As bid and proposal professionals, we often communicate with strangers or people with whom we only have a slight acquaintance to get the needed information to create winning proposals. We… Continue reading Engaging Strangers: The Communication Edge in Proposals

Introduction While no artificial intelligence (AI) tool can ingest your request for proposal (RFP) requirements and pop out a winning proposal, AI can be your partner in expediting proposal writing… Continue reading Proposal Writing: 21 Strategies for Using AI to Expedite and Improve Proposal Writing

Why are proposal strengths so important? In best value competitions, the offeror who possesses the best and/or greatest number of strengths, the fewest number of weaknesses at a level of… Continue reading 50 Ideas to Jumpstart Your Thinking About Proposal Strengths

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Protest Docket is one of the best sources of information to learn how the government grades best-value competitions. The Docket explains the proposal requirements, how… Continue reading Lessons Learned from the GAO Protest Docket – Part 4

Did you know that a common complaint found in the Accountability Office (GAO) Protest Docket is that offerors do not sufficiently describe their approach? When an approach is not adequately… Continue reading An insufficiently detailed approach – common GAO complaint

Checklist for moving your proposal score from Green to Blue Step 1: Understand the scoring criteria Understand how the government is prioritizing the scores and what criteria carries more weight.… Continue reading The steps to move your proposal score from green to blue now

Calling out your benefits, Strengths, and discriminators helps the customer recognize them and can help raise your proposal score. You can call out benefits, Strengths, and discriminators using icons, graphics,… Continue reading 50 Words and phrases that call attention to your benefits, strengths, and discriminators

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 37.602 gives the Federal Government the freedom to decide if the acquiring agency or the bidder prepares the Performance Work Statement (PWS). When the offeror prepares… Continue reading How does the government evaluate a proposal PWS?

Proposal content reuse at its best improves productivity and make the most of your bid and proposal (B&P) resources. Every company reuses proposal content, whether they have a formal content… Continue reading Six tips for better content reuse

Proposal professionals are accustomed to responding to the Federal Government’s requirements as detailed in the performance work statement (PWS) included in the RFP. Here’s what to know when the government… Continue reading Here’s what you need to know when the customer asks you to write the PWS