Category: Pre-RFP Preparation

Have you completed your pipeline for 2024 yet? If not, here are 30 bids you might consider. We labeled them mega bids because they’re among the most lucrative bids of… Continue reading 2024 Mega Bids

Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP V: May 2015 – April 2025) has been a lucrative contract with $62.8B to date in sales, according to the SEWP VI Industry Day on… Continue reading Tips for Producing a Compliant and High-Scoring SEWP VI Proposal

Having the right consultant on your team can be a game-changer. Consultants bring specialized expertise, fresh perspectives, and a wealth of experience that can elevate your proposals and increase win… Continue reading Finding the Right Consultant: A Guide for Bid and Capture Managers

Introduction As bid and proposal professionals, we understand the importance of crafting compelling and high-scoring content that wins contracts. Generating persuasive text can be challenging, but with the help of… Continue reading 50 Words and Phrases to Jumpstart GenAI Prompts

Introduction As bid and proposal professionals, we continuously aim to enhance our performance to win contracts and business opportunities. Unfortunately, the traditional approach to evaluating our success often relies solely… Continue reading Use Metrics as a Tool to Improve Bid and Proposal-related Performance

Introduction Measure before you cut, design before you code, and think before you write. All these sayings share a common theme—planning and preparing before acting and using good tools can… Continue reading Use AI to Jumpstart Proposal Content Plans

Requests for proposals (RFPs) are often complex, lengthy, and time-consuming to analyze. However, analyzing RFPs is crucial for understanding the client’s needs, expectations, and evaluation criteria. Therefore, consider using AI… Continue reading Tips for Using AI to Analyze RFPs

Introduction With its language understanding capabilities, Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be invaluable for quickly and accurately extracting requirements from requests for proposals (RFPs). You can also instruct AI to… Continue reading Maximize Efficiency: Extract RFP Requirements with Generative AI Commands

Introduction As bid and proposal professionals, we navigate the high-stakes world of bid/no bid decisions, knowing that these choices can lead us to valuable contracts or misallocate hard-earned bid and… Continue reading 12 Ideas for Using AI to Power Bid/No Bid Decisions During Capture

Introduction Lohfeld Consulting has always advised companies’ proposal reviewers to evaluate proposals like government evaluators. We urge proposal managers to create score sheets using the evaluation criteria defined in requests… Continue reading Use AI to Power 7 Quality Measures for Proposal Reviews