ICON Capture GPS · Intelligence Community
Federal Procurement as Portfolio Management

The GovCon Elite.

The terrain is the clock. The firms that read it right compete on intelligence, not just effort. Daily GPS briefs. Weekly board reviews. Monthly live sessions with verified capture experts.

Claim your seat → This week's board review
Free membership · GPS Terminal preview · Cohort sessions at $1,000 · No retainer required

"The firms at the top of federal contracting don't wait for the RFP. They position before the solicitation exists — in the window between legislative signal and procurement announcement. That window is the terrain. We organized it."

Current terrain
$2.23T
recompete value · 62 agencies · Q3/Q4 2026
▲ DENSE
Expiring <90 days
18,827
contracts reaching PoP end · budget-independent
Agencies stalled
65
of 96 tracked · CR freeze active · pre-pos. window open
▼ CR
Terrain holes
198
incumbents not adjusting · this week
↑ NOW
Records
4.5M+
provenance-traced · bill to award
Membership

What the GovCon Elite gives you

Free to join. The premium layer is the weekly cohort session — where a verified expert reads your book against the live terrain.

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Daily · Every weekday
GPS Intelligence Brief
The federal procurement board, read overnight. Warehouse-derived. Provenance-traced. Every weekday at 7am ET — free, no gate.
BCL · SWI · Award velocity · Legislative velocity · Hiring signals · Terrain holes · Recompete calendar
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Weekly · 8 seats · $1,000
GPS Board Review
A verified Shipley or GovClose capture expert applies judgment to this week's terrain board. Your book. Your windows. Your blind spots. Group format — 8 firms, 2 hours.
Terrain-named code holds your seat · 30-day GPS preview included for attendees · Verified at verify.theicon.ai
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Monthly · Live · Free for members
GPS After Show
Monthly live session — YouTube Live or Zoom with an ICON Navigator. The brief reads the board. The Navigator reads your questions against it. Live. Unscripted.
Waitlist in members portal · recordings archived · questions submitted ahead via community
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On activation · 30 days
GPS Terminal Preview
After a board review session, your GPS terminal activates against your CAGE code. 30 days. The entity monitors your specific terrain overnight and briefs you every morning.
Default 14 days · 30 days for cohort attendees · Entity monitors your NAICS + agency targets · Overnight briefs on your book
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On-demand · Community
Member Community
Peer network of GovCon BD directors, capture managers, CGOs, and firm principals who compete on intelligence. Discussion threads organized by terrain signal and agency lane.
Coupon codes · session calendar · preview access · archive of all GPS briefs and board reviews
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Quarterly · Free edition
Shaping Window Report
The Federal Capture Shaping Window Report — free, ungated, warehouse-derived. Published quarterly. Members get the personalized edition: your firm's NAICS and agency portfolio scoped against the full terrain.
theshapingwindow.com · Q3–Q4 2026 edition live now
This week's board review
GPS Board Review · April 2026 CR FREEZE WINDOW
CR Freeze Shaping Window Review
The trigger: 65 of 96 tracked agencies stalled under Continuing Resolution. Award velocity down 48%. New-start programs suppressed. This is the highest-value pre-positioning window of the fiscal year — and most firms are still sitting still.
  • Which windows in your terrain are still reachable this cycle — and which require the 12–18 month setup
  • How the CR freeze changes your teaming posture on active pursuits
  • Incumbent vulnerability signals in the freeze terrain — CPARS patterns, contract modifications, recompete proximity
  • What the entity will monitor overnight after the session ends
  • Your prioritized action queue — this week, this month, this quarter
● Cohort limited to 8 firms · NAICS-segmented where possible · Shipley credential verified
Session investment
$1,000
per firm · 2 hours · group of 8
6 of 8 seats claimed this week
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Codes are revealed in the daily GPS brief
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After the session: 30-day GPS terminal preview activates on your CAGE code. The entity monitors the windows we discussed overnight and briefs you every morning.
Next week's code releases Monday
The terrain signal changes weekly. Next week's code is named after whatever the Hub detects as the dominant procurement signal. Watch the daily Ticker to see it when it drops.
GPS Expert Network

Verified capture professionals

Every expert is credential-verified at verify.theicon.ai. Active credentials only. Independently verified, annually recertified.

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After Show

Live with a Navigator

Monthly. The GPS Brief reads the board. The ICON Navigator reads your questions against it. Unscripted. On Zoom or YouTube Live.

LIVE
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Monthly GPS After Show · Live
The Board This Month — Live Q&A with an ICON Navigator
After every GPS Board Review week, the Navigator goes live to take unscripted questions from the community. Your terrain. Your pursuit gaps. Your reads on this week's signals. We walk the board together.
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ICON Navigator · GovCon Capture
Monthly · Zoom + YouTube Live simulcast
Mar 28, 2026
HHS Window + DoD Hiring Signal — what the board looked like in March
HHS147 · DOD23 · 168 attendees
Feb 28, 2026
Pre-CR freeze terrain — how the market looked before the stall
TERRAIN156 · 134 attendees
Jan 31, 2026
Opening the Q3/Q4 shaping window — first read of the year
Q126OPEN · 98 attendees
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The terrain is the clock.
It's running right now.

$1,000 per firm. 2 hours. 8 seats. Verified Shipley expert reads your book against this week's terrain. 30-day GPS terminal preview activates after the session.

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Cohort sessions $1,000 · 8 firms · 2 hours · Verified Shipley experts · 30-day GPS terminal preview
ICON Capture GPS · BeThereSMG LLC · Stafford, Virginia · VOSB · 4,518,077 records · provenance-traced from bill to award