Learn how to apply capture management processes to win the programs you pursue consistently. We share our 10-step process that covers major capture management activities, framed by specific case studies and typical activities.
This interactive course includes discussions, group exercises using real-world pursuits (such as a Defense Systems IDIQ task order, DHS Transportation Security Laboratory recompete, and OASIS task order*), and a recorded interview with a former government procurement officer addressing industry questions.
Training / Capture Management
What you will learn
- Our 10-step capture management process that covers major capture activities from identifying and qualifying new opportunities through developing a value proposition with discriminating strengths in time for RFP release
- How to conduct capture reviews and manage the entire capture process to make informed bid/no-bid decisions
- Capture management tools and techniques that your company can apply to make better decisions and increase your win probability
Training / Capture Management
Who should attend
- Business Development professionals
- Capture Management professionals
- Proposal Management teams
- Company Executives
- Project Managers
- Technical professionals who support the acquisition of new business
(Eligible for 12 APMP CEUs)
Training / Capture Management
Class Price
- 2025 Class Price $795 per student includes all training materials and handouts, and live instructor-led training. No discounts are available.
Seminar Schedule

ONLINE / Day 123 (~4.5 hours)
Understanding capture and setting up for success
- Understanding the capture continuum
- Identifying and qualifying opportunities
- Assessing risk
- Forming the capture team
- Developing relationships and executing a call plan
- Understanding customer objectives and requirements
- Q&A

ONLINE / Day 123 (~4.5 hours)
Conducting critical mid-process activities
- Assessing the competition
- Influencing the solicitation
- Building the team and signing teaming agreements
- Developing your solution and positioning with the customer
- Q&A

ONLINE / Day 123 (~4.5 hours)
Building on strengths for success
- Building a value proposition with discriminating strengths and price-to-win
- Performing capture gate reviews and conducting proposal go/no-go assessments
- Capture management summary and proposal transition
- Q&A
*For standard class exercises, attendees are given sample bidder background information and some pre-RFP information to use in practicing capture processes—qualifying, delivering a client call, and developing a win strategy. Participants are not expected to be experts in the work domains.
3 Levels of Customization for Private Trainings
The exercises or the full training materials can be tailored to your company:
- Level 1 – Team exercise tailoring: Deals with summaries of actual company pursuits (NTE 8 hours of tailoring)
- Level 2 – Team exercise tailoring: Involves summaries of actual company pursuits, along with relevant corporate, customer, and competition information (NTE 16 hours of tailoring)
- Level 3 – Full training materials tailoring: Includes Level 2, and presentation materials incorporate typical company capture processes and artifacts (NTE 24–32 hours of tailoring)
About your Instructors

Strategist
Dr. Doug Himberger
PhD, Strength-Based Solutioning®, Strategist, Process Evaluator, Capture Advisor, Color Reviewer, Orals Advisor, Instructor
READ BIODoug has been at the forefront of business development and proposal strategy and execution for more than 35 years. At Lohfeld Consulting, Doug serves as a bid strategist, Strength-Based Solutions® advisor, volume lead, storyboard developer, and color team lead and participant. He is also a capture management expert, both co-designing and teaching multiple Lohfeld training classes, and advises on pursuit strategy, proposal development, and review.
His capture management experience ranges from small to large awards (including DOD multi-billion-dollar indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity vehicles). He has offered strategic diagnostic experience for businesses of all sizes in pursuit of key opportunities, ranging from $100M-$1B+ in value across a wide range of Government agencies and departments.
A technical expert as well, Doug offers clients in-depth experience on a wide range of topics. This includes technology development and transfer, research and development (R&D) processes and techniques, and Federal Government policy development and analysis (in areas including resiliency, emergency management, first response, information assurance, survivability and vulnerability, energy, environment, and security).
Prior to joining Lohfeld, he served as Partner and Vice President of Global Resilience, Security, and Defense Teams at Booz Allen, and as Senior Vice President and Director Security, Energy and Environment at NORC at the University of Chicago.
Doug received his PhD in Physics from Georgetown University and retains an active Top Secret clearance. He is a Senior Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), as well as Speaker for the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). He is an active member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) and the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).

Vice President
Bruce Feldman
Principal Consultant, Subject Matter Expert in Space and National Intelligence, Lead AI Trainer
READ BIOBruce brings more than 30 years of experience as a subject matter expert (SME) in business development, capture management, and proposal development specializing in Space and National Intelligence programs for the U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Space Force (USSF), Intelligence Community (IC), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Department of Defense (DOD) 4th Estate, and Combatant Commands.
He leads Lohfeld Consulting Group’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiatives and is the lead trainer for our Generative AI for Proposal Professionals classes, a trainer for our Capture Management and Strength-Based Winning® classes, as well as a consulting advisor.
Prior to joining our team, Bruce was the Senior Vice President for Business Development for SAIC’s $3B National Security and Space Sector. He also served as Chief Growth Officer for Engility, Senior Vice President of QinetiQ North America, Vice President of GCI, Inc. (a subsidiary of General Dynamic Information Technology (GDIT)), and Research Staff Analyst for TASC, Inc.
Bruce is a retired Lt. Col., USAF Reserve, and previously an active-duty USAF officer. He served as the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Detachment Commander at the National Military Command Center (NMCC), as Chief of Mission Planning for the USAF Space and Missile Center, and on active duty at the National Security Agency (NSA).
Education
- BA in Chemistry, Yale University
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology
- MS in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Accreditations
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI)
- NSA-certified Cryptologic Engineer
- Foundation-level Certification from APMP
Upcoming Classes
LIVE instructor-led online class
Capture Management for Federal Contractors – April 29-May 1, 2025 LIVE ONLINE Training (4.5 hours per day over 3 days)
Date: April 29-May 1, 2025 (3-day class)
Time: 12:00-4:30 pm EDT
Location: Online, LIVE, Instructor-Led
LIVE instructor-led online class
Capture Management for Federal Contractors – June 24-26, 2025 LIVE ONLINE Training (4.5 hours per day over 3 days)
Date: June 24-26, 2025 (3-day class)
Time: 12:00-4:30 pm EDT
Location: Online, LIVE, Instructor-Led