EFAIRA engagement tiers and comparison data.
Pricing on this page reflects contractor and subcontractor engagements only. Federal agencies engage through separate acquisition channels. Federal agencies start here.
Different problems. Different price points.
EFAIRA fills the specific gap between vendor pitch and procurement decision. Most alternative paths solve a different problem, take longer, and cost more because they are built for a different scope.
| Path | Price | Timeline | Built To Score | Different From EFAIRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pursuit Triage Consultation (Encore) | From $1,500 | 30 to 120 minutes | Live video session with Encore's CTO triaging your federal pursuit against the EFAIRA methodology. Identifies highest-risk domains for the specific pursuit. Written one to two page triage memo delivered within 48 hours. | - |
EFAIRA Snapshot (Encore) | $15K to $25K | 2 weeks | All 30 points across 8 domains. Color-coded scorecard. Gap baseline memo. Signed hash-verifiable Readiness Receipt for technical volume citation. | - |
EFAIRA Standard (Encore) | $45K to $85K | 4 to 6 weeks | All Snapshot deliverables plus codebase review, AI capability bench testing against the procurement use case, and detailed domain briefings. | - |
Big-4 federal AI strategy engagement | $250K+ | 3 to 6 months | Broad strategic advisory across the contractor's full federal pursuit roadmap. Billable-hour model with senior partner oversight. | Built for enterprise-wide strategy. Not built to produce a citable pre-award AI readiness scorecard at the pursuit level. |
FedRAMP 3PAO assessment (Moderate baseline) | $350K to $2M | 12 to 18 months | Cloud-system security authorization to a defined FedRAMP baseline. Required for hosting federal data above specific risk thresholds. | Scoped to security authorization only. Does not score AI specifics, mission fit, proposal narrative, or pre-award procurement posture. |
Compliance-checklist boutique | $25K to $75K | 4 to 12 weeks | NIST and FedRAMP gap analysis. Generic AI questionnaire coverage. Compliance posture documentation. | Built for compliance posture, not AI-specific risk. No citation alignment to GAO-26-107859, OMB M-25-22, or NIST AI RMF. No hash-verifiable receipt. |
GovTech bid and capture consultancy | $40K to $120K | 4 to 8 weeks | Bid/no-bid analysis, capture strategy, win-theme development, color-team review of proposal volumes. | Built for proposal narrative and win strategy. Does not score AI codebase maturity, AI model lineage, drift posture, or technical AI readiness. |
Pricing and timeline ranges reflect publicly reported figures and Encore's market analysis as of 2026. Big-4 figures reflect typical federal advisory engagements. FedRAMP figures reflect fedrampcost.com market data for Moderate authorization. Boutique and GovTech ranges reflect typical SDVOSB peer-market posting and public proposal data. EFAIRA is a pre-award assessment service and does not substitute for a FedRAMP authorization or a procurement protest defense.
Three coordinated programs to de-risk your first engagement.
Limited Pilot Cohort pricing for contractors who move first. Outcome-based pricing on the Enterprise tier for contractors who want to align Encore's incentives with their proposal win. A standing money-back guarantee on the Snapshot tier for any contractor engaging Encore on follow-on hardening.
Encore Pilot Cohort
First ten contractors to engage receive the Snapshot tier at $5,000 (down from $15,000 to $25,000) and the Standard tier at $22,500 (down from $45,000 to $85,000) in exchange for anonymized case-study rights and public listing as a Pilot Cohort Member.
- Pricing valid for the first ten contractor engagements within a sixty-day window.
- Mandatory anonymized case-study rights granted to Encore for marketing and methodology refinement.
- Public listing as a Pilot Cohort Member on the Encore EFAIRA page.
- All standard intake protections apply: mutual NDA, IP carve-outs, conflict-of-interest screen.
- Pilot Cohort spots awarded on a first-engagement basis with a hard cap at ten.
Outcome-Based Enterprise
$50,000 base plus a $75,000 bonus on proposal award. Aligns Encore's incentives with the contractor's win. Available on the Enterprise tier only.
- $50K paid at engagement kickoff covers full Enterprise deliverables.
- $75K bonus paid on confirmed proposal award attributable in part to EFAIRA-scored hardening.
- Attribution agreed upfront in scope letter: technical volume citation of the Readiness Receipt, named domains addressed, and clear evidence chain.
- Single-pursuit scope. Multi-pursuit outcome agreements available on request.
Snapshot Money-Back Guarantee
Snapshot tier engagements come with a full money-back guarantee for any contractor engaging Encore on follow-on hardening work. Removes risk on the entry tier.
- Refundable in full if the contractor proceeds to a follow-on hardening engagement with Encore.
- Snapshot tier only ($15,000 to $25,000 standard pricing).
- Follow-on hardening scope negotiated separately based on the Snapshot's gap baseline memo.
- Pilot Cohort and Money-Back Guarantee can stack: a Pilot Cohort Snapshot at $5,000 still qualifies for the guarantee.
Scaled to procurement weight and decision criticality.
Four engagement tiers. Each tier produces the same defensible methodology, scaled to the depth required by the pursuit.
Pursuit Triage Consultation
- 30 min Single pursuit triage$1,500
- 60 min Multi-pursuit or complex pursuit triage$3,500
Pre-engagement consultation for contractors and subcontractors evaluating an EFAIRA engagement on a federal pursuit.
- Live video session with Encore's Chief Technology Officer
- Triage of your federal pursuit against the EFAIRA methodology
- Identification of the evaluation domains carrying the most risk on your specific pursuit
- Written one to two page triage memo delivered within 48 hours
- Recommended engagement tier and scoping for follow-on work
- Available to private-sector contractors and subcontractors only
Snapshot
Small primes and subs pursuing federal tasks under $5M.
- 30-point scorecard with color-coded readiness grid across 8 evaluation domains
- One-page executive summary
- Top three strengths and top three gaps
- Gap baseline memo with suggested fix approaches
- Encore Readiness Receipt if overall score is 80 percent or higher
- Money-back guarantee available with follow-on hardening engagement
Standard
Primes pursuing federal awards in the $5M to $50M range.
- Full Snapshot deliverables
- Codebase review with deeper architecture inspection
- AI capability bench testing against the procurement use case
- Five domain briefings with detailed evidence review
- Encore Readiness Receipt with citation language for technical volume
Enterprise
Large contractors on $50M and above pursuits.
- Full Standard deliverables
- Side-by-side comparison against two or three named competitors where public data permits
- Agency-specific positioning recommendations
- Direct working sessions with Encore's CTO and engineering leadership
- Encore Readiness Receipt plus full citation package
- Outcome-based pricing available: $50K base plus $75K bonus on proposal award