Contact Creek is a veteran-led consulting firm for small businesses. We get you ready to win defense work (registration, CMMC, subcontracting) and we put AI to work inside the operation you already run. Two crews, working from both ends until they meet.
In 1942 the Army built a road to Alaska from both ends at once. When the textbook method sank in the muskeg, the crews invented a new one.
One crew works the defense side: getting your business registered, compliant and ready to bid. The other works your operation: removing friction and putting AI where it earns its keep. We build from both ends until they meet.
SAM.gov, UEI and CAGE done right the first time. NAICS codes that match what you actually build, and a capability statement a contracting officer will read.
Level 1 and Level 2 gap assessments against NIST SP 800-171, a system security plan that matches how you really work, and a POA&M you can actually close.
SBIR/STTR and prime-subcontracting readiness: supplier portals, past-performance write-ups, and the paperwork side of a first award.
Find the drag in your operation and remove it. Your systems share their data (CRM to shop floor to accounting) and nobody re-keys anything.
Dashboards and maps built from your live data, so decisions come from the ground truth, not gut feel.
AI inside your workflows (drafting, routing, summarizing, flagging) where it saves hours every week. Set up so it holds up in a CMMC environment.
Every engagement follows the route the 1942 crews did: survey first, cut a rough road, link up, then surface it and keep it open. Skipping a stage is how bulldozers end up in the muskeg.
survey first — alwaysWe walk your operation and the requirements you're chasing, and map how work actually moves: the official process and the real one.
The rough first cut, and the fastest path to something working: registration filed, a first automation live, the biggest compliance gaps closed.
Connect both ends. Your systems share data, your controls map to the requirement, and nobody enters anything twice.
Harden what works: documentation, dashboards, evidence an assessor can follow, and AI your team trusts.
Train and hand off. Built for your team to run, with us on call, not on retainer forever.
Every policy, every repo, every credential. No lock-in, no licensing surprise three years in.
We recommend tools because they fit your ground, not because anyone pays us to.
Documentation and training are part of the build, not an add-on. When we leave, it keeps working.
No CUI or export-controlled data goes into an AI tool unless the environment is approved for it. When the answer is no, we'll say so.
Our own field notes, plus outside reading worth your time, on defense readiness and on where software and AI actually earn their keep in a small operation.
Level 1 or Level 2, what’s actually in force after the July 2026 pause, and how to start without buying a binder you'll never open.
Read the report → ◆ Field reportThe tasks worth automating first, and the ones that quietly cost more than they save.
Read the report → ◆ Field reportRe-keying the same data across tools never shows up on an invoice, yet it's one of the biggest drags on a growing operation.
Read the report →The official program page: the rule, the levels, the assessment guides and the scoping documents. Start here before paying anyone.
Read at dodcio.defense.gov → ↗ U.S. Small Business AdministrationHow government contracting works, small-business set-asides, and the programs built to get small firms their first award.
Read at sba.gov → ↗ Harvard Business ReviewWhy "time saved" so often fails to become real business value, and what separates AI pilots that pay off from the ones that quietly evaporate.
Read at hbr.org →If you run a small business and you're chasing defense work, sitting on a CMMC requirement, or just suspect your systems could work harder, the first call is free and direct. Tell us where your road starts. We'll tell you honestly how far it is to contact, and where AI can and can't help. Meet the crew →