The real cost of CRs and shutdowns | Amtower Off-Center

Click here to listen to Mark’s interview On January 22, 2018 Amtower Off Center host Mark Amtower talked with Simon Szykman (CTO of Attain and former CIO of Commerce) and Bob Lohfeld… Continue reading The real cost of CRs and shutdowns | Amtower Off-Center

A 2017 Recap – Part 2 | Amtower Off-Center

Click here to listen to Mark’s interview. On January 15, 2018, on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower wrapped up 2017 and started looking into 2018 with Lohfeld Consulting Group… Continue reading A 2017 Recap – Part 2 | Amtower Off-Center

A 2017 Recap – Part 1 | Amtower Off-Center

Click here to list to the interview. On January 8, 2018, Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower wrapped up 2017 with Lohfeld Consulting Group Founder and CEO Bob Lohfeld, Federal… Continue reading A 2017 Recap – Part 1 | Amtower Off-Center

Are your proposal review teams derailing the win?

It’s Thursday. Time for another proposal color team review. The Proposal Manager is faced with one of these all-too-familiar scenarios. Scenario 1: Reviewers call the baby ugly The color team… Continue reading Are your proposal review teams derailing the win?

Behind the curtain: A look at the government’s hidden market

By now, federal contractors realize that they must own multiple award contracts to compete in the $95 billion federal market. (If we subtract classified spending from this figure, fiscal 2017… Continue reading Behind the curtain: A look at the government’s hidden market

Can proposal managers and contracting officers find common ground?

Do proposal managers and contracting officers (COs) have anything in common? Most likely, what we have in common is that we are on each other’s list of pet peeves. Or,… Continue reading Can proposal managers and contracting officers find common ground?

Doing more with less is all about Strengths

How to do more with less is an age-old question. The simple answer is that we must increase productivity to achieve maximum results for time and effort expended. In the… Continue reading Doing more with less is all about Strengths

IT modernization: Another step to contract consolidation

The recently released final American Technology Council (ATC) Report to the President on Federal IT Modernization includes 50 recommendations to modernize the U.S. technology infrastructure as well as strengthen cybersecurity,… Continue reading IT modernization: Another step to contract consolidation

Recording available | Proposal writing and the eight-second attention span

Click to watch this free APMP-NCA Chapter/Lohfeld Consulting webinar Click to download the presentation Why you should attend: A 2015 Microsoft study found that digital distractions have resulted in the… Continue reading Recording available | Proposal writing and the eight-second attention span

The SUPER Small Business Task Orders

In FY18, 20 Super Small Business Tasks Orders (TOs) with combined ceiling values of more than $1.3 billion and spending to date of more than $1.2 billion will exceed their… Continue reading The SUPER Small Business Task Orders