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

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

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

If you pursued the Department of Commerce (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NOAALink program, whether successfully or unsuccessfully, over the course of its 9-year acquisition history, be aware… Continue reading Opportunity Alert: NOAA NEMITS IDIQ

SeaPort-e is a Multiple Award Contract (MAC) that contractors either love or hate. For most of the 3,196 award holders, the Navy’s flagship vehicle has generated little if any revenues.… Continue reading SeaPort-NxG: Major changes ahead require a revamped win strategy

Describing potential risks and proposed mitigations is an excellent way to show proposal evaluators you understand project complexities. In Part 1 of this blog post, I discussed six common pitfalls… Continue reading Do you understand how to show you understand? (Part 2 of 2)

Amtower Off Center host Mark Amtower interviews proposal expert Bob Lohfeld on Bob’s new book: 10 Steps to Creating High-Scoring Proposals. Click to listen to Mark’s interview. Topics include: What… Continue reading 10 steps to high scoring proposals | Amtower Off-Center

Exciting, yet highly challenging things are happening in defense acquisition. Established by the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the objective of the Section 809 Panel is to streamline and… Continue reading Section 809 Panel—what’s it all about?

RFPs regularly ask bidders to demonstrate understanding. The understanding section(s) is challenging to write. Your understanding sets the stage for the solution you propose and its substantiated benefits. A mediocre… Continue reading Do you understand how to show you understand? (Part 1 of 2)

I asked Liz Skarlatos, Lohfeld Consulting Group Principal Consultant, who she would be if she were a character from popular fiction. She replied, “I aspire to be Princess Leia. Mainly… Continue reading Meet Liz Skarlatos: “Princess Leia” of capture managers