OST proposal professionals are experts in the latest acquisition trends such as indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contracts, page-limited responses to task order requirements packages (TORPs), oral proposals, and performance-based acquisition.

OST has a 94% win rate without counting multiple award ID/IQ contracts, and a 99% win rate counting ID/IQs, providing the assurance that by hiring us, you are a lot more likely to win the business deals you pursue.

Our proposal management services are process-oriented and best practice-based. We are flexible and versatile. We can use our own process in companies where little or no formal proposal process exists, or customize our methodology to achieve a synergy with the processes already in place in your organization.

OST methodology applies a deliberate proposal process which results in less stressful, more predictable, and better managed proposal efforts. This contributes to a higher win rate and a better organized and more capable proposal team. Some of the features and benefits of our approach to running winning proposals include:

• Use of modern communication tools, collaborative environments, and best practice-based techniques to obtain input and involvement of remote participants, reducing travel costs and causing your indispensable subject matter experts least interruption to their "day" jobs chargeable to the government customer
• Maximizing use of document management tools for full proposal team integration, better version control, and coordination
• RFP shredding to build annotated outlines, proposal directives, reviewer checklists, compliance matrixes, and storyboards or work packages that help ensure absolute compliance with the RFP requirements
• Scoring tree preparation to allocate resources and page count correctly to maximize proposal score during the evaluation
• Comprehensive Kick-off Meetings that set proper expectations, build the team, and set the stage for well-orchestrated proposal efforts
• Storyboards, assignment packages, and proposal mock-ups for those who believe in this time-tested method as well as cognitive mapping for people who prefer an alternative approach to content development
• Just-in-time training at every proposal stage that teaches a range of proposal skills, from the most basic to advanced, just in time for brainstorming, storyboarding, writing, executive summary preparation, resume preparation, past performance responses, graphics development, reviewing, and polishing
• In-process reviews to ensure the team is making progress every day, to provide frequent and timely feedback, and to identify and correct proposal resource and skill issues as soon as they arise
• Review results documentation and consolidated feedback for writers to make sure that comments are legible, prioritized, and deconflicted
• Professional use of the "proposal wall" properly set up and updated to have the entire proposal available at a glance for team's discussion, review, and ongoing development
• Read-out-loud sessions to eliminate "bloopers", inconsistencies, incorrectly spelled out acronyms, and other potential embarrassments frequently overlooked by the team and editors
• Procedures, templates, and checklists tailored to your proposal to save time/costs and ensure that nothing is missed
• Efficient proposal art (graphics and tables) management process to ensure the most effective version control, shortest review cycle, and flawless execution
• Documented and tailorable process for short-fuse, page-limited response preparation to Task Order Requirements Packages (TORPs)
• Streamlined methodology for preparation of oral proposals, addressing proposal schedule challenges of writing and rehearsing, and maximizing the usefulness of an orals coach
• Access to our tight network of consultants who have worked together successfully on multiple pursuits, bringing you only the top-notch, tried and true professionals to staff your proposal
• Mastery of such collaborative tools as SharePoint, Privia, Groove, LiveLink, GoToMeeting, LiveMeeting, and NetMeeting, to maximize your proposal team's integration and organization, and automate major proposal coordination tasks
• We are as passionate about winning as you are!

If your budget is limited, our proposal process elements such as RFP parsing, compliance matrix, and storyboard set-up, can be incorporated into your pursuit "piecemeal" to instantly increase your probability of win while saving on consultants' costs - to provide only the support that's most labor-intensive and specialized.

For each pursuit, our goal is to be fully compliant and to give the Customer compelling reasons on why you should win, because there is no second place in proposals.