Category: Proposal Management

Tips for Producing a Compliant and High-Scoring SEWP VI Proposal

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

Finding the Right Consultant: A Guide for Bid and Capture Managers

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

Tips for Managing Multiple Conflicting Deadlines

Bid and proposal professionals often juggle multiple projects with overlapping deadlines. Their jobs involve continuously balancing and reassessing factors like the strategic value of each project, the urgency of a… Continue reading Tips for Managing Multiple Conflicting Deadlines

50 Words and Phrases to Jumpstart GenAI Prompts

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

Use Metrics as a Tool to Improve Bid and Proposal-related Performance

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

7 Strategies for Responding When RFP Requirements are Bigger than the Page Count

Introduction What do you do when you’re handed a 50-page statement of work (SOW) in an RFP but are restricted to just 10 pages for your technical response? It’s a… Continue reading 7 Strategies for Responding When RFP Requirements are Bigger than the Page Count

Tips for Using AI to Analyze RFPs

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

Maximize Efficiency: Extract RFP Requirements with Generative AI Commands

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

Use AI to Power 7 Quality Measures for Proposal Reviews

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

Use AI to Drive Information Collection for Bids and Proposals

Introduction As bid and proposal professionals, we know that being well-informed is crucial for winning contracts. However, finding and processing relevant information can be time-consuming and challenging. We can use… Continue reading Use AI to Drive Information Collection for Bids and Proposals