Business Development Blog
Last time we talked about having enough opportunities in your pipeline so that even after you have a flood of solicitation releases and you forego some opportunities because you are short-staffed, you have enough to bid on during the months when it’s barely a ...
Win Themes are pithy, memorable phrases in a proposal that tell the government customer exactly why they should choose you — not your competitors — for a contract. Win Themes explain the benefits you can bring the customer through your solution, and they’re ...
Last time, we described the opportunities pipeline and why it doesn’t look like a straight pipe. It looks like a funnel with a series of progressively thinner pipes with increasingly finer filters in between them. Today, we will talk about another reason to have ...
Many government contracting business owners ask us: “How many opportunities per month do you need to find so you can submit enough proposals to reach your financial goals?”
The answer is somewhat detailed and has three parts with information we will send to you ...
Most problems that surface when government contractors struggle with writing winning proposals are systemic, upstream issues related to flawed opportunity identification, qualification, and capture, not the just proposals themselves. If a company bids on an ...
Business development metrics offer insights into your business that help you maximize your growth and success. For example, your win rate has a major impact on how many opportunities you need to qualify, capture, and bid on to make your target revenue goals. If ...
Finding the opportunities starts with identifying your ideal set of customers through market research who buy what you sell, and who have money to buy. You first need to define the profile of your ideal opportunity. Here are some of the parameters you could ...
Win Themes are pithy, memorable phrases in a proposal that tell the government customer exactly why they should choose you — not your competitors — for a contract. Win Themes explain the benefits you can bring the customer through your solution, and they’re ...
Part of persuasion is getting people to understand your point of view. It is convincing someone that what you’re saying is true and that they should do what you suggest. With proposals, you don’t have the advantage of being face to face with your customer. You ...
A proposal kickoff meeting is arguably the single most important event of the entire proposal schedule. It can set a Proposal Manager and his team up for success or failure on a bid. If you botch the kickoff, your team will leave the meeting without a clear plan, ...
With summer half over, it’s time for those in the Information Technology industry to begin preparing their scorecards and supporting documentation in anticipation of the next large Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC): GSA’s Polaris. GSA plans to release the
This course covers the process and nuances of how to write an unsolicited proposal and help the government justify the issuance of sole-source contracts. It is a way to get work under contract fast. It helps both the contractor and the government avoid lengthy and ...
In Business Development, like in all sales environments, leaders need to know when to stop wasting their money on an opportunity they’re unlikely to win. Throughout the business development process, there are several important milestones when you should evaluate ...
The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) released Amendment 5 for CIO-SP4 on July 2nd. The amendment extended the proposal due date to July 23rd, fixed minor inconsistencies, added submission file naming ...
In March, GSA released a request for information (RFI) for the Best-in-Class Multiple Award Contract (BIC MAC) to replace GSA’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) Contract. The name of the new contract is not final, but a Best-in-Class Vehicle
Training Topics: A Virginia PTAC Organized or Sponsored event, Government Contracting, Intermediate Level, Introductory Level, Market Research and Business Development, Marketing/Sales, Proposal Preparation / Response, Selling to Government
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The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) responded to questions and extended the deadline to apply for CIO-SP4. As CIO-SP4 subject matter experts, we will help you understand NITAAC’s final requirements and
This is the second part of my personal story that’s meant to share the most valuable lessons I have learned over more than 20 years in business development, from my earliest days as a foreign student from Uzbekistan struggling to find a job, to today, the CEO of my