GovCon-ready books

Federal work pays — if the invoice is clean, the time is coded, and the file can survive a question. Keystone Metrics keeps small-business contractors current so the 30-day clock actually starts.

We are not a CPA firm and we are not a DCAA mill. We are the layer that makes both cheaper: QuickBooks set up by contract, direct costs separated from overhead, unallowables parked, and a monthly close an owner can explain.

What “ready” means here

• Every bill and hour tied to a contract, CLIN, or job — not a junk drawer called “income”

• Owner draws and personal spend out of the billing pool

• Invoices that match the award so Prompt Payment is a date, not a hope

• CPA-ready year-end files when the tax pro or auditor asks

• A plain cash view so payroll does not wait on an SF 1034

Who this is for York and south-central Pennsylvania shops — and remote teams — bidding federal, state, or prime-sub work. Firm-fixed-price today, cost-type tomorrow. If the books cannot answer “what did that contract actually cost,” the bid is ahead of the file.

How we work Fixed monthly packages: Foundation $250, Growth Metrics $500, Keystone Advisory $900. Catch-up and QBO rebuilds are quoted once, then the retainer starts. Remote-first. In-person in York County when it helps close or keep the work.

Clean books first. Then the numbers you use to decide whether the next contract is worth taking.