Contracts/Grants Management

• Register company in System for Award Management (SAM)
• Register company in grants.gov
• Register company in Wide Area Work Flow system for electronic funds payments
• Review solicitations and advise company on compliance requirements
• Prepare budget/cost proposal estimates (entire business section of proposals)
• Review contract/grant awards and negotiate price/fee and terms and conditions
• Write/negotiate subcontracts, consulting agreements and cooperative agreements (ensure proper flow-down of Government contract/grant requirements)
• Coordinate rights to intellectual property; ensure compliance and protection for inventor
• Review non-disclosure agreements
• Assure interim and final reporting of invention disclosures for contractors/subcontractors
• Prepare and negotiate draft license agreements for attorney review and liaison during patent process
• Set up and administer Government Property Management System
• Negotiate memorandum of understanding, teaming agreements and various partner agreements
• Prepare written policies for the company as required by contract/grant
• Contract/grant closeout

Proposal Preparation/Management

• Opportunity Identification:
  • Create and Identify opportunities
  • Build relationships and identify early adopters and stakeholders
• Proposal Requirements Alignment
  • Interpretation/review of solicitations to ensure preparation of a proposal consistent with the requirements of the solicitation
  • Assistance with proposal work breakdown structure
• Proposal Preparation Assistance
  • Writing/editing text/technical, administrative and pricing volumes
  • Red Team Review
  • Proposal Terms & Conditions (ground rules and assumptions)
  • Statement of Work
  • Commercialization report
  • Estimating/pricing
  • Prepare budget narratives/justification
  • Forward pricing rates
  • Coordinate collaborators and support letters
  • Commercial Feasibility Studies
• Proposal/Project Management Assistance
  • Coordinate proposal kick off meeting
  • Prepare proposal preparation plan/schedule
  • Coordinate/facilitate strategy sessions
  • Coordinate documents

Government Accounting/Financial Analysis

• Coordinate/Set up an acceptable Government Accounting system with a custom set up of your QuickBooks Pro data file
• Liaison with Defense Contract Audit Agency and other Government auditing agencies
• Establish/assist with indirect/direct rates, forward pricing rate agreements, and verify that accounting system is compliant
• Continuous monitor/forecast of indirect rates
• Monitor expenditure levels and assure appropriate reporting to Government
• Submit monthly vouchers to the Government and invoices to commercial entities
• Prepare/assist with the annual incurred cost proposal (as required by contract)
• Prepare/assist with closeouts to ensure your business is not excluded from future contracting opportunities

We provide assistance in preparing of financial statements including bookkeeping & reconciling services.

Government Services

We provide step-by-step guidance in government procurement from finding proposals to bid (including seeking federal research & development funding) and selling goods and services through contract/grant close-out. Symington customers are entrepreneurs, inventors, small to medium size businesses and public agencies.

Services include:

• Commercial Feasibility Studies/Innovations
• Assistance with finding grants/contracts to bid
• All areas of proposal preparation, we specialize in SBIR/STTR and GSA proposals
• Contract/Grant award review
• Contract/Grant administration; including preparation of consulting and subcontract agreements,
• Government accounting and billing, (WAWF billing, Setting up Government approved accounting systems, preparing incurred cost proposals
• Government property management
• Intellectual property (IP) management (understanding rights to IP while working under a grant/contract)
• Contract/Grant closeout.

Specialties: Government proposals preparation, contract and agreement negotiation, training and workshop presentations on all of the above services.