How the Assessment Works to Help You Win Government Contracts
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Tell Us About Your Business
Answer five quick questions about your company, certifications, and experience. It takes about two minutes.
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We Review Your Answers
We personally review your answers: your industry, small business designations, SAM.gov registration, and government contracting experience.
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Get Your Readiness Plan
We'll email you what's ready, what's missing, and how GovOp can handle the next steps for you.
Connecting Capability to Opportunity
Welcome to GovOp Consulting. We help small businesses get positioned for government contracts, and then we do the work for you: registrations, capability statements, finding the right opportunities, and preparing proposals that compete.
Rachel Craycraft, RN, BSN
Founder & Principal Consultant, GovOp Consulting
From Patient Care to Government Contracts
I've spent more than two decades in healthcare, working my way up from hospital volunteer to CNA, LPN and RN. I've cared for patients at the bedside, led hospital teams and managed care at a health plan. I also help train the next generation of caregivers. On top of that, I run my own small businesses, so I know what it's like to juggle the work and the paperwork at the same time.
Nursing gave me the skills I use with every GovOp client:
• Assess before you act. Every good care plan starts with a careful assessment. So does every government contracting strategy.
• Get the details right. In healthcare, documentation and compliance aren't optional. Government contracting holds you to the same standard.
• Translate complex systems. I've spent years helping patients and families make sense of hospitals and insurance. Now I do the same with SAM.gov, certifications and federal buying rules.
• Coordinate the team. From the OR to the health plan, I've kept many moving parts on track and on deadline.
• Advocate. Nurses speak up for the people they serve. I do the same for small businesses that deserve a seat at the table.
Along the way, I saw how many capable businesses, especially in healthcare, never compete for government work. That's not because they can't do the work. It's because no one showed them the way in. The federal government has a goal of awarding 23% of its prime contract dollars to small businesses, and I built GovOp Consulting to help them claim their share.
As a full-service consulting firm, we don't just walk you through the process. We do the work for you:
• Identify where your business fits in the government market
• Handle your registrations and positioning
• Build your capability statement and messaging
• Find, qualify, and pursue the opportunities that match what you do best
You focus on caring for your clients and running your business. We'll handle every step of the way.
— Rachel Craycraft, RN, BSN
How We Help: Your Roadmap to Winning Contracts
Winning a government contract doesn't happen overnight. The federal sales cycle typically takes 6 to 18 months, from first understanding where your business fits to the day a contract is awarded.
As a full-service consulting firm, GovOp Consulting doesn't just walk you through that roadmap. We do the work for you, from building your federal sales strategy and finding opportunities early, to preparing your proposal and setting you up to perform once you win.
Not sure where you are on the roadmap? Take our free 5-question assessment to find out.