Why We Built This
We Didn't Build This
For You.
We Built It for Ourselves.
Encore Services. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. 25 years in good standing. We have written every one of those proposals. We have felt every one of those midnight deadlines. We have lost recompetes we should have won because the tools we were using didn't know our business.
So we stopped waiting for someone else to build the right tool. We built FORGE — the platform we wished existed for the last decade. Every pain point in here is one we lived personally. Every feature exists because we needed it and nothing on the market came close.
“We're not selling you a solution to a problem we read about.
We're handing you the weapon we forged for ourselves.”
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
Encore Services has held SDVOSB certification for over two decades — not as a checkbox, but as who we are.
25 Years of Federal Contracts
We know what agencies actually want. We know how evaluators score. We know what makes a winning proposal because we've written hundreds of them.
Active SAM.gov Registration
We live in the same system you do. When SAM.gov changes its API, adds a new solicitation type, or breaks something — we feel it immediately. FORGE is always current because we can't afford not to be.
We Understand Recompete Reality
Year 3 of a 5-year contract is where most contractors get complacent. We've been on both sides of that recompete. FORGE knows how to protect what you already won.
The Problem
The Tools You're Using Were Built
for a World Without Real AI.
Every contractor tool on the market is a database with a search bar. They call it intelligence. You call it expensive, slow, and never quite right.
You're paying $30-50K/year for a search bar.
GovWin IQ. Bloomberg Gov. GovTribe. They hand you a list of opportunities and call it AI. You still write every word of every proposal. By hand. Every time.
Somebody's writing proposals at midnight. It's probably you.
Because the solicitation dropped at 4pm, it's due in 72 hours, and your BD team is already stretched thin across three other efforts. Again.
Your SAM.gov API key limits what you can even see.
Rate limits. Data caps. Restricted fields. The government's own contract database has a paywall inside a paywall — and the tools built on top of it inherit every limitation.
Your past performance is sitting in a folder nobody opens.
Every win, every capability, every key personnel bio — scattered across Dropbox, SharePoint, and someone's hard drive. Your next proposal starts from zero. Again.
You found out about that $4M award after someone else won it.
Wrong NAICS filter. Keyword mismatch. The opportunity matched you perfectly — you just didn't see it in time. The 'smart' tool you paid for missed it.
You lose and you don't know why.
No debrief. No data. No learning. Every loss is a mystery and every next bid starts with the same guesses. The AI you're using doesn't remember last time. It never does.
“The tools were never the problem. The problem is that none of them
actually know your business.”
YourWorkforce knows everything. And it never forgets.
The Platform
Three Products. One Platform.
Zero Gaps.
Every product runs on the same ACI intelligence layer. They don't operate in silos — what RECON learns, COMMAND uses. What IRONGATE detects, COMMAND responds to. One brain. Three weapons. All running together.
COMMAND
FORGEYour Business. Running Itself.
“After 30–60 days, COMMAND tells you exactly how to make your current contracts 40–60% more efficient — and how to set up your recompete win before Year 3 ends.”
- ▸Full ACI business intelligence — knows your company better than your BD team
- ▸Existing contract optimization — finds efficiency gaps and above-scope opportunities
- ▸Recompete strategy engine — protects Year 3-5 contracts before competitors can move
- ▸Team knowledge compounding — what your PMs know becomes what your whole company knows
- ▸Client relationship intelligence — tracks every agency contact, interaction, and preference
- ▸Financial performance mapping — invoicing, burn rate, deliverable tracking by contract
- ▸Spoken-word management — brief ACI like a commander, it executes and reports back
RECON
FORGEHunt. Write. Win. Repeat.
“The midnight proposal grind is over. RECON drafts 90% of your response using your capabilities, past performance, and win themes — overnight, every time a matching opportunity drops.”
- ▸SAM.gov 24/7 surveillance — matches your NAICS, certs, and past performance automatically
- ▸RFI / RFP / RFQ / Sources Sought autopilot — 90% written before you wake up
- ▸Pricing intelligence — win rates by contract type, agency, and competitor history
- ▸Proposal strength scoring — ACI reviews your draft before submission and flags gaps
- ▸Amendment & Q&A monitoring — never miss a solicitation change after you've started
- ▸Award tracker — monitors competitor wins in your lanes and builds your market map
- ▸Debrief intelligence — analyzes loss notices to sharpen the next bid automatically
IRONGATE
FORGENothing Gets Through. Ever.
“IRONGATE isn't adapted from a civilian security product. It's built ground-up for the contractor environment — CMMC requirements, clearance lifecycle, and classified data handling baked in from day one.”
- ▸AI-native antivirus built for sensitive and classified contractor environments
- ▸Secure server automation — spin up compliant infrastructure with voice command via ACI
- ▸Encrypted communications platform — team comms that never touch consumer cloud
- ▸Legacy system bridge — connects your existing GovWin, Deltek, or CMIS tools securely
- ▸Personnel clearance lifecycle management — tracks every level from Public Trust to TS/SCI
- ▸CMMC / NIST 800-171 compliance engine — continuous monitoring, auto-flagged gaps
- ▸Incident response automation — ACI detects, isolates, and reports. Zero delay.
The Feature Nobody Else Has
Winning New Contracts Is Half the Battle.
Keeping the Ones You Have Is the Other Half.
After 30–60 days, COMMAND has learned your current contracts well enough to do something no other tool can: tell you exactly how to protect them, improve them, and win their recompetes.
FORGE · COMMAND Intelligence Report
Day 47 Analysis — Contract XYZ-2021-VA-0042
Current ROI: Your $2.3M IDIQ with VA Medical Center Denver is delivering at 61% efficiency. Three deliverable bottlenecks identified — reducing these adds ~$180K in recovered margin without scope change.
Recompete window: Contract enters Year 3 in 6 months. Two competitors are already pricing against you. I've drafted a recompete positioning strategy and past performance narrative — ready for your review.
Above-scope opportunity: Three deliverables are running ahead of schedule. I recommend requesting a scope expansion conversation with your COR — the data supports it and positions you as a mission-critical partner before the recompete.
Risk flag: Key personnel on this contract — Sarah Chen — is showing signs of workload stress across 3 concurrent awards. I recommend a workload adjustment before it becomes a performance issue visible to the CO.
This analysis updates every 7 days. Contract learning compounds with every deliverable, meeting, and communication.
See your contracts →Contract Health Score
Every active award gets a live score: delivery efficiency, recompete risk, above-scope potential, and client satisfaction signals — all in one view.
Recompete Strategy Engine
COMMAND builds your recompete narrative while the contract is still active — using real performance data, not memory. Prepared 18 months out, not 3 weeks.
Above-Scope Detection
ACI monitors your delivery pace and identifies where you can exceed scope, build goodwill, and make yourself irreplaceable before the incumbent rebid period.
30-Day Free Onboarding
We Don't Ask For Your Money
Until We've Earned It.
30 days. Free. No credit card. ACI learns your entire business, delivers your first proposals, and maps your existing contracts. By Day 30 you're not evaluating FORGE — you're depending on it.
ACI Learns Your Business
Connect SAM.gov. Upload your capabilities statement, past performance, key personnel bios, and active contracts. ACI reads everything, asks the right questions, and builds your complete business profile. No templates. No configuration forms. Just a conversation.
RECON Goes Live
Your first opportunity report arrives. Matched to your NAICS codes, certifications, and past performance lanes. ACI monitors 24/7 from here. If a relevant solicitation drops at 3am, it's already analyzing it by 6am.
First Proposal Draft Delivered
Your first RFP autopilot run. ACI drafts 90% of the response using everything it learned in Week 1. You review, adjust scope, price, and timeline, then submit. First proof of concept — in your hands, not a demo environment.
COMMAND & IRONGATE Activated
COMMAND starts mapping your existing contracts — health scores, efficiency gaps, recompete timelines. IRONGATE scans your infrastructure, identifies compliance gaps, and builds your security baseline. By Day 30, ACI knows your business better than most employees do.
Full FORGE. Fully Forged.
Billing starts. You're not paying for a promise — you're paying for an AI that already knows you, already works for you, and gets more valuable every day. The only platform that earns your trust before it asks for your money.
30 days. Zero cost. No credit card.
If FORGE hasn't changed how you run your contracting business by Day 30, you walk away and owe us nothing. That's how confident we are.
Start Your 30 Days Free →Why YourWorkforce
Everything They Can't Do.
For a Fraction of the Cost.
They built databases. We built intelligence. Here's the difference.
YourWorkforce
GovWin IQ
RFPIO
Manual
— = partial capability only. Competitor pricing based on published list rates.
Pricing
Less Than What You're Wasting Right Now.
Infinitely More Capable.
GovWin IQ alone runs $2,500–4,000/mo. RFPIO adds another $1,500. Security tools add more. FORGE replaces all of it — and does what none of them can.
Contractor
Small shops. Sole-source to $7M.
RECON + COMMAND Lite. Proposal autopilot, SAM.gov intelligence, and business profile. The foundation.
- RECON — SAM.gov monitoring & matching
- Up to 15 proposal drafts/month
- COMMAND — business profile & contract tracking
- NAICS, cert & SAM reg alerts
- Basic award intelligence
- Email + in-app alerts
Command
Active primes. Winning consistently.
Full FORGE suite — RECON + COMMAND + IRONGATE. The complete contractor operating system.
- Everything in Contractor, plus:
- Full COMMAND — contract optimization & recompete
- IRONGATE — AI security & compliance engine
- Unlimited proposal drafts
- Win/loss analytics & AI coaching
- Workforce & clearance lifecycle mgmt
- Competitor award monitoring
- 30-day free onboarding included
Prime
Large primes. Multi-vehicle operations.
Everything in Command plus dedicated ACI instance, multi-vehicle management, and white-glove onboarding.
- Everything in Command, plus:
- Dedicated ACI instance (your data, your model)
- Multi-IDIQ / multi-vehicle management
- Subcontractor network intelligence
- FedRAMP-ready architecture
- Custom legacy system integrations
- Dedicated success team
- SLA-backed uptime guarantee
Agency
Federal agencies & large enterprise.
ACI embedded inside your agency. Eliminates the need for RFI/RFP processes by building what you need before you know you need it.
- Everything in Prime, plus:
- Agency-embedded ACI intelligence
- Pain point surfacing & program design
- ACI-assisted MVP delivery (6–8 weeks)
- FORGE team integration
- Full FedRAMP authorization support
- On-site deployment available
- Multi-agency rollout capability
All contractor plans include 30-day free onboarding — no credit card required. SDVOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, and WOSB-certified contractors receive 20% permanent discount.
What If the Agency Never Had to
Write the RFP?
Every federal agency has programs they desperately need but can't articulate into a solicitation. Not because they lack the intelligence — but because they're in the foxholes, fighting the war, with no one watching the battlefield from 30,000 feet.
FORGE SUMMIT embeds ACI inside your agency. It learns your people, your workflows, your pain points — then surfaces what you need before you know how to ask for it. No RFI. No RFP. No 18-month procurement cycle. Just the right solution, confirmed, scoped, and delivered.
01
🧠ACI Embeds
Learns your agency — people, processes, programs, gaps — from the inside.
02
🔭Surfaces the Gap
98% confidence: here's what your agency needs that nobody's been able to articulate yet.
03
⚡Pings Our Team
ACI has the solution 80% designed. FORGE engineers review, confirm, scope the build.
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🚀6 Weeks to MVP
Testable, usable product — delivered. 30 more days to production. No procurement required.
“The RFP process exists because agencies couldn't clearly describe what they needed and vendors couldn't clearly understand it. SUMMIT eliminates the gap entirely. ACI speaks both languages — fluently.”
Be notified when SUMMIT launches
Your Competition Is Using
GovWin and Losing Sleep.
You Should Be Using FORGE.
COMMAND. RECON. IRONGATE. All three. Running for your business, around the clock. Thirty days to prove it — on us.
Built for the mission. Forged for the win.