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Articles
- Selling Services to Federal Agencies
Our newsletters repeatedly emphasize the need to establish a relationship with end users when selling in the federal market... - Process Versus Content
Proposal writing involves both process and content. Effective proposal writing processes are important but proposal content rules over process... - Proposal Writing Is Not Going to Go Away
Most owners of small and medium-sized federal contracting companies wish that writing proposals was not a requirement of doing business with the federal government... - Two of the Deadliest Proposal Writing Sins
A service company's two greatest assets are its corporate experience and the background of its staff. Often, both assets are not presented effectively in a company's federal proposals... - What is Wrong with the Proposal Review Process?
Many companies have proposal reviews of different colors. The reviews we'll focus on in this installment are the two most common, Pink and Red Team reviews... - Working with Teaming Partners to Draft Proposals
No one person or corporation is an island. If you are like most successful contractors, you team with other organizations to write winning proposals... - More on the Difficulty of Proposal Writing
The process of creating a compelling and winning proposal is a difficult one. Proposal writing is different than anything else a company does... - Could Your Proposal Writing Process Be More Structured?
It is not possible to have too much structure in your proposal writing process and even the largest prime federal contractors do not have enough... - You Can't Learn Proposal Writing from a Book
Crafting a well written and compelling proposal is a complex and difficult task... - Contract Management and Discounting Policies
Implementing an internal GSA management system within your company is the only foolproof way to protect against adverse audit consequences. An effective management system is not difficult to establish... - Federal Proposals and Debriefings
Used judiciously, proposals and debriefings can be a source of sales opportunity information... - 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... - Why is Proposal Writing So Difficult?
Most people do not like to write and this is particularly true for writing complex federal proposals. Those who do tend to postpone their writing tasks because writing is hard work. Federal proposal writing is also a very costly process... - Proposal Writing Mistakes
The process of producing a quality proposal is inherently prone to problems. As discussed in the previous newsletter, it is difficult to manage the process and is costly... - Proposal Writing: Sell First, Write Second
Learning to prepare outstanding, first-rate proposals is a task that is difficult at best and often impossible. Many contractors fail to ever master the assignment... - Make Accurate Discounting Disclosures
Implementing an internal GSA management system within your company is the only foolproof way to protect against adverse audit consequences. An effective management system is not difficult to establish... - Defining Discounting: Are There Any Answers Out There?
For many, the idea of writing a proposal for a GSA Schedule contract ranks just short of "I'd rather stick my hand in a fire. Both hands. Up to the elbows." The same is true of proposals to extend GSA contracts for 5 more years... - Ride the Wave of IDIQ Contracts
This newsletter is the first in a series of five newsletters about the federal government's increasing reliance on multiple award contracts. The use of Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts is becoming more prevalent by the day... - 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...
