USACE
Our Story

Built From
Inside the
System.

RFP Command wasn't built by a software company that studied government contracting from the outside. It was built by someone who spent six years inside the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — managing compliance programs, administering internal controls for the Department of Defense, briefing Senior Executives on financial performance, and watching firsthand what separates contractors who win from those who get disqualified on a technicality.

6
Years at USACE
GS-12
Team Lead
2×
MICP Admin
$1.5M+
Obligations Managed
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The Founder
Founder & CEO · RFP Command
Former GS-12 Management Analyst & Team Lead, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Six years in Federal financial management, DoD contract compliance, and acquisition — now building the tools contractors needed all along.
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Organization
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) — Department of Defense
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Highest Grade
GS-12 Management Analyst, Team Lead
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Legal Training
Fiscal Law — Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School
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Acquisition Training
Defense Acquisition University — ACQ 101 · BCF 106
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Executive Education
Army Comptroller Course — Syracuse University, Whitman School
The Origin

What We Learned
From the Inside

Inside USACE, the Founder administered the Managers' Internal Control Program — evaluating organizational compliance in accordance with OMB Circular A-123, the Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act, and AR 11-2. Every year, proposals, programs, and financial systems were scrutinized against these frameworks. Every year, patterns emerged.

"Capable contractors failed not because their work was poor — but because their compliance documentation was incomplete. A missing certification. An expired SAM registration. A bid bond requirement buried on page 47. The work was good. The paperwork ended it."

Simultaneously, the Founder was compiling monthly financial and performance briefings for Senior Executive Teams — sophisticated dashboards showing pipeline health, obligation status, and program performance. Government managers had complete structured visibility. Contractors — the businesses actually doing the work — were managing multi-million dollar pipelines in spreadsheets, one missed deadline away from disqualification.

After six years on that side of the table, RFP Command was built to close that gap — giving contractors the same compliance intelligence, deadline discipline, and pipeline visibility that the agencies evaluating them have always had internally.

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2 Years
Financial Management Analyst — DA Intern
GS-0501-07 → GS-0501-09 · USACE
Managed OCO Backfill Funding for USACE overseas operations. Assisted in liquidating over $1.4 million in unliquidated obligations for DoD contracts. Tracked Government Travel Card compliance across multiple districts and divisions.
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2½ Years
Management Analyst
GS-0343-11 · USACE
Served as Internal Control Administrator (ICA) for the Managers' Internal Control Program under OMB Circular A-123, FMFIA, and AR 11-2. Briefed Senior Staff monthly at Programs and Budget Advisory Committee meetings. Served as Strategic Plan Program Manager, updating the O-Plan per USACE HQ metrics.
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1½ Years
Management Analyst, Team Lead
GS-0343-12 · USACE
Promoted to Team Lead for the Management Analysis Section, overseeing a QMS Program Manager, Accounting Technician, and Management Analyst. Delivered the 2015 Annual Statement of Assurance ahead of USACE HQ deadline. Designated USACE Representative at HQ Executive Governance Meetings and the Command Strategic Review & Resource Management Board.
⭐ USACE Employee of the Quarter — FY2016 Q3
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2016 – Present
Founder & CEO — RFP Command
Government Contract Intelligence Platform
Built the platform contractors on the outside of the procurement system have always needed — drawing directly on six years inside it. Every compliance checklist, deadline alert, and analytics view reflects firsthand experience with what wins contracts and what gets proposals disqualified.
Why It Matters

Six Areas of
Real Expertise
In Every Feature

Every compliance checklist, every alert, every analytics view in RFP Command is grounded in direct Federal experience — not assumptions about how procurement works. This is the knowledge base behind the platform.

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Internal Controls & Compliance

Administered the Managers' Internal Control Program for two consecutive years under OMB Circular A-123, FMFIA, and AR 11-2. Prepared and certified DA Form 11-2 evaluations, coordinated 5-Year Internal Control Evaluation Plans, and delivered Annual Statements of Assurance. Every RFP Command compliance checklist reflects this framework.

MICP · OMB A-123 · FMFIA · AR 11-2
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Federal Financial Management

Five years managing fund control, obligation analysis, and financial reporting for DoD programs — including de-obligation of millions in expiring appropriations. Trained in Federal Accounting, Federal Budgeting, and Army PPBE. Understands exactly how Contracting Officers and budget staff evaluate contractor financial submissions.

GS-12 · USACE · The Graduate School
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Executive-Level Performance Briefings

Compiled and delivered monthly financial and operational data to Senior Executive Teams at PBAC meetings — including performance dashboards, budget vs. actual analysis, and program health reporting. The pipeline analytics in RFP Command are built on this exact model.

PBAC · USACE Senior Executive Briefings
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Fiscal Law & Acquisition

Formally trained in Fiscal Law through the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center — the same statutory framework governing every federal contract. Completed ACQ 101 and BCF 106 through Defense Acquisition University. The compliance engine in RFP Command is grounded in law, not assumptions.

JAG Legal Center · Defense Acquisition University
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Contract Closeout & Audit Readiness

Intensively involved in the contract closeout process for large DoD contracts — de-obligation coordination, records retention, audit preparation, and material weakness resolution. Understands the full contract lifecycle from the government's perspective, which shapes how RFP Command tracks proposals end to end.

USACE · Department of Defense
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DoD Acquisition Framework

Trained in Army Working Capital Fund management through Calibre and the Army Comptroller Course at Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management. Completed CES Foundation through Army Management Staff College. Understands the buyer's acquisition framework at every stage.

Syracuse University · Calibre · AMSC · DAU
Track Record

Selected Accomplishments
Before Building RFP Command

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$1,495,906.35 in unliquidated obligations liquidated for USACE DoD contracts — ensuring funds were properly closed before appropriation expiration.
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OCO Backfill Funding managed for USACE overseas operations — coordinating budget execution across active overseas contingency operations.
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Internal Control Administrator for the MICP two consecutive years — administering compliance under OMB Circular A-123, FMFIA, and AR 11-2.
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USACE Representative at USACE HQ Emerging Leaders Program, Executive Governance Meetings, and liaison for the Command Strategic Review & Resource Management Board.
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2015 Annual Statement of Assurance delivered ahead of USACE HQ deadline — certifying internal control effectiveness across all financial and non-financial reporting systems.
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USACE Emerging Leaders Program participant — selected to lead the Employee Morale working group, initiating an agency-wide morale plan and Awards/Recognition framework.
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USACE Employee of the Quarter — FY2016 Q3. Recognized for leadership, professionalism, and representation at USACE headquarters.
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Strategic Plan Program Manager — updated the O-Plan in SMS in alignment with USACE HQ metrics and organizational objectives.
Education & Training

The Training Behind the Platform

🎓University & Executive Education
Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management — Army Comptroller Course
Army Management Staff College — CES Foundation Course
⚖️Legal & Acquisition
Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School — Fiscal Law
Defense Acquisition University — ACQ 101: Acquisition 101
Defense Acquisition University — BCF 106: Fundamentals of Cost Analysis
💼Federal Financial Management
The Graduate School — Introduction to Federal Accounting
The Graduate School — Introduction to Federal Budgeting
The Graduate School — Introduction to Financial Management
The Graduate School — Army Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution
The Graduate School — Basic Contract Administration
Calibre — Army Working Capital Fund
USACE PROSPECT — Budget Training
📈Analysis & Leadership
The Graduate School — Data Collection and Analysis
The Graduate School — Decision Support: Building New Analytical Skills
The Graduate School — Management Analysis: Overview
The Graduate School — Briefing Techniques
The Graduate School — Leadership Essentials
USACE PROSPECT — Leading in a Learning Organization
💻Technology & AI
Microsoft — Power BI (Get Started · Explore Capabilities · Describe Capabilities)
Microsoft — Introduction to Machine Learning
Microsoft — Introduction to GitHub Copilot
Microsoft — Get Started with AI on Azure
"The barrier to government contracting isn't capability — it's complexity. Small businesses, women-owned firms, veteran-owned companies, and minority-owned enterprises are legally entitled to compete for this work. The compliance system shouldn't be what stops them."— The Founder, RFP Command
Our Mission

Built for Those
Breaking In

The U.S. government spends over $700 billion annually on contracts. Set-aside programs — WOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and more — exist specifically to give small and disadvantaged businesses a real path to that work. But the administrative burden is real, and it disproportionately filters out exactly the firms those programs were designed to help.

RFP Command is the platform that removes that barrier — built by someone who administered the compliance programs on the other side of the table, and now dedicates that knowledge entirely to the contractors working to break through.

Built on real Federal procurement experience — not assumptions
Covers Federal, State, and Local — because opportunity doesn't stop at the federal level
Compliance-first, because documentation is what actually wins and loses contracts
Designed for first-time bidders and established firms equally
Committed to making government contracting accessible to every qualified business

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