Creating Winning Proposals for Government Contractors
Get access to proposal development experts and end-to-end support teams for highly competitive procurements.
Utilize the critical time between the decision to pursue and proposal submission to sharpen your competitive edge.
Discover how the government evaluates proposals and how our methodology focuses every proposal on your company’s strengths.
Increase your teams’ efficiency and effectiveness with classes taught by the same experts actively managing client capture and proposal efforts.
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Lohfeld Consulting Group is a capture and proposal consulting firm that helps government contractors win federal contracts. Since 2003, our consultants have supported more than 550 proposals worth over $135 billion for our top 20 clients alone, using Strength-Based Winning® — a methodology built around how federal evaluators actually score. We provide capture management, proposal management and writing, proposal reviews, orals coaching, graphics and desktop publishing, and APMP-certified training to companies bidding across defense, civilian, and intelligence agencies.
Won in over 550 contract
proposals for just
our top 20 clients
Companies supported
with our expertise
and training
We’ve provided
Strength-Based Winning®
services since 2003
“The Lohfeld team has been a shining example of how to get things done. In fact, they produced an 800% increase in our conversions and reduced the cost/conversion by 80.3%.”
—Defense and Aerospace Contractor
This month’s bid roundup covers 12 forecasted opportunities, each above $250M and together representing roughly $48B in future federal spending, all scheduled for release in 2027 and 2028. From a… Continue reading Use Forecast Bids to Win $48B in 2027 and 2028 Contracts
Thirty new opportunities just landed on this month’s active bids list, and four of them have responses due soon. The Space Force’s $655M Mission Delta 9 (MD9) – SL-5 EC2-S… Continue reading Use Active Bids to Drive Business Growth Now
AI learning is accelerating, and the gap between teams building systematic capability and those experimenting in isolation is widening. Lohfeld Consulting surveyed capture and proposal professionals to understand how teams… Continue reading How to Build an AI Learning Strategy for GovCon Proposal Teams
Few contract vehicles carry the strategic weight of OASIS+. For professional services firms in the GovCon space, it represents long-term access to federal agencies, broad scope flexibility, and significant revenue… Continue reading OASIS+: How to Navigate Complexity with Confidence
Mark Amtower sat down with Brenda Crist, Vice President of Lohfeld Consulting Group, to discuss Lohfeld Consulting’s Group’s latest book, From Prompts to Proposals: An AI Maturity Model, and why… Continue reading Harnessing the Power of AI | Federal News Network
Ask capture and proposal professionals where to spend training budgets first, and you’ll get a different answer this year than last year. AI training still leads, but by a narrow… Continue reading How to Prioritize and Spend Your FY27 Training Budget
If you’re looking to hire a proposal manager, senior proposal writer, or consultant with AI skills to fill a position in 2027, what qualifications, skills, and experience should you be… Continue reading How to Hire an AI-Skilled Proposal Professional in 2027
A government shutdown doesn’t pause your pipeline; it just scrambles it. Some pursuits keep moving, while others stall for months without warning. Last year’s 43-day shutdown, the longest in U.S.… Continue reading How to Shutdown-Proof Your FY27 Pipeline: A Checklist
Date: September 15-17, 2026 (3-day class)
Time: 12:00-4:00 pm EDT
Location: Online, LIVE, Instructor-Led
Date: October 20-22, 2026 (3-day class)
Time: 12:00-4:30 pm EDT
Location: Online, LIVE, Instructor-Led
Date: October 23, 2026
Time: 10:00 am-4:00 pm EST
Location: Online, LIVE, Instructor-Led
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