$700B+
Federal marketplace
7 weeks
Focused sprint
$750
Per seat
How it works
Three pillars that move you from registered to winning
Market Intelligence
Understand how the government buys and where your offerings fit using live procurement data.
Contracting Strategy
Position with the right set-asides, vehicles, and a capability statement that wins attention.
Pipeline Action
Build and work a real federal pipeline — from targeting to teaming to pitch.
What is Fedascent
A 7-week sprint built for small businesses ready to win government contracts
Fedascent compresses years of federal contracting trial-and-error into a focused cohort program. You will map your NAICS codes, sharpen your set-aside strategy, build a capability statement that lands, and leave with a qualified pipeline — guided by practitioners who have sat on both sides of the table.
SAM.gov readySet-aside strategyCapability statementLive procurement data
Who it's for
- Small businesses new to or scaling in the federal market
- Set-aside holders (8(a), WOSB, HUBZone, SDVOSB) ready to compete
- Founders who want a repeatable pipeline, not one-off bids
- Teams pursuing prime and subcontracting strategy together
Your facilitators
Led by practitioners, not theorists
Malcolm Adams
CEO, Avid Solutions International
“The question is whether you are building systems that compound both profit and purpose.”
- IBM Silver Partner
- IBM Champion 2026
- NVIDIA Inception Member
- NSF AgCorps I-Corps Alumnus
- GSA MAS Holder (SINs 54151S, 518210C, 541611)
- GovPulse.io Founder
Dr. Lori A. Smith, PhD
CEO, Acu-Elligent LLC
“I know exactly what makes a Contracting Officer say yes. Now I am on YOUR side.”
- 20+ years federal procurement experience
- Former federal Contracting Officer
- Proposal writing and compliance specialist
- Small business certification strategy expert
- Source selection and evaluation authority
Operated and backed by
- Avid Solutions International
- Acu-Elligent LLC
- IBM
- NVIDIA Inception
Questions
Frequently asked
Small businesses ready to compete for federal contracts — whether you are newly registered in SAM.gov or already holding contracts and want a repeatable pipeline. The sprint works for service firms, product suppliers, and emerging set-aside holders.
Plan for one 90-minute live session plus 1–2 hours of async work and office hours. The program runs seven weeks.
All seven live sessions, async modules, workbooks, the federal resource library, the GovPulse.io workspace, office hours with Malcolm Adams and Dr. Lori A. Smith, and the cohort community on fedascent.online.
Yes. Teams of three or more receive a group rate, invoiced directly. Start enrollment and select the group option, or contact enroll@fedascent.com.
GovPulse.io is the live federal procurement intelligence platform built by Avid Solutions International. Participants use it during the program to target agencies and surface active solicitations matched to their NAICS codes.
You receive an enrollment confirmation email with your cohort start date, then an invitation to the fedascent.online participant platform where the curriculum, resources, and cohort tools live.