The intelligence is public record. Almost nobody uses it.
Every agency's spending is on the record: who buys what you sell, through which offices, on what cycle. Most contractors, brand new and battle-tested alike, never read it, and never walk in for the introduction. Core-5 is the report, the strategy, and the outreach program that does.
The gap is the same at every stage
New contractors bid blind because they do not know the market. Experienced contractors bid reactive because they never stopped. Both are competing on solicitations someone else was positioned for first.
Skip the years of guessing where to aim
Instead of bidding on whatever posts, you start with the ledger: which agencies buy your services, what they pay, and when. Your first relationships begin before your first bid, which is exactly how the incumbents did it.
Stop renting your pipeline from SAM.gov
Awards you can see posted are awards everyone can see. The report maps adjacent agencies, at-risk revenue, and buying offices you have never engaged. The outreach program puts you in front of them before the next cycle turns.
What you walk away with
No mystery boxes. This is the complete list, and what each piece does for you.
The Core-4 Storefront, Brought Current
Audit firstWe audit what you already have, SAM, DSBS, capability statement, deck, website, and rebuild only what is working against you. Missing pieces get built; solid pieces stay. New contractors get the full stack; established firms get the realignment.
87% of small-business federal registrants score a D or below on foundation quality. Buyers see it before you do.
When the outreach program starts opening doors, every check the buyer runs behind it comes back clean. No introduction gets wasted on a stale profile.
Federal Market Research Report
IntelligenceIn-depth analysis of the federal market for your codes: the spending record, which agencies and buying offices purchase what you sell, how they buy it (vehicles, set-asides, award patterns), what they pay, incumbent positions, and when contracts come up for renewal.
Most federal awards are made without a public posting on SAM.gov. The report shows you the buying that never hits the portal.
Transparency into contracting activity most firms never look at. You see the market the way a buying office sees it, including the awards your competitors are about to lose.
Federal Market Strategy
StrategyThe report turned into direction for your stage: first targets and entry sequencing if you are new; adjacent agencies, at-risk incumbent work, and pipeline diversification if you are established. Prioritized, sequenced, and mapped to real buying cycles.
Agencies spend over $40 billion a year on government purchase cards — buying that never sees a solicitation.
You stop bidding on whatever posts and start working a deliberate target list. Your BD hours finally have an address.
Outreach & Relationship Program
IntroductionsThe engagement playbook most contractors never build: who to contact at each target (program offices, small business specialists, primes holding the work), what to say and bring, how to sequence introductions, and how to convert a first meeting into a standing relationship.
Strategic outreach creates sole-source awards, and end-of-fiscal-year visibility turns relationships into contracts.
You are introduced and known to the buyer before the solicitation posts, positioned for opportunities that come to you directly instead of through a portal.
“In twenty years, I can count on two hands the vendors who walked in before the solicitation. They won a disproportionate share of everything I awarded.”
Foundation, intelligence, then introductions
Onboarding & Audit
A guided session on your services, history, and goals, plus a line-by-line audit of your existing federal presence.
Foundation Work
Whatever the audit flagged gets rebuilt: profiles, assets, website. Whatever holds up stays.
Research & Strategy
The market research report assembled for your codes, then translated into your strategy and outreach program.
Handoff + Strategy Session
Report, strategy, and outreach program in hand, pressure-tested in your one-hour session with William Randolph.
Already have pieces of the storefront? We audit first and only rebuild what is working against you.
Before you ask
We already have SAM, a capability statement, and a website. Do we pay for them again?
No. We audit first and scope the engagement around what actually needs work. If your storefront holds up, the quote reflects that and the focus goes to research, strategy, and outreach.
We have been bidding for years. What would this change?
That is the pattern Core-5 exists to break. Years of bidding usually means years of reacting to what posts. The report shows you the demand before it posts, and the outreach program puts you in the room ahead of it.
Is this the same as Contract Recon or Contract Pulse?
No. Those surface opportunities as they post, and they pair well with this. Core-5 works the layer before that: knowing who buys, building the relationships, and being positioned before there is anything to alert you to.
Weighing your options?
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