Used: solicitations, addenda, scoring criteria, score sheets, evaluator comments, debriefs, public records, award materials, funding guidance, and internal pursuit assets.
About Lichen
A public opportunity and civic capacity firm.
Lichen exists to strengthen the bridge between public need and capable execution. The work blends public sector readiness, pursuit and capture management, post-award analysis, grant management, operating systems buildout, and P3 planning so serious organizations become easier to fund, easier to select, easier to trust, and easier to scale.
Principles
Modern, sourced, and boundary-aware.
The firm should feel fast and current without pretending public work is simple. That means fewer loose claims, clearer routes, and more useful decision points.
- Work from records, deadlines, evidence, and public constraints.
- Separate controllable repairs from structural limits.
- Turn one-off pursuit lessons into reusable systems.
- Refer out matters that need counsel or licensed advisors.
Source integrity
Useful advisory work has boundaries.
Lichen works from public solicitations, scoring criteria, score sheets, debrief patterns, lawful public records, funding materials, proposal assets, and client-provided documents. We do not position speculation as certainty, and we do not provide legal advice.
Excluded: confidential competitor information, unauthorized non-public information, privileged legal strategy, private employer knowledge, and source-selection information not available to competitors.
Referred out: bid protests, procurement-law questions, conflicts, bond/public-finance matters, or any issue where qualified counsel or licensed advisors should lead.
Make the call before the market does.
Bring your next decision to Lichen.