment.

Contract Responsibilities Scan

Protect profitability and stay compliant with a full review of your contract obligations.

Keep Sold Strategy

Protect the contract you won with a proactive plan to keep your customer sold.

Consulting & Talent

Strategy advice and experienced professionals whenever and wherever you need them.

Management Consulting

Business strategy, competitiveness, and growth for government contractors.

Defense Industry Innovation Insights

Perspective on the innovation challenge facing DoD and Aerospace & Defense leaders.

Experts on Demand

Tell us what you need and we will find the right government contracting expert.

Training

Courses across the program lifecycle, delivered onsite or virtually by experienced instructors.

Training Services

Our full course catalog, including free standard courses.

Capture Training

Improve your competitive position before RFP release in a 2-day or 4-module course.

Proposal Training

A two-day class to sharpen proposal development skills, onsite or virtual.

Control Account Manager (CAM) EVMS Training

A proven 3-day course that helps your CAMs master EVM fundamentals.

CAM Interview Training

Prepare your CAMs for EVMS reviews and fix issues before they become findings.

Free Online Assessments

Quick, free self-assessments that score your practice against industry best practices.

Win Strategy Assessment

Track your confidence in your win strategy at any point in the pursuit.

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CA/PTW Assessment

See how your Competitive Assessment and Price to Win practice compares.

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Proposal Assessment

Test your current proposal against best practices before your next review.

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EVMS Assessment

Score your EVMS implementation and practice against EIA‑748.

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Not sure where to start?

Tell us about your pursuit or program and we will point you to the right team, or search TOD® for the talent you need today.