For builders and trades

You build. We handle the federal paperwork.

A flat-fee desk for small builders and trades doing federal work around Phoenix. From finding the right bids to the last closeout paper, we draft it and you sign it.

What the desk does

Take one piece, or hand us all of it.

Bid screens

Which open federal bids fit your trades, size and area, each with a go or no-go and the reason.

Sources sought answers

Replies to notices where an agency asks who could do a job, so you're on its radar before the bid comes out.

Proposals

A checklist of every requirement in the bid, then the written volumes, built from your own material and your prices.

Capability statements

Your one-page company profile for contracting officers and prime contractors.

Certified payroll

Weekly federal payroll reports drafted from your payroll export, for you to check and sign.

Safety plan drafts

Site safety plans drafted for your qualified safety person to review and sign.

Pay apps

Monthly payment requests, with the backup the contracting officer asks for.

Closeout papers

Lien waivers, warranty letters and the closeout log, so the last payment isn't held up.

How it works

  1. Email us your trades and the kind of federal work you go after.
  2. We agree on the work and a flat fee before anything starts.
  3. You send what we need: the bid, your past jobs, your payroll export.
  4. We draft. You review, sign and submit.

Our ground rules

Flat fee, win or lose

By the job or by the month, agreed before work starts. Never a share of the award or a bonus for winning.

You stay in control

You set your prices, sign and submit. We never use your SAM.gov, PIEE or Login.gov sign-in.

Public bid papers only

We work from the solicitation and your own files, never inside information.

No conflicts

We never write for two clients on the same bid.

Who it's for

  • Small builders and trades in the Phoenix area, and day trips across Arizona.
  • Firms bidding federal jobs without a full-time proposal or contracts person.
  • Firms already on a federal job that need certified payroll, pay apps or closeout done on time.

Talk to Tommy

Tell us what you're bidding or buying. Email goes straight to Tommy Melendi, the owner.

Email thomas@1prosource.com