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  • About Proposal Writing
    The core of every successful proposal is a technical approach that describes a solution that meets the customer's requirements precisely...
  • Refining the Proposal Outline
    Step one to developing an effective proposal outline begins with the deconstruction of the Request for Proposal (RFP). Step two in the outlining process is to expand/refine the outline...
  • Why a Federal Proposal is Different?
    Federal Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are unique...
  • Structure and Automate Your Sales and Proposal Processes
    In a recent Fedmarket installment "Integration of Sales and Proposal Writing," we recommended that you integrate the sales and proposal- writing process...
  • Save Money and Time with Proposal Templates
    If a company wants to win a bid opportunity, the proposal it submits in response to a federal Request for Proposal (RFP) must be unique...
  • Templates and Federal Proposal Writing
    Templates can play an important role in federal proposal writing. If a company wants to win a bid opportunity, the proposal it submits in response to a federal Request for Proposal (RFP) must be unique...
  • In Proposal Writing Second is the Same as Last
    In many ways, writing a federal proposal is like writing a college term paper. However, the similarities end with the results. In college, you may have been reasonably happy to accept a B...
  • One or Two Pages May Do It
    Proposal writing is both an art and a science. The art part is the solution that the customer believes will solve their problem with minimal risk. Often several pages of creative solution content will swing a win...
  • Do Templates Work for Task Order Proposals?
    Use of templates for proposals in response to Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Task Orders works well and can reduce proposal writing costs significantly...
  • Templates Rule in Efficient Proposal Writing
    Almost everything in a federal proposal can be viewed as a template except the proposed solution itself: resumes, corporate experience descriptions, and management plan sections...
  • Writing Winning Proposals
    In order to win federal contracts, your company will have to write proposals in response to those Requests for Proposals (RFP's) in which it has an interest. The proposal-writing process is laborious, tiring, and expensive...
  • Proposal Writing Guidelines and the Review Process
    The very best proposals are those written in a single voice. However, this goal is difficult to reach if multiple proposal writers are involved on the project...
  • Proposal Writing Guidelines and Tools
    The previous installment discussed managing and organizing a proposal- writing project. This week's installment provides guidelines and tools for the writing effort itself...
  • Proposal Writing: A Summary
    Previous installments presented information on the proposal writing process. This installment summarizes the key points made in these installments. Winning proposals are sales driven and emanate from relationship-based sales...
  • Proposal Writing for Government Contracting
    The previous installments we discussed managing and organizing a proposal writing project. This installment provides guidelines and tools for the proposal writing effort itself...
  • Refined Legacy Content versus Boilerplate
    Refined legacy content just seems like a better and more sophisticated term than boiler plate. Our definition of boilerplate is proposal content that you pulled off the server and slapped in the proposal...
  • Proposal Templates Work
    A typical multiple vendor contract (vehicle) usually has very little original content and lends itself to a template approach to proposal writing...
  • Characteristics of a Losing Proposal
    Proposals lose for a number of reasons with the most prevalent reason being that the government had another company in mind when the RFP was drafted...
  • Peripheral RFP Requirements
    Welcome to our series called "Proposal Writing." This newsletter is the latest installment in a series of rotating weekly e-mail newsletters about GSA Schedules, proposal writing, and federal sales...
  • Proposal Writing: Know When to Fold Them
    Welcome to our series called "Proposal Writing." This newsletter is the latest installment in a series of rotating weekly e-mail newsletters about GSA Schedules, proposal writing and federal sales...
  • Sell Then Tackle the Red Tape: Part 2
    In the previous newsletter, we recommended that you postpone tackling the red tape until after after you have made a sale with a federal buyer...
  • Use Proposal Templates, Not Software
    If you were to research the web, you would find that software is available to assist in the writing of proposals,  including several packages for writing responses to federal Requests for Proposals (RFPs)...
  • More on the Achilles Heel of Federal Contracting
    Proposal writing can be a chaotic experience for federal contractors. Late nights and last-minute crises are frequently a way of life...
  • Blanket Purchase Agreements and Basic Ordering Agreements
    This newsletter is the last in a series of five newsletters about the federal government's increasing reliance on multiple award contracts...
  • Managing Project Performance Using EVM
    As we have repeatedly pointed out in prior newsletters, government agencies hate risk. Fancy solutions that promise to do more are fine, but as much as they like to impress, the minds of contracting officers are ruled by fear...
  • Advanced Proposal Writing : EVMS Certification
    Federal entities are increasingly demanding that contractors use earned value management systems (EVMS) when managing federal projects, and that they do so using an earned value management system that has been certified...
  • Advanced Proposal Writing: Wisely Choosing Which Opportunities
    Making poor choices about which RFPs to respond to is the number one mistake small businesses make in the federal contracting arena...
  • Advanced Proposal Writing: Wisely Choosing What to Pursue, Part 2
    Companies often fail to understand that while they may have the best product or provide the best services, this means little if their proposals don't win...
  • Advanced Proposal Writing: Pursuing IDIQ Contracts
    Program Management a Must for Small Businesses Pursuing IDIQ ContractsGovernment agencies releasing IDIQs are looking for prime contractors they can rely on to do more than just manage individual projects well...
  • Proposal Writing: Filling in the Holes
    In your capacity as the proposal manager, you have deconstructed the RFP and developed a proposal outline (template) that outlines what is required...
  • Advanced Proposal Writing: Key Elements When Writing About Your Program Management
    For Small Businesses: Key Elements When Writing About Your Program Management Last week, we noted that the new strategy of federal agencies is to mandate that small businesses band together under a single lead small business and take on larger, more soph...
  • The Strange World of Federal Proposal Writing
    Understanding the nuances of federal proposals is analogous to understanding a new language and culture. The world of writing federal proposals can only be fathomed by living in that world for a number of years...
  • How Are Winning Proposals Written?
    The major steps in writing a compelling and effective federal proposal are as follows: Your staff must deconstruct the RFP, sentence by sentence and clause by clause, to build a complete proposal template (outline) which addresses e...
  • Proposal Writing: The Devil is in the Detail
    In our previous newsletter, we stated that the most crucial step in federal proposal writing is deconstructing the Request for Proposal (RFP) sentence-by-sentence and clause-by-clause in order to build a complete proposal template (outline)...
  • Know When to Hold Them and Know When to Fold Them
    A well-known country and western song is a good metaphor for deciding when and when not to write a federal proposal. Your chips are your precious proposal-writing resources...
  • Reasons Proposal Deadlines Are Missed
    Companies that either miss or nearly miss proposal submittal deadlines usually don't trumpet their stories to their cohorts. After all, it is not exactly a badge of courage...
  • Beat the Proverbial Proposal Receipt Time Stamp Machine
    Everyone has heard the stories of delivery vehicles screaming down the Beltway only to just make or miss a proposal filing deadline. Or the stories of proposals that never made their destination due to mishandling by delivery services...
  • Don't Write Losing Proposals
    Don't write losing proposals. Some would say this is a trite and simplistic statement and others would say this is one of the secrets to success in the federal market...
  • Proposal Writing Costs
    The costs associated with writing a federal proposal are increasing as the federal government adds more red tape to the procurement process...