
Just because COVID-19 is forcing us indoors doesn’t mean that we can’t get together and learn from one another. Recently, Lohfeld Principal Consultant and Capture expert Dr. Doug Himberger interviewed former GSA Contracts Director, Jacob Bertram. In this final installment, Doug asks Jacob about focusing on the competitive range as part of developing a strategy for winning business at an agency. For the previous installment, click here. [Doug] The bundle contracts are getting bigger, and the task orders within them also are getting bigger. There are higher-value targets coming up now. What should industry in general, whether it’s large or even small businesses, focus on so that they stay in the competitive range, in terms of cost, and perhaps other things as well? [Jacob] While I was at GSA, one of the things we studied was the competition rates on managed vehicles like GSA schedules and GWACs and then also … Continue reading MULTI-PART SERIES: The Competitive Range – Up close and personal, Part 6