Tag: Lohfeld Consulting Group

Building confidence in your solution and casting doubt on a competitor’s solution is one of the best ways to influence a customer to select your solution. In the proposal industry,… Continue reading 50 Words and phrases to ghost competitors

When the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the final RFP for the ProTech 2.0 Satellite Domain on Dec. 2, the agency may have ruined the holidays for the small business… Continue reading NOAA’s $8B ProTech 2.0 solicitation brings the latest in streamlined acquisition

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

Proposal professionals are accustomed to responding to the Federal Government’s requirements as detailed in the performance work statement (PWS) included in the RFP. Here’s what to know when the government… Continue reading Here’s what you need to know when the customer asks you to write the PWS

We examine the Federal Government acquisition and source selection life cycle with our experts in DOD, GSA, and civilian agency acquisition and source selections in part one of our two-part… Continue reading [Webinar replay] An insider’s look at government source selection – how it really works and what you need to know: Part 1

Features tell, and benefits sell. However, the solution features and benefits alone are insufficient. There is a third element in the winning equation: metrics. To win in the federal market,… Continue reading No metrics? No proposal win!

The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC)’s highly anticipated Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) RFP, released June 25, has already seen… Continue reading Does the latest CIO-SP4 amendments create inequities?