It's A Go Connect is Pursuit Lifecycle Management built for architecture, engineering & construction firms — one home for every opportunity, from early capture planning to the win, we've built it for how your firm pursues work.
Fully customizable. Add the stages your firm actually runs — Sources Sought, Capture Plan, Shortlisted, Interview, Debrief — and tailor the flow to each market. One system that bends to your process instead of forcing you into someone else's.
For 25+ years I've fought clunky CRMs that were built for accounting, project management, and HR — with marketing duct-taped on as an afterthought.
So I built the system I always wished I had: your pursuit headquarters — one place to run go/no-go, manage the pursuit lifecycle, and keep your team moving — shaped by how AEC marketing and BD actually work, and priced so a firm of your size can actually say yes.
Opportunities, go/no-go, teaming, pursuits and wins — your pursuit lifecycle, not generic "deals" and "leads."
Designed around the marketer's and BD lead's day, not bolted onto an accounting backbone.
The features you'll use, set up for you in days, with no add-on pricing surprises.
The enterprise platforms are either built for accounting and project management with marketing as an add-on, or they're general-purpose tools that don't know the first thing about how AEC firms actually pursue work. Here's the honest breakdown.
| It's A Go Connect™ | Deltek Vantagepoint | Unanet / Cosential | HubSpot | Salesforce | Federal Compass | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for AEC | ● Purpose-built The whole thing is AEC. |
~ Project-based ERP first; CRM is a module. |
~ AEC, but heavy AEC-built, enterprise-scaled. |
✕ No Generic sales CRM. |
✕ No Generic until you build it. |
✕ GovCon-wide Federal contractors, not AEC. |
| Marketing & BD come first | ● By design Built around your day. |
✕ Afterthought Accounting/PM/HR is the core. |
~ Partial Users flag weak BD planning. |
~ Sales-shaped Marketing, but not AEC. |
✕ DIY You configure everything. |
~ Intel-first Research tool; pipeline is a feature. |
| Follows the AEC pursuit lifecycle | ● Yours, customizable Every market, every stage you run. |
~ ERP stages Project-shaped, not pursuit-shaped. |
~ Configurable It's there — you build the flow. |
✕ Sales funnel Deal stages, not pursuits. |
✕ DIY Generic stages, custom build. |
✕ Federal-only Finds opps; doesn't run all markets. |
| Price | ● Affordable, flat Transparent monthly. No surprise. |
$$$ Enterprise — often ~$18K+/yr. |
$$$ Custom quote, typically $10K+/yr. |
$$ Cheap to start, climbs fast. |
$$$ Licenses + paid consultants. |
$$ From ~$4K/yr; state/local tiers $9K+. |
| Time to value | ● Days Set up for you, done-for-you. |
✕ Months Implementation project. |
✕ Months Rollout + data migration. |
~ Weeks DIY, on you to configure. |
✕ Months Consultant-led build. |
~ Quick for research Fast intel; not a full CRM. |
| Who really designed it | ● A 25-yr AEC marketer Who wins the work herself. |
~ ERP software co. | ~ ERP software co. | ✕ SaaS giant | ✕ SaaS giant | ~ Market-intel co. |
Twenty minutes, your screen, my system. I'll walk you through your pursuit headquarters and how the lifecycle fits your firm — no slide-deck runaround.
Book your demo →Most firms have never added it all up. Drop in your numbers — these start as rough estimates, so adjust them to your reality. Watch the annual total climb.
It's A Go Connect is your pursuit headquarters — it folds into one affordable system and gives back the hours you're losing to spreadsheets and duct-taped solutions. Book a demo and I'll map your number against what Connect actually costs.
That's the number to beat. Finish booking your demo and I'll show you exactly where It's A Go Connect lands against it.
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