GovCon Operational Readiness Assessment
A 24-question self-assessment that scores your firm across five operational domains: DCAA compliance posture, contract data integrity, financial reporting latency, workforce visibility, and AI readiness.
What This Paper Reveals
- Domain 1 — DCAA Compliance Posture: tests timekeeping controls, labor charging practices, and audit trail systems against DFARS 252.242-7006 requirements and DCAA floor check standards
- Domain 2 — Contract Data Integrity: tests whether CLINs, subCLINs, funding references, and labor category requirements exist as live operating data guiding execution
- Domain 3 — Financial Reporting Latency: tests the gap between when operational events occur and when decision-makers have accurate financial information about those events
- Domain 4 — Workforce Visibility: tests whether staffing and utilization decisions are made with a unified view of contract demand, LCAT availability, and indirect-to-direct ratios
- Domain 5 — AI Readiness: tests whether AI operates on live contract-native transactions or on exported summaries that are structurally disconnected from operational reality
- Score interpretation and domain-level remediation roadmap: each domain maps to the specific architectural change most likely to close the gap before the next DCAA interaction
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What your score means
60–72 points: Operationally ready. Your systems are producing continuous compliance as a byproduct of normal operations. The priority is maintaining this architecture as you scale and ensuring AI capabilities remain grounded in governed, live operational data.
45–59 points: Significant gaps. You have functional systems but meaningful fragmentation. Some domains are well-controlled while others depend on manual effort. Audit readiness exists, but it requires periodic preparation rather than being continuous.
28–44 points: Architectural risk. Your compliance posture depends on individual discipline and periodic reconciliation more than system enforcement. A DCAA floor check or business system audit would reveal practices that deviate from documented policies.
Below 28: Immediate action required. Your current architecture creates material exposure to DCAA business system findings, payment withholding, and questioned costs.
"Adding AI to a fragmented architecture does not fix the fragmentation. It accelerates it."
Domain-level remediation roadmap
Each domain maps to a root cause and a specific architectural fix:
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- 24 scored questions across 5 domains with Yes (3pts) / Partially (1pt) / No (0pts) response format
- Score interpretation table: Operationally Ready, Significant Gaps, Architectural Risk, Immediate Action Required
- Domain-level score interpretation: Strong (13–15), Adequate with Gaps (8–12), Fragmented (4–7), Critical Gap (0–3)
- Full remediation roadmap mapping each domain to root cause and specific architectural change
- Links to the specific xpdOffice white papers addressing each domain’s findings
- ROI Calculator link and demo scheduling guidance based on your score
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