Category: Proposal Management

Getting Real About Capture to Proposal Transitions

Description The transition from capture to proposals is rarely “textbook smooth” and is filled with challenges, including the transition of bids with solution, partner, and personnel gaps; how to transition… Continue reading Getting Real About Capture to Proposal Transitions

Moving Proposals from Good to Great – Insights From 3 APMP Fellows

Description Learn how to transform good/compliant proposals into high-scoring proposals that win contracts with three APMP Fellows. The session covers what constitutes great proposal design, development, writing, evaluation, and communications.… Continue reading Moving Proposals from Good to Great – Insights From 3 APMP Fellows

Tips for Increasing the Ease of Evaluation

As an enthusiastic reader of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Protest Docket, I often see that proposals are not highly scored if the customer doesn’t find the required information in… Continue reading Tips for Increasing the Ease of Evaluation

Get ready for five great Q3 bids

While the government’s fourth quarter (Q4) offers the highest number and collective value of solicitations during the year, the government starts to turn on the spigot in the third quarter… Continue reading Get ready for five great Q3 bids

Tips for hiring proposal consultants

Companies are tightening their belts and trying to do more with less while maintaining an exemplary win rate. Hiring proposal consultants is an excellent way to add part-time or on-call… Continue reading Tips for hiring proposal consultants

Top 10 tips for doing more with less

In these days of corporate belt-tightening and layoffs, we all are being called on to do more with less or generate more wins with fewer resources. So, we assembled 10… Continue reading Top 10 tips for doing more with less

The great belt-tightening

As we have all read, tens of thousands of staff were laid off in late 2022 and early 2023, including those listed below: Atlassian: ~500 staff Amazon: ~18,000 staff Dell:… Continue reading The great belt-tightening

OASIS+ Proposal Management Tool Update – FREE

Lohfeld Consulting Group is offering industry our OASIS+ Proposal Management Tool to manage your project selection and analyze scores for each candidate project. We have updated it for the second… Continue reading OASIS+ Proposal Management Tool Update – FREE

Laying the groundwork for a great proposal kickoff

You only get one shot at a great proposal kickoff meeting, so make it count. Good kickoff meetings put the controls and processes in place to efficiently produce the proposal… Continue reading Laying the groundwork for a great proposal kickoff

Bid and proposal department “Boss for a Day”

What would you do if you were hired tomorrow to create a bid and proposal department from scratch? Here’s the scenario. The company sells custom services and plans to dedicate… Continue reading Bid and proposal department “Boss for a Day”