Category: Pre-RFP Preparation

If your proposal is evaluated in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subparts 8.4, 15.3, 16.505, and Part 13, the Government can use a confidence rating to score all or… Continue reading Increase Your Confidence Rating Score

In 2022, the following 5 industry trends will impact bid and proposal (B&P) professionals’ employment, development, and retention. 1. The scramble to hire experienced B&P professionals Finding experienced business development… Continue reading 5 industry trends that affect bid and proposal professionals’ employment

Here are 20 tips for conducting smooth client demos and oral presentations. (The most important tip is to be well-prepared to deliver the presentation and respond to potential questions from… Continue reading 20 tips for conducting smooth client demos and oral presentations

Calling out your benefits, Strengths, and discriminators helps the customer recognize them and can help raise your proposal score. You can call out benefits, Strengths, and discriminators using icons, graphics,… Continue reading 50 Words and phrases that call attention to your benefits, strengths, and discriminators

Department of State issued the draft Evolve IT Services Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity solicitation in October and held virtual industry day October 25 with 1,100+ attendees representing 550 companies. This… Continue reading Building confidence is key to winning State’s $8B EVOLVE contract

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 37.602 gives the Federal Government the freedom to decide if the acquiring agency or the bidder prepares the Performance Work Statement (PWS). When the offeror prepares… Continue reading How does the government evaluate a proposal PWS?

Have you noticed in recent DOD procurements that their standard definition of a “Strength” has changed, however slightly? I first noticed it when an active major RFP amended its Section… Continue reading Meritorious Strength

Proposal content reuse at its best improves productivity and make the most of your bid and proposal (B&P) resources. Every company reuses proposal content, whether they have a formal content… Continue reading Six tips for better content reuse

Ghosts! Proposal best practices tell us to ghost the competition. Ghosting in the world of proposals means to emphasize competitor weaknesses and downplay their Strengths without naming them. According to APMP,… Continue reading Help evaluators see ghosts

Our free two-part series examines the Federal Government acquisition and source selection life cycle with our experts in DOD, GSA, and civilian agency acquisition and source selection. We discuss: Procurement… Continue reading [Webinar replay available] An insider’s look at government source selection – how it really works and what you need to know: Part 2