Built by a former DCAA Technical Specialist

Jules Martin spent over 10 years at the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), where she specialized in incurred cost proposal audits under FAR 52.216-7. As an Incurred Cost Technical Specialist, she reviewed hundreds of contractor submissions, identified systemic compliance issues, and developed internal tools to streamline the audit process. She also worked directly with hundreds of DCAA Field Audit Offices across the country, providing expert guidance and technical support on incurred cost proposal audits. Now, she is bringing that same depth of knowledge to government contractors and consultants by offering tools, resources, and expert domain expertise through GovConDash.ai.

During her time at DCAA, Jules was a key developer of the ICE Model , the standard Excel-based tool DCAA provides to contractors for preparing incurred cost proposals. The ICE Model has gone through several generations since its original VBA-based version was released in the early 2000s. For over two decades, contractors relied on a macro-driven spreadsheet to prepare their submissions. In 2025, DCAA released an updated Power Query version, modernizing the data processing with Power Query while still operating within Microsoft Excel. The ICP Dashboard represents the next evolution: a modern, web-based platform built for the age of AI and Automation. Jules's firsthand experience building the government's own ICP tool gave her deep insight into the pain points contractors face, the limitations of spreadsheet-based approaches, and the compliance requirements auditors look for. That knowledge is embedded into every feature of the ICP Dashboard.

After years of reviewing incurred cost proposals, a pattern became clear: contractors, especially small businesses, were struggling with the same issues over and over. Misallocated indirect costs, missing schedules, reconciliation errors, and unallowable cost oversights led to inadequacy determinations and prolonged audits.

ICP Dashboard was built to change that — a browser-based tool that automates the entire incurred cost proposal process from start to finish. Enter your general ledger, chart of accounts, and contract data once, and the dashboard generates all ICP schedules (A through O), computes indirect rates, and reconciles across every schedule automatically. It runs the full DCAA 47-question adequacy checklist before submission, validates FAR 31.205 unallowable costs, and supports CAS 410 scenario modeling so you can compare allocation bases side by side. Import directly from DCAA's ICE Model or any Excel file, and export completed workbooks with formulas, cross-sheet references, and named ranges. No server, no install, no data leaving your browser — everything runs locally with zero-network architecture.

GovConDash.ai is a product of J. Martin Consulting LLC. The company is focused on building practical, compliance-first tools for the government contracting community, starting with the most painful annual requirement most contractors face: the incurred cost proposal.

Beyond the ICP Dashboard, GovConDash.ai offers a full suite of tools built for government contractors: a contract management dashboard that pulls your federal awards directly from USAspending.gov, AI-powered FAR and eCFR search that explains regulations in plain English, a Ledger Scan AI agent that flags unallowable costs in your general ledger before DCAA does, and a guided DCAA Pre-Award Accounting Survey (SF 1408) with AI narrative generation and PDF export.

Whether you have questions about the ICP Dashboard, need help with your incurred cost proposal, or want to learn more about our other tools, reach out anytime at [email protected]. You can also connect with us on LinkedIn, YouTube, and X.