Use Mighty Bids to Drive Mid/Small Company Growth Now

Brenda Crist
The purpose of the picture is an analogy, to show a mighty river like a mighty bid.

Each month, Lohfeld Consulting publishes a Mega Bids blog featuring multimillion- and multibillion-dollar bids for large companies; however, mid-month, we are going to start featuring our Mighty Bids blog, focused on mid-sized ($100M–$500M), small ($10M–$100M), and micro-sized (under $10M) companies.

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Spotting “AI Speak” in Proposals — and Why It Matters

Brenda Crist
The purpose of the picture is to show an AI bot creating meaningless AI Speak in a proposal.

The use of “AI Speak” in proposals is a tell-tale sign that writers are using generative AI (GenAI) to create proposal content when they are constrained by time, missing information, or unfamiliar with proposal requirements. AI can speed up content generation, but if not used correctly, it leaves a trail of AI Speak that experienced proposal reviewers and evaluators can spot from a mile away. While this is not inherently a GenAI problem, it is a problem of writers not understanding the power and limitations of using GenAI for proposal content creation.

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Use Mega Bids to Drive Business Growth in August 2025

Brenda Crist
The purpose of the large sunflower is to denote large multi-million-dollar and multi-billion-dollar government RFPs.

Lohfeld Consulting presents its monthly list of mega bids to help contractors navigate high-stakes multimillion- and multibillion-dollar contracts. In August, we divided the list into three categories to reflect months of government delays and indecision. Please note that we are keeping this blog updated with the latest government activity. Therefore, some bids that were previously inactive may have become active. Please check the status updates on each bid.

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How to survive and thrive under FAR changes

Lohfeld Consulting
Describes How to Adapt Your Proposals to the First Eight FAR Part Revisions

Click here to download a comprehensive copy of the article, How to Adapt Your Proposals to the First Eight FAR Part Revisions. Contact Lohfeld Consulting Group to help you apply new FAR regulations to your next capture and proposal.

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How to Survive and Thrive Under FAR Part 29 Changes

Lohfeld Consulting
The purpose of the picture is an analogy. It shows a picture of a government building to underscore how the government is changing FAR Part 29.

Amid the major, ongoing initiative to modernize and revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), this article by Bruce Feldman and Jacob Bertram focuses on changes to FAR Part 29 – Taxes. It identifies the opportunities and risks that industry growth teams face because of recent acquisition policy changes, and what BD, capture, and proposal professionals should do to adapt. FAR Part 29 – Taxes is often overlooked in traditional proposal playbooks—but its revision should catch the attention of every BD, capture, and pricing professional. For more information on how to address FAR changes, contact Lohfeld Consulting.

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