FEDERAL FIT — SAME LADDER AS REAL WORLD CAREERS
We map how a person thinks at work to jobs that match that brain.
Fifty questions. Six work domains. You buy seats. They take the assessment. You read the fit report. Pilot is $750 for 6 seats. Scale is $14,500 for 290 — under $15,000. Card, ACH, invoice, or accepted PO. FedRAMP is not authorized.
SAM.gov Registered | UEI: Z272LH7MCDT2 | CAGE: 1A8H4 | NAICS: 611710, 519290, 541715 | NIST CSF 2.0 Aligned
WHO THIS IS FOR
Built for Federal Workforce Decision-Makers
HR & Talent Acquisition
Add cognitive data to your hiring process. Identify candidates whose cognitive strengths align with role requirements before onboarding.
Chief Human Capital Officers
Workforce-level cognitive intelligence for strategic planning. Understand your organization's cognitive composition and capability gaps.
Training & Development
Identify cognitive development opportunities across your workforce. Target training investments where they produce the highest return.
Veterans Transition Programs
Map veterans' cognitive strengths to civilian career pathways. Support successful transition through brain-matched role alignment.
Intern & Fellow Programs
Assess early-career talent and match to development tracks. Build a data-informed pipeline for future workforce needs.
Succession Planning
Identify cognitive profiles that predict leadership effectiveness. Build succession pipelines based on objective cognitive data.
FedRAMP: not authorized. Infrastructure runs on Cloudflare. SAM.gov registered. UEI Z272LH7MCDT2. CAGE 1A8H4.
THE COST OF DELAY
Federal Hiring Friction Is Expensive
A vacant federal position costs an agency more than the cost of the assessment that would have helped fill it correctly the first time.
Source: OPM
Source: OPM
Source: OPM
threshold
Example: Scale pack (290 seats)
Based on published OPM separation and cost-per-hire figures.
With ALA Cognitive Screening
Actual results vary by agency, role mix, and selection process. Cognitive assessment is one component of holistic hiring.
PILOT DELIVERABLES
What Your Agency Receives
Every pilot produces actionable workforce intelligence, not just individual test scores.
Workforce Cognitive Map
Aggregate brain-region distribution across your workforce
Role Alignment Analysis
Gaps between cognitive strengths and current role requirements
Training Needs Report
Targeted development opportunities by work-relevant domain and role
Succession Insights
Cognitive profiles correlated with leadership readiness
Individual PDF Reports
Multi-page cognitive report per participant with career alignment
Each participant receives
- ✓ 28-page individual cognitive report
- ✓ Scores across six work-relevant domains
- ✓ Career-alignment recommendations
- ✓ Processing-speed analysis
- ✓ Neuroplasticity plan
- ✓ Secure portal access
Your agency receives
- ✓ Aggregate workforce cognitive map
- ✓ Brain-region distribution analytics
- ✓ Role-alignment gap analysis
- ✓ Training-needs report by region and role
- ✓ Succession-readiness insights
- ✓ Executive summary and national benchmarking (Expanded tier)
- ✓ Adverse-impact validation evidence (per use case)
SAME LADDER AS REAL WORLD CAREERS
$750 for six. $14,500 maps two-ninety.
Federal Fit is the same instrument family sold on realworldcareers.com. Scale is $14,500 — under the $15,000 micro-purchase threshold. Confirm card authority. Not legal advice. FedRAMP is not authorized.
Pilot
- ✓ 50-question Federal Fit per seat
- ✓ Six-domain brain-job fit report
- ✓ You look up the ID you assigned
- ✓ Card, ACH, invoice, or accepted PO
Package
- ✓ Same instrument as Pilot
- ✓ Same dashboard with more rows
- ✓ Invoice / PO available
Team
- ✓ Same instrument at 100 seats
- ✓ Invoice / PO available
- ✓ Seats do not expire
Scale
- ✓ 290 brain-job fit reports
- ✓ 300+: $50 each, invoice
- ✓ Card, ACH, or invoice / PO
Checkout is on Real World Careers. Invoice Scale: invoice / PO.
ACCEPTED PAYMENT METHODS
Card and ACH: pay instantly online via secure checkout. | PO, wire, and check: request an invoice and we will respond within 24 hours.
PILOT RISK REVERSAL
Defined success criteria in your SOW. Full reporting at pilot conclusion.
Validation study template provided. IBM Quantum verification reproducible (Job ID d6uvlc2f84ks73deoqp0).
All data on Cloudflare US infrastructure. No third-party cloud. No data sale. Customer controls retention period.
Every score verifiable via IBM Quantum 4,096-permutation perturbation protocol. Public audit trail.
USE CASES
Federal Applications
| Use Case | Primary Buyer | Recommended Tier |
|---|---|---|
| New Hire Cognitive Screening | HR / Talent Acquisition | Standard |
| Succession Planning Assessment | Senior Leadership | Expanded |
| Team Cognitive Mapping | Division Directors | Standard |
| Training Needs Analysis | Learning & Development | Starter |
| Intern/Fellow Evaluation | Program Managers | Starter |
| Workforce Optimization Study | Chief Human Capital Officer | Expanded |
| Veteran Transition Support | VA / DoD HR | Standard |
AGENCY APPLICATIONS
How Federal Agencies Use ALA
Each agency has unique workforce challenges. ALA maps cognitive assessment capabilities directly to your mission.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Real World Careers maps six cognitive work-relevant domains to civilian occupational profiles, giving transition-age veterans a data-driven match between proven cognitive strengths and high-demand civilian roles — replacing self-report inventories with objective measurement backed by IBM Quantum bias validation.
Request a VA Capability Brief →Office of Personnel Management
Real World IQ's brain-region diagnostics — logical reasoning, spatial processing, verbal comprehension, pattern recognition, numerical analysis, and processing speed — map directly to OPM competency frameworks and USAJobs qualification standards, with Uniform Guidelines (29 CFR 1607) documentation ready for review.
Request an OPM Capability Brief →Department of Defense
Six-region cognitive diagnostics provide an objective, bias-validated layer for civilian DOD role alignment — identifying which cognitive architectures predict success in logistics, intelligence analysis, engineering, and administrative series across the largest civilian federal workforce.
Request a DOD Capability Brief →Health and Human Services
Real Bio Age integrates 33,000+ ZIP-level environmental data points — air quality, water contamination, healthcare access — producing individualized biological age assessments. Paired with cognitive baselines, HHS gains datasets suitable for longitudinal population health and equity studies.
Request an HHS Capability Brief →Department of Homeland Security
Non-classified workforce screening measuring processing speed, pattern recognition, and logical reasoning — the cognitive dimensions most predictive of performance in high-tempo operational environments. Deploys in seven days with zero IT integration on US cloud infrastructure.
Request a DHS Capability Brief →Department of Labor
Brain-region-to-career matching replaces subjective self-reported skills with objective cognitive measurement, mapping directly to O*NET occupational requirements. Gives American Job Centers and WIOA-funded programs a tool to reduce time-to-placement and improve job-match quality.
Request a DOL Capability Brief →Department of Education
Research-grade cognitive assessment built on 30 years of norming data from 180 million solvers across 80+ countries. IBM Quantum 4,096-permutation bias validation makes it uniquely suited for educational equity research, Title I evaluation, and gifted/talented identification studies.
Request an ED Capability Brief →Contact [email protected] for an agency-specific capability brief.
PROCUREMENT
Procurement Information
PROCUREMENT PROCESS
Pilot Procurement in 4 Steps
Select Tier
Choose Starter, Standard, or Expanded based on headcount
Pay or PO
Government purchase card or submit purchase order
7-Day Activation
Onboarding, branding, and portal setup
90-Day Pilot
Full assessment deployment with dashboard access
HOW TO BUY
Acquisition Paths
ALA assessment pilots can be procured through multiple channels depending on your agency's requirements and dollar threshold.
Micro-Purchase (Under $15,000)
All three pilot tiers fall below the FAR micro-purchase threshold. Typically purchasable under micro-purchase authority, subject to agency policy. Pay by government purchase card or submit a purchase order directly.
- ✓ Micro-purchase authority (subject to agency policy)
- ✓ Government purchase card accepted
- ✓ Purchase order / NET 30 available
- ✓ ACH and wire transfer accepted
Open Market (Above $15,000)
For deployments exceeding the micro-purchase threshold, ALA is available via open-market procurement. Contact us for a formal quote, sole-source justification support, or pilot proposal documentation.
- ✓ SAM.gov registered (UEI: Z272LH7MCDT2)
- ✓ Capability statement available
- ✓ Sole-source justification support
- ✓ Pilot proposal templates provided
Contract Vehicle Status
ENTERPRISE FEDERAL
Larger Federal Deployments
Above Scale, Real World Careers sells 300+ seats at $50 each, invoiced. Same instrument. Not a separate federal SKU.
| Pack | Seats | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Pilot | 6 | $750 |
| Package | 30 | $3,000 |
| Team | 100 | $7,500 |
| Scale | 290 | $14,500 |
| 300+ | 300 and up | $50 per seat, invoice |
Seats do not expire. One completer per seat. Custom counts are invoiced.
COMPLIANCE LIBRARY
Documentation Available for Procurement Review
Federal buyers require documented proof, not assertions. The following documents are available for download or upon request.
Capability Statement
2-page federal procurement format. Core competencies, NAICS, past performance, vendor IDs.
Download PDF →NIST CSF 2.0 Self-Attestation
All 6 functions assessed. Tier ratings per subcategory. Gap analysis and remediation plan.
Download PDF →Information Security Whitepaper
16 sections covering infrastructure, encryption, incident response, backup, and compliance.
Download PDF →Subprocessor & Data Flow
All subprocessors listed with certifications. Data flow architecture diagram. No PII shared.
Download PDF →MSA Template
18-section Master Services Agreement. Indiana governing law. Standard enterprise terms.
Download PDF →Mutual NDA Template
Mutual confidentiality agreement. 3-year term. Dual signature blocks.
Download PDF →Pilot Proposal Template
2-page fillable proposal with scope, pricing, timeline, and acceptance blocks.
Download PDF →Federal Pricing Guide
One-page pricing overview. Micro-purchase tiers, enterprise deployments, vendor info.
Download PDF →W-9 Information
Tax identification details. Signed W-9 available upon request within 24 hours.
View Details →Adverse-Impact Study
EEOC Uniform Guidelines framework. Contact for a completed study for your use case.
SECURITY
Security & Compliance Infrastructure
Founder & CEO
Timothy E. Parker
30 years of cognitive assessment development. Guinness World Record holder. Author of 70+ published books. Host of 225 episodes of Merv Griffin's Crosswords. USA Today crossword editor. 30-year syndication through Andrews McMeel / Universal Press Syndicate. Institutional partnerships with Disney, Microsoft, Smithsonian, Warner Bros., and Comcast. 180 million total solvers across 80+ countries over 30 years. ALA's cognitive assessment is one of few cognitive assessments to undergo IBM Quantum computing analysis for demographic fairness validation.
Request Micro-Purchase Pilot Quote
Complete the form below to receive a formal pilot quote. We respond within 24 hours.
Or email directly: [email protected] | Phone: 1-317-751-5444
CURRENT STATUS
Outreach & Next Steps
May 2026 Outreach
- ✓ Federal agency outreach initiated
- ✓ Capability statements distributed
- ✓ Pilot pricing finalized for micro-purchase
- ✓ Compliance documentation package complete
- ✓ SBIR Phase IB submitted to ED/IES ($250K)
Ready for Engagement
- → Accepting pilot inquiries now
- → 10-business-day portal activation
- → Sole-source justification support available
- → Custom pilot proposals upon request
- → Federal briefing calls via Calendly