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The billable work is what you see first, but the real value sits in managed services contracts that renew at 90 percent or better and a delivery team that handles clients without the founder on every call.
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Due diligence
What to Look For
Practical guidance from hundreds of real acquisition conversations.
Managed services contracts
- Ask what percentage of annual revenue comes from managed services versus project work.
- Look at renewal rates over at least three years — firms above 90 percent are meaningfully different to own than those at 70.
- Multi-year managed services agreements that renew reliably are the highest-quality revenue in this space and the most important number to understand early.
- Firms with more than half their revenue under recurring contracts are easier to finance and carry less volatility than project-heavy shops.
A team that delivers without the founder
- Ask what the founder does in a typical week and what would change if they stepped back.
- Project leads and account managers who handle client work and troubleshoot issues independently are what make a firm transferable.
- If the team already runs most client engagements on their own, you're looking at a real business rather than a personal practice.
Certifications and clearances
- Ask for a list of all certifications and clearance levels currently held by employees.
- Staff with security clearances, AWS or Microsoft certifications, or specialized credentials create advantages that took years to build and protect pricing from lower-cost competitors.
- Find out which credentials transfer with the business versus attach to individual employees who could leave.
Client concentration and loyalty
- Ask about the tenure and growth trajectory of the top five clients.
- Clients who have expanded their engagements over multiple years are a strong signal of quality.
- Ask what percentage of revenue comes from the top client alone — anything above 25 percent is worth understanding in detail.
Proprietary tools or software
- If the business has built its own tools or packaged offerings, confirm who owns them outright.
- Homegrown software adds a revenue stream that scales without adding more billable staff.
- Ask how any proprietary tool is currently monetized and whether it's been sold to clients outside the firm's core managed services base.
Valuation
What Should You Expect to Pay?
3x-5x
SDE
Owner-involved, with project revenue mix or founder-dependent client relationships
4x-8x
EBITDA
With managed services contracts, technical team, and documented client management
Recurring managed services revenue and a delivery team that operates without founder involvement are the two factors that most reliably push valuations toward the higher end of the range.
What drives a premium
Multi-year managed services contracts with renewal rates above 90 percent
Staff certifications and security clearances that open specialized market segments
Project leads and account managers who own client delivery without founder involvement
Proprietary tools or software that generate recurring revenue independent of billable hours
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