Tag: best value

Are You Ready for the USALearning® Bid?

Facts At-a-Glance TOPIC DESCRIPTION Name USALearning® Integrated Learning EcoSystem Support Products and Services Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract Agency Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Period of performance One 5-year… Continue reading Are You Ready for the USALearning® Bid?

Are You Ready for the D3I2 Bid and Industry Day?

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?

The Rationale for Eliminating Win Themes in Proposals

If you attended a proposal writing class years ago, the instructor taught you to include win themes in every major proposal section. The instructor told you to link win themes… Continue reading The Rationale for Eliminating Win Themes in Proposals

DoD revamps source selection process

In a continuing effort to improve the Defense Department’s source selection process, Claire Grady, director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology… Continue reading DoD revamps source selection process

21 Experts’ predictions for capture/proposal industry changes – Part 3

Bundled contracts, unbundled contracts, emphasis on well-trained procurement support staff, training axed in cost-cutting measures, short turnarounds, extended and extended extensions, virtual proposals, everyone in the war room… The more… Continue reading 21 Experts’ predictions for capture/proposal industry changes – Part 3

21 Experts’ predictions for capture/proposal industry changes – Part 2

The old adage says, “Nothing’s constant except change.” (We can add death and taxes, but even the taxes part seems in constant flux these days!) Stay in the government capture… Continue reading 21 Experts’ predictions for capture/proposal industry changes – Part 2

Insights on Low Price, Technically Acceptable, Low Price (LPTA) procurements

As the government moves into an era of tighter budgets, we’re seeing procurement strategies shift from the traditional “best value” award criteria where the government could award to other than… Continue reading Insights on Low Price, Technically Acceptable, Low Price (LPTA) procurements