01 · CAPABILITY

Capability statements
that don't get tossed.

A federal evaluator gives your one-pager about nine seconds. Cipher Group's capability statement is engineered for those nine seconds and for the second look that earns you a meeting.

ANATOMY · WHAT'S IN IT

Every slot, filled the
way evaluators expect.

  1. Identity band

    Company name, sector positioning, brass divider. Federal from the first inch.

  2. Core competencies

    Five to seven bullets, parallel grammar, written in the verbs evaluators search for.

  3. Differentiators

    Bonding capacity, region tenure, language reach, certifications. What only you can claim.

  4. Past performance

    Three engagements with dollar value, agency, and year. Specific. Verifiable.

  5. Certifications & NAICS

    Active credentials and primary codes, the fields buyers filter by.

  6. Federal identifiers

    UEI, CAGE, SAM.gov status and contract vehicles, the line items that make you reachable.

  7. Contact & designed-by

    One named decision-maker. One brass mark. No ambiguity, no wasted ink.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT · 2026 Atlas Heating & Air, LLC Commercial HVAC services · Bay Area, California CORE COMPETENCIES · Commercial HVAC installation · Heat pump conversions · Refrigeration systems · Emergency 24/7 service · Building automation integration DIFFERENTIATORS · 18 years operating in Region 9 · Bilingual technicians on every crew · $2M bonding capacity · Tier 2 EPA certified PAST PERFORMANCE VA Medical Center · Oakland, CA HVAC modernization · $1.4M · 2024 Alameda County Schools 14 schools, full retrofit · $2.8M · 2023 SF Federal Building Refrigeration upgrade · $740K · 2022 CERTIFICATIONS MBE SDB 8(a) CA-DGS · SB EPA TIER 2 NAICS CODES 238220 Plumbing, Heating, A/C Contractors 811310 Commercial Equipment Repair 561210 Facilities Support Services FEDERAL IDENTIFIERS UEI XK4M9TPNW82C CAGE 9LQX4 SAM.gov Active · Expires 03/2027 CONTRACT VEHICLES · GSA Schedule 03FAC, BPA-eligible · VA SDVOSB Pool · Region 9 · CalPIA pre-qualified bidder list Marcus Ellington, President marcus@atlasheatingbay.com · +1 510 555 0142 · atlasheatingbay.com DESIGNED BY Cipher Group

Sample statement · fictional company

PROCESS · 3 STEPS

Intake to delivery in
four business days.

01 · INTAKE

You talk. We listen.

A 60-minute working session: company history, target agencies, NAICS, past performance, certifications. We leave with the raw material.

DAY 0
02 · DRAFT

48-hour first draft.

Designed in our federal-grade template. One round of revisions baked in. We hold the cipher for tone, hierarchy, and density.

DAY 2
03 · DELIVERY

PDF + editable source.

Print-ready PDF, editable .indd or .figma source, and a one-page how-to-update guide. Yours forever.

DAY 4

Pricing.

MASTER STATEMENT

Federal-grade one-pager

$497 to $2,000

Pricing scales with company complexity: number of NAICS codes, depth of past performance, design lift on logo and identity. Most clients land at $1,200.

BID-SPECIFIC REVISION

Tuned to one solicitation

$297

For active master clients: a per-bid revision that re-orders competencies and past performance to mirror the solicitation's evaluation factors. 48-hour turnaround.

WHY THIS MATTERS

The average federal evaluator opens forty capability statements before lunch. The ones that survive are the ones designed to be skimmed. Cipher Group writes for that reader, the one with a coffee in one hand and a deadline in the other.

Ready when you are.

Book a free 30-minute audit and we'll review your current capability statement live, whether you hire us or not.

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