GSA has adopted the Symphony Procurement Suite to manage its IDIQ contracts. This web-based, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) contract management and automation tool from Apex Logic allows government organizations to manage… Continue reading Missteps to avoid when using GSA’s Symphony Procurement Suite

The Federal Government publishes an inordinate amount of free information for jumpstarting your bids. We summarize our top 10 favorites below. Many of these free databases are hosted by the… Continue reading Top 10 free government websites and databases for supporting your bid

Thankfully, many government agencies held off on releasing their requests for proposals (RFPs) during the December 2022 holiday season. However, government agencies are now opening the floodgates and releasing numerous… Continue reading Get ready—the government flood gates are opening with 2023 bids

One of the best sources to learn about how the government grades best value competitions is the General Accountability Office (GAO) Protest Docket. The Docket explains the proposal requirements, how… Continue reading Lessons Learned in Strength-Based Winning® from GAO’s Protest Docket

UPDATED December 19, 2022 GSA released its draft for the Alliant 3 procurement on October 19, 2022 and is accepting bidder comments until January 6, 2023. You can submit your… Continue reading Did GSA get it wrong on Alliant 3?

You can win new business without writing a proposal using organic growth best practices. In fact, industry executives expect their project management staff to grow contracts by 5-10% annually using… Continue reading Winning business without a proposal

There is a dichotomy between the way industry and government Source Selection Evaluation Boards (SSEBs) run proposal reviews. In industry, reviewers read the entire proposal and make in-line recommendations concerning… Continue reading Run your next proposal review like the government

GSA released the Draft OASIS+ Multi-Agency Contract (MAC) RFP on November 15, and vendors around the beltway and the country are reviewing it to make their bid decisions. What opportunity… Continue reading Is OASIS+ for you?

If you’re in the government market selling professional services, whose job is business development (BD) and growth? Is it the job of sales and BD to fulfill it? Is it… Continue reading Whose job is business development and growth?

Here’s a list of our team’s favorite things for the holidays. What would you add to this list? Government RFPs No crazy overtime hours between December 24 and January 1,… Continue reading Lohfeld Consulting’s Favorite Things for the Holidays