spec 10 — services · four packages, seven parts

page 14 of the solicitation, review criteria flagged in copper — every package below starts there.

Each package is specced to the deliverable: what lands in your inbox, what your team supplies, the lead time in weeks, and the flat fee written into the engagement letter before drafting begins. Pick the tier on the call; we confirm it in writing within one business day.

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specced for → 501(c)(3) nonprofits SBIR phase I applicants STTR spinout teams phase II follow-ons resubmissions

§ 01 — data sheets

four packages, read like a parts spec

Left column: what we deliver. Right column: what only your team can supply. The fee on each sheet covers every line in the left column, two structured revision rounds (one on pkg-01), and the compliance sign-off.

Close-up of printed federal budget pages with a copper binder clip and pen resting across a column of figures
fig. 02 — year-two budget page, mid-justification
01pkg-01 / research

funding scan

For teams who know they need non-dilutive money and haven’t matched it to a mechanism yet. We read source solicitations — agency topic lists, foundation RFPs, program announcements — and tell you which three are worth a package this cycle.

we deliver

  • 8–12 matched opportunities, ranked by fit to your project
  • Eligibility, due time (ET), and award ceiling, each cited to the source document
  • Fit memo, 4–6 pages, with a go / wait / skip call per opportunity
  • 30-minute debrief by video

you supply

  • A one-pager, abstract, or pitch deck
  • Entity type and UEI, if you have one
  • Target award size and the latest date you could start work
02pkg-02 / foundation

foundation application

Private, community, and corporate foundation requests up to roughly ten narrative pages — program, capacity-building, or general-operating support. Written to the funder’s own priorities language, not a recycled boilerplate case statement.

we deliver

  • Letter of inquiry, where the funder asks for one first
  • Need statement, program narrative, logic model
  • Evaluation plan with outputs and outcomes separated
  • Program budget and line-item justification
  • Attachments checklist and portal upload prep

you supply

  • Most recent Form 990 and audited financials or board-approved budget
  • Board list and determination letter
  • Program data you already track — enrollment, sessions, outcomes
most booked
03pkg-03 / federal

federal research package

SBIR/STTR Phase I and comparable federal mechanisms at NIH, NSF, DOE, USDA, and DoD. Every section argued to the review criteria printed in the solicitation — significance, innovation, approach, team, environment — and every budget line traceable to an aim.

we deliver

  • Specific aims or project summary, plus abstract
  • Research strategy written to the page limit
  • Commercialization plan, where the agency requires one
  • SF-424 (R&R) budget, every project year, with justification
  • Biosketches, facilities, data-management plan formatted
  • Letters-of-support drafts for your partners to sign
  • Registration sequence: SAM.gov, Login.gov, agency portal
  • Compliance matrix and submit-day call

you supply

  • Preliminary data, figures, and protocols
  • A 90-minute recorded PI interview
  • Your negotiated indirect rate agreement, or your de minimis election
  • For STTR: a contact at the research institution’s sponsored-programs office
  • PI sign-off on aims before assembly
04pkg-04 / phase ii

phase ii & resubmission

Phase II follow-ons, Fast-Track scopes, and resubmissions that answer a summary statement. The fee is fixed after we read your reviewer critiques — the length and difficulty of the response is the variable, so we quote against it, not around it.

we deliver

  • Introduction to the resubmission, critique by critique
  • Research strategy rebuilt around Phase I results
  • Multi-year budgets with subaward budgets reconciled
  • Commercialization plan with Phase I milestones carried forward
  • Compliance matrix and submit-day call

you supply

  • The summary statement or full reviewer comments
  • Phase I final report or results to date
  • Subaward institutions’ budgets and letters of intent

§ 02 — component matrix

which component ships in which package

Read across a row to see where a component lives. Anything marked “opt” can be added to that package from the parts list below at its listed fee.

table 02.1 — package components · scroll sideways on small screens
component pkg-01funding scan pkg-02foundation pkg-03federal pkg-04phase ii
Fit memo & ranked shortlistincludednot includednot includednot included
Letter of inquirynot includedincludednot includednot included
Specific aims / project summarynot includednot includedincludedincluded
Narrative / research strategynot includedincludedincludedincluded
Commercialization plannot includednot includedincludedincluded
Budget + line-item justificationnot includedincludedincludedincluded
Subaward budgets reconcilednot includednot includedopt — optional add-onincluded
Biosketches, facilities, DMPnot includednot includedincludedincluded
Registration sequencingnot includedopt — optional add-onincludedincluded
Compliance matrix vs. solicitationnot includedincludedincludedincluded
Submit-day callnot includedopt — optional add-onincludedincluded
Revision rounds1222

§ 03 — pkg-03 on the calendar

seventy days out, counted backward from the agency’s due time

The federal package runs to a fixed ruler. Each tick is a day; each marker is a hand-off with a named owner. Foundation packages compress the same sequence into four weeks.

Desk calendar with days crossed off in copper pencil toward a circled due date, beside a brass timer and steel ruler
fig. 03 — the ruler, on paper
  1. T−70 days

    owner · your org

    Registrations open: SAM.gov and Login.gov first, then the SBA Company Registry and the agency portal. These sit outside our control, so they start before the writing does.

  2. T−56

    owner · jovira + pi

    Kickoff and the recorded PI interview. Solicitation annotated, page limits and review criteria logged into the compliance matrix.

  3. T−49

    owner · pi sign-off

    Specific aims draft to the PI. Nothing downstream moves until the aims are signed off — the budget and strategy both hang from them.

  4. T−35

    owner · jovira

    Full draft, revision round 1: research strategy, commercialization plan, and a first-pass SF-424 (R&R) budget for every year.

  5. T−21

    owner · jovira + finance

    Budget locked against the rate agreement; justification written line-for-line. Letters of support go out to partners for signature.

  6. T−14

    owner · whole team

    Revision round 2, the last structured round. Biosketches, facilities, and data-management plan formatted to agency templates.

  7. T−7

    owner · jovira

    Compliance pass: fonts, margins, page counts, file names, flattened PDFs. Every row of the matrix ticked against the solicitation.

  8. T−3 → T−0

    owner · your aor

    Your authorized organizational representative submits early, with us on the call. Days of margin remain for a validation error before the due time.

inside t−21?
Call before you book. On the phone we’ll tell you whether a complete, compliant package still fits the calendar — and if it doesn’t, which next due date does.

call (917) 488-6951

§ 04 — parts list

the parts, sold separately

For teams with most of a package already drafted, or a package that needs one extra component. Each part is flat-fee, scoped in writing, and stackable on any tier.

  • add-01

    budget + justification only

    $1,460

    Your narrative is drafted; the money isn’t. SF-424 (R&R) or foundation budget for every project year, fringe and indirects applied per your rate agreement, justification cross-referenced to aims.

    add the budget part →
  • add-02

    compliance review

    $795

    You wrote it; we check it. Every required component, page limit, font and margin rule, and file-naming convention matched against the solicitation. Marked-up matrix back in 3 business days.

    book a compliance read →
  • add-03

    NSF project pitch

    $520

    The short pitch NSF SBIR/STTR requires before it invites a full proposal: technology innovation, technical objectives, market opportunity, and team — written to the pitch form’s fields.

    draft the pitch →
  • add-04

    standalone letter of inquiry

    $615

    One to three pages to a single foundation, written to its stated priorities. If the funder invites a full proposal, the fee credits toward pkg-02.

    write the inquiry →
  • add-05

    registration sequencing

    $380

    A dated checklist for SAM.gov, Login.gov, Grants.gov, and eRA Commons or Research.gov roles, with who-does-what and a weekly status check until every account is active.

    sequence my registrations →
  • add-06

    letters-of-support set

    per set$340

    Up to five drafts for partners, advisors, or customers to edit and sign on letterhead — each one specific to what that signer will actually commit.

    draft the letters →
  • add-07

    summary-statement read

    $465

    A written read of your reviewer critiques: which are fixable in a resubmission, which need new data, and whether to resubmit this cycle. Credited in full toward pkg-04.

    send the critiques →

§ 05 — start here

send the topic number. we’ll send back the spec sheet.

Tell us the solicitation and due date. Within one business day you’ll have call times and a first read on which package — and which parts — fit the scope.