An eighteen-month quote or an offshore team with FOCI problems. There's a third option.
Fixed price. Compliant from the first commit. You own the code.
PROJECTS START AT $30,000
The false choice defense contractors face
You need compliant software built for a classified or controlled environment. The domestic defense contractors quote you eighteen months and a seven-figure bill. The alternative is an offshore development team: faster and cheaper until your security officer asks about foreign ownership, control, and influence.
Neither option works. The first blows your timeline and budget. The second creates a FOCI problem that can jeopardize your facility clearance and your contracts. Both treat compliance as something to bolt on after the build, which is where the cost overruns come from and where the schedule risk hides.
How we work
Scope
We start with a no-charge requirements call. No commitment, no obligation. We define the scope together, document the requirements, and provide a fixed-price quote.
Build
We write against NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP controls from the first commit. Compliance is not a Phase 3 activity; it is part of the architecture.
Deliver
At delivery, you receive the complete source code, a compliance control mapping, and a procedural QA map from the user’s perspective.
Transfer
Full source code ownership transfers to you. No license, no lock-in, no ongoing dependency on us.
What you get at delivery
Every custom development engagement delivers:
Source code
Complete, documented, yours to own and modify.
Compliance control mapping
Documents which NIST 800-53 controls the code implements, how they are implemented, and where in the codebase.
Procedural QA map
User-perspective quality assurance covering expected behavior, test coverage, and validation procedures.
Defect-correction warranty
Defects we introduced, we fix. Warranted against the documented control set for 30 days after delivery.
You own the code. Every custom development engagement transfers full source code ownership to the client at delivery — no license, no lock-in, no dependency on us to keep operating.
This is not a license agreement. It is a transfer. The code is yours. If we close tomorrow, your application keeps running and your team keeps building on it.
We warrant delivered code against the documented control set for 30 days after delivery. Defects we introduced, we fix.
The warranty covers defects in our implementation — code that does not perform as documented in the delivery artifacts. It does not cover changes to your environment, third-party dependencies, or requirements added after delivery.
A note on ATO
We do not warrant an authorization outcome, because ATO depends on your authorizing official, your environment, and your continuous monitoring program. Any vendor who promises you an ATO is selling you something they don't control.
We build toward accreditation readiness. The compliance control mapping we deliver compresses your RMF timeline. But the authorization decision belongs to your authorizing official.
Questions we get asked
Pricing
Fixed-scope, fixed-price. Every engagement starts with a no-charge requirements call. We define the scope together, agree on a price, and that is the price.
Projects start at $30,000.
Start with a Requirements CallNo-charge requirements call. Fixed price. You own the code.
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