Ready for Federal Contracts?
Sentinel helps established commercial businesses find the federal contracts they can realistically win, and pursue them from first opportunity to award.
Services
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Best for: Commercial businesses with no federal contracts that want to know whether they're ready and what it will take.
You receive: A written assessment covering registrations, certifications, and compliance gaps, a 90-day action plan, and a federal capability statement.
Timeframe: 1–2 weeks.
We evaluate your operations, finances, and past performance against what federal buyers require.
We identify the gaps that would disqualify you or slow you down, and show you how to close them.
We guide your SAM.gov registration (always free to register) and recommend the socioeconomic certifications worth pursuing for your business.
You enter the federal market on a compliance-first foundation, without costly administrative delays.
We build your capability statement, the one-page summary agencies and prime contractors expect, tailored to the codes and buyers you're targeting.
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Best for: Businesses committed to federal growth that need a clear plan for which agencies to target and how.
You receive: A federal sales roadmap covering market size, top target agencies, how they buy, and a phased action plan.
Timeframe: 3–4 weeks.
We analyze years of federal spending in your industry to show who buys what you sell, how much, and through which contract types.
We identify your highest-potential agencies and the buying methods most open to your business.
We deliver a step-by-step plan aligned with agency buying cycles, so your leadership team can execute with confidence.
We answer the decisions that cost newcomers the most time: which certifications pay off in your market, whether you need a GSA Schedule, and where subcontracting beats bidding as a prime.
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Best for: Businesses ready to pursue specific opportunities now.
You receive: A Federal Opportunity Report, a competitor and teaming analysis, and a pipeline tracker with a recommended next step for every opportunity, plus drafted Sources Sought and RFI responses.
Timeframe: First report in 1–2 weeks; ongoing monthly support.
We track federal contracts expiring 3 to 18 months out, so you can position yourself before the solicitation posts.
We rate every opportunity on how realistically your business can win it, so you stop chasing long shots.
We research your competition: who holds the work now, how they won it, how many companies bid last time, and which prime contractors subcontract it out.
We identify the people behind each opportunity: contracting offices, small business specialists, and prime contractor teaming contacts.
We draft Sources Sought and RFI responses that put your business on agency decision-makers' radar.
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Best for: Businesses pursuing a specific solicitation or high-priority opportunity.
You receive: A capture strategy, a compliance matrix, and a complete, FAR-compliant proposal ready to submit.
Timeframe: Capture begins months before the solicitation; proposal support is aligned to the deadline.
We manage the pre-solicitation process, from intelligence gathering through the bid/no-bid decision.
We build your technical and management narratives, sharpen your pricing strategy, and coach your team for oral presentations.
We run compliance reviews so your submission meets every requirement evaluators score.
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Best for: Businesses that want to bid on larger contracts, or build past performance through subcontracting.
You receive: A shortlist of vetted teaming partners, introductions, and a recommended work-share structure.
Timeframe: 2–6 weeks.
We use federal subcontract data to identify prime contractors already subcontracting work in your specialty, and the teaming contacts who decide who gets it.
We make introductions and structure teaming agreements, joint ventures, and work-share, with your attorney finalizing the legal terms.
You compete for scopes you couldn't win alone and build the past performance that wins future contracts.
Are you ready for federal contracting? Answer three quick questions and book a free 20-minute strategy briefing. We'll review your answers and show you where your business stands.
The Sentinel Advantage
Our Foundation
Founded by a U.S. Army veteran and former Senior Project Manager who led 3Cloud's highest-visibility OpenAI engagements, Sentinel combines military operational discipline with enterprise data expertise. With 8+ years of leadership experience and GovClose certification in federal sales and capture, we turn federal spending data into clear decisions: which contracts to pursue, when, and how to win them. Compliance makes you eligible; strategy, positioning, and execution win the award. We give commercial leaders the plan to do both.
Our Mandate
Every capable small business that wins federal work strengthens America's industrial base. Sentinel exists to add more of them. We remove the procurement friction that keeps established small and mid-sized businesses out of the federal market, and we turn federal contracting into a structured, repeatable source of high-value revenue that builds lasting enterprise value.
Are you ready for federal contracting? Answer three quick questions and book a free 20-minute strategy briefing. We'll review your answers and show you where your business stands.
Federal Strategy. Engineered for Growth
“Nick built a roadmap showing which agencies buy our services, which gave us a good frame of reference. But actually seeing a pipeline of contracts we could pursue, and how to go after them, made it all real. … Nick has great communication and was available whenever we needed him. … We now have direction and clear next steps to position our company to start going after contracts very soon.”
Are you ready for federal contracting? Answer three quick questions and book a free 20-minute strategy briefing. We'll review your answers and show you where your business stands.
Get Your Free Strategy Briefing
Answer three quick questions, then pick a time for a free 20-minute call. We'll review your answers beforehand and show you where your business stands and which federal opportunities fit.
“He can definitely help cybersecurity firms, but this work could apply to just about any business that wants to sell to the government.”
Email: nick@sentinelconsulting.net
Executive Leadership
Nick Berry
Founder & Managing Principal
GovClose Certified: Federal Sales & Capture (2026)
Operational Discipline. Enterprise Scale. Proven Execution.
Nick is a U.S. Army veteran and former Army officer who has led high-stakes operations in uniform and high-visibility technology programs in the private sector. He specializes in de-risking complex projects, supply chain mechanics, and federal capture.
U.S. Army Officer: Rose from leading a 35-person logistics team to senior logistics project manager for a 550-person engineer unit, planning and executing 200+ operations at scales up to 18,000 personnel and $220M+ in assets.
Enterprise AI Leadership: Led a Microsoft partner firm's highest-visibility OpenAI engagements, resulting in a $1.1B Microsoft Azure consumption commitment and a first-of-its-kind generative AI demonstrator.
At Sentinel, Nick bridges acquisition mechanics and operational execution, so clients are prepared not only to win contracts but to deliver them.

