Tag: proposal management

Facts At-a-Glance TOPIC DESCRIPTION Name Design, Development, Demonstration, and Integration II (D3I2), Domain 1 and Domain 2 Follow-on Contracts Agency Department of the Army, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense… Continue reading Are You Ready for the D3I2 Bid and Industry Day?

Facts At-a-Glance TOPIC DESCRIPTION DRFP name Mission Partner Environment (MPE) Program, Operations, Maintenance, and Sustainment (OM&S) Agency Department of the Air Force, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force,… Continue reading Are You Ready for the Air Force MPE Bid?

One of a typical proposal writer’s biggest complaints is that the proposal is too page-constrained. Having a 50-page statement of work (SOW) and a 25-page proposal limit is not unusual,… Continue reading 50 Words, Phrases, and Techniques that Save Proposal Space

Trends affecting bids and proposals The bid and proposal management industry’s workplace is changing at the speed of “digital transformation” as it responds to technology, data, and artificial intelligence (AI)… Continue reading Bids and Proposals – At the Speed of Transformation

Is your company meeting all its business growth goals? Are your costs per bid at or below your budget? Do your proposals consistently receive the highest scores? If you answered… Continue reading Making the most of your bid and proposal training budgets

I teach a proposal management class and use mind map examples for some of the lesson topics. I’m often surprised to learn that many of my students are not familiar… Continue reading Using mind maps for proposal management activities

Republished with permission from the APMP NCA Fall eZine Capture and proposal team leaders face challenges inherent to our business: fluid team composition, multiple concurrent tasks and opportunities, competing demands,… Continue reading Leading Teams on the Fly

In December, the White House announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would serve as the first of GSA’s Center of Excellence (CoE) for IT Modernization. USDA is at… Continue reading Set Your Sights on USDA Centers of Excellence Bids for Q4 and Beyond

Do you feel forgetful? Is your thinking cloudy? Are you making mistakes? Are you scrambling your words? If so, chances are you have “proposal brain” or what some call “brain… Continue reading Proposal brain

I was recently asked if I have used agile for proposal management on a bid to the Federal Government. This individual was working on a proposal where the targeted contract… Continue reading Agile proposal management—team values