Procurement
How to buy from us
Three routes in, and the mechanics of each one written down rather than discovered on a call. Pick the one that describes you, or read all three. Nothing here is hidden behind a form.
Path 1 · Prime contractor
Subcontracting and teaming
What we provide
- Named engineers working under your program’s security controls and reporting lines.
- Security engineering, network engineering, and compliance support against NAICS 541330, 541512 and 541690 scopes.
- Support for CUI handling and DFARS 252.204-7012 flow-downs as they apply to our portion of the work.
- Colorado Springs presence for programs that need people on the ground.
What we will need from you
- The solicitation or program name, and the scope you need covered.
- Period of performance and place of performance.
- Clearance and citizenship requirements for the roles.
- Security requirements that flow down to us, including CUI handling.
- The instrument you intend to use: subcontract, teaming agreement, or purchase order.
- Key personnel requirements, if the scope names them.
How the engagement usually runs
- Introductory callThirty minutes on scope, clearance requirements and timing.
- Capability matchWe confirm in writing which parts of the scope we can carry, and which we cannot.
- NDA and teaming paperworkMutual NDA first; teaming agreement or subcontract terms alongside.
- Scope and pricingLabor categories and rates against the scope, referencing our published rate card.
- Award and kickoffOnboarding to your program controls, systems and reporting cadence.
Send the solicitation or a scope summary and we will come back with a written capability match.
Email the teaming desk
Path 2 · Government buyer
Buying from us directly
What we provide
- Security engineering, network engineering and compliance services under NAICS 541330, 541512 and 541690.
- Support for market research: capability statements, sources-sought responses, and rough order-of-magnitude input.
- Work sized for micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds as readily as for larger scopes.
- Delivery under a prime where a contract vehicle we do not hold is required.
What we will need from you
- The agency, office, and the requirement in plain terms.
- The NAICS code and set-aside intent you are working to.
- The purchase method you have in mind: micro-purchase, simplified acquisition, an existing vehicle, or through a prime.
- Period of performance and place of performance.
- Clearance, facility and CUI handling requirements.
- Whether you need a capability statement in a particular format.
How the engagement usually runs
- Market research contactEmail or call; we respond with a capability statement matched to your requirement.
- Requirement shapingWe tell you plainly what we can perform and where we would need to team.
- Quote or sources-sought responsePriced against the published rate card, in the format you need.
- AwardDirect where a vehicle allows it, or through a prime where one does not.
- OnboardingSecurity paperwork, systems access, and a named point of contact.
Identifiers are below. If you need the capability statement as a PDF for a file, the one-pager prints to Letter.
Open the capability statement
Path 3 · Commercial enterprise
Commercial engagements
What we provide
- Cyber security and network engineering, compliance and standardization, managed IT consulting and advisory.
- Program work against NIST, SOC 2, ISO and GDPR alignment, and readiness work ahead of a customer audit.
- Published rates, so budget conversations do not need a procurement cycle.
- Engagements sized from a single assessment to an ongoing advisory retainer.
What we will need from you
- A short description of your environment and what prompted the conversation.
- The driver: an audit, an incident, a customer requirement, or growth.
- Your timeline, and any date you are working back from.
- Constraints we should design around: budget, staffing, existing vendors.
- Who needs to be in the room for a decision.
How the engagement usually runs
- ConsultationA free scoping conversation. We will say if we are the wrong firm for it.
- Scoped proposalWritten scope, assumptions, and price against the published rate card.
- Statement of workDeliverables, acceptance, and a named engineering lead.
- DeliveryAgreed cadence, with findings and decisions documented as we go.
Rates are published, so you can budget before you talk to us.
Schedule a consultation
Federal identifiers
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What your contracts shop will ask for
Identifiers we do not publish are shared on request rather than posted. That is a deliberate choice, not an omission. Nothing here is asserted that we cannot evidence.
- CAGE code
- Available on request
- UEI
- Available on request
- SAM registration
- Active
- NAICS codes
- 541330 · 541512 · 541690
- Facility clearance
- Available on request
- Small-business status
- Available on request
- Contract vehicles
- In pursuit; teaming available today
- DoD workforce baseline
- 8570 / 8140 aligned
Capability statement
The one-pager capture teams file: company snapshot, core competencies, differentiators, past performance, identifiers and contact. It prints to Letter, so it can be saved as a PDF or dropped straight into a file.
ArcLight6 Consulting LLC · 2020 N Academy Blvd #290, Colorado Springs, CO 80909 · 1-719-301-6280