Proposal Services

Our experts have decades of experience working with federal agencies, and can help corporate leaders determine the best agency and type of federal contracting opportunity that aligns with their expertise, then support or lead you team to craft and submit a strong and compliant proposal. Services include:

Production / submission schedule – Allocating people, resources, and time to draft, review, finalize, produce, and submit all materials required for a successful proposal

Bid strategies – Determine the agencies and types of contracts that match with client strengths and resources, including:

• Teaming: how teaming partners help or hurt your bid’s changes of winning
• Targeting: which agencies, what types of work, and what kinds of contracts may be best suited to your company’s strengths

Proposal facilitation – Ad hoc or full proposal facilitation:

• Requirements / deliverables: Outline of all requirements and deliverables to be compliant and eligible for proposal evaluation
• Win themes and discriminators: identify the strengths and advantages of your approach, and define how they benefit the government agency
• Content development: Commit the personnel with relevant knowledge of the agency and proposed work – producing accurate technical content that clearly addresses agency needs and proposal requirements
• Writing assignments: Divide content in a manageable way, to ensure accuracy, compliance, timeliness, and persuasive, compelling content
• Proposal drafts: Develop iterations of a whole draft to ensure writers understand the context of each section and keep changes in sync
• Review teams: Ensures content development and pricing is focused, up-to-date, and on schedule

Consulting Services

Our team has the expertise to support clients across a broad range of business needs.

New government contracts – You just won a government contract. Congrats! Our team of experienced program managers can help ensure you hit the ground running.

• Requirements documentation – know what you need, when you need it, and in what format it has to be submitted
• Project plans – Ensure your team, subs, or partners are on board with deadlines, reporting structure, approval process, review requirements, communication, and other contract requirements
• Support hiring or onboard new contract team members
• Support completing initial contract deliverables (often due before the PM is hired)
• Communications and reporting templates

Operational / Business Assessments – From small non-profits to state agencies to federal programs, our team has the expertise to review strategic goals against day-to-day operations (policies, procedures, budgets, staffing, technology). Our assessments and offered recommendations have:

• Improved efficiencies
• Strengthened governance models and practices
• Realized significant savings
• Designed metrics and reporting
• Aligned internal and external communications

Communications–

• Review internal and external communications to ensure consistency, clarity, currency, and conciseness.
• Develop templates for client or corporate reporting and presentations
• Create or update policies and procedures, process documentation

Operations –

• Develop or review proposed budgets against corporate goals or proposal submissions
• Align governance with contract and business requirements
• Financial and budget templates
• Review strategic plans against operations (budget, resources, schedules)