How proposal review teams can derail your win

It’s Thursday. Time for another proposal color team review. The Proposal Manager is faced with one of these all-too-familiar scenarios. Scenario 1: Reviewers call the baby ugly The color team… Continue reading How proposal review teams can derail your win

Behind the curtain: A look at the government’s hidden market

By now, federal contractors realize that they must own multiple award contracts to compete in the $95 billion federal market. (If we subtract classified spending from this figure, fiscal 2017… Continue reading Behind the curtain: A look at the government’s hidden market

How to find common ground between proposal managers and contracting officers

Do proposal managers and contracting officers (COs) have anything in common? Most likely, what we have in common is that we are on each other’s list of pet peeves. Or,… Continue reading How to find common ground between proposal managers and contracting officers

Doing more with less is all about Strengths

How to do more with less is an age-old question. The simple answer is that we must increase productivity to achieve maximum results for time and effort expended. In the… Continue reading Doing more with less is all about Strengths

IT modernization: Another step to contract consolidation

The recently released final American Technology Council (ATC) Report to the President on Federal IT Modernization includes 50 recommendations to modernize the U.S. technology infrastructure as well as strengthen cybersecurity,… Continue reading IT modernization: Another step to contract consolidation

Recording available | Proposal writing and the eight-second attention span

Click to watch this free APMP-NCA Chapter/Lohfeld Consulting webinar Click to download the presentation Why you should attend: A 2015 Microsoft study found that digital distractions have resulted in the… Continue reading Recording available | Proposal writing and the eight-second attention span

The SUPER Small Business Task Orders

In FY18, 20 Super Small Business Tasks Orders (TOs) with combined ceiling values of more than $1.3 billion and spending to date of more than $1.2 billion will exceed their… Continue reading The SUPER Small Business Task Orders

The SUPER Professional Services Task Orders

In FY18, 20 Super Professional Services Task Orders with combined ceiling values of more than $19.6 billion and spending to date of more than $19.5 billion will exceed their ultimate… Continue reading The SUPER Professional Services Task Orders

The SUPER IT Task Orders

In FY18, 20 Super Information Technology (IT) Tasks Orders with combined ceiling values of more than $4.4 billion and spending to date of more than $4 billion will exceed their… Continue reading The SUPER IT Task Orders

Talking to the other side: proposal managers and contracting officers

Dec. 4, 2017, 1:30 pm–2:45 pm Wendy Frieman, Vice President, The Lewin Group Lisa Pafe, Vice President, Lohfeld Consulting Group This panel discussion between contracting officers and proposal managers will… Continue reading Talking to the other side: proposal managers and contracting officers