Read the playbook
Step-by-step procedures for business setup, registrations, certifications, bidding, performance and payment.
Read the playbookYOUR BUSINESS · YOUR NEXT STEP
A guided path into
government contracting.
Starting a business or growing an existing one? Answer a few questions at a time. Build a plan around your offering, formation plans, and the contracting routes you want to explore.
Tell us about your business.
Enter a business name or working name, tell us where it was formed or where you plan to form it, then follow the next relevant question. You can go back, review answers, and leave uncertain details unknown.
Start guided setup →Already formed, still planning, or undecided—all are valid starting points. Answers stay in the current page unless you choose to download a report.
Compare program routes
Try optional ownership, veteran, location and certification scenarios. See the requirements behind each possible path.
Open route explorerUse working templates
Turn the plan into a capability statement, evidence record, buyer brief or proposal checklist.
Open templatesIs this opportunity worth pursuing?
Count the proposal hours, outside help, delivery costs and cash you need before committing. Compare the potential profit with the cost and uncertainty of winning.
Open Go / No-Go guide →Learn as you go.
Plain-language explanations, acronym help, dependency maps and a practice quiz are available alongside the guide. Open the platform manual or look up a term.
Federal programs plus Texas and selected local examples are included. Formation in another jurisdiction calls for that jurisdiction’s current requirements. Source register · Platform instructions