Oral proposals are timed solution-focused “team job interviews” that either substitute or augment written proposals. They are an opportunity for the Government to evaluate your solution through the prism of the people. An oral presentation to the federal Government is...
Lots of companies have pipelines that focus on quantity versus quality of opportunities. Often, business developers’ performance is measured in part by the total value of the pipeline they manage. As a result, the bid, capture, and win rates are negatively affected,...
The General Services Administration (GSA) officially “unpaused” work on its new small business services contract, Polaris, and extended the due date for submissions until August 10. GSA launched the Polaris Submission Portal and issued Amendment 2, which includes...
The Department of the Air Force is expected to respond in the coming days to comments and questions from the industry in reference to the Architecture, Engineering, and Integration (AE&I) draft PWS released on March 10. The draft PWS is one segment of the...
Do you have a large pipeline with a multitude of identified opportunities, but limited resources to move them forward? How do you then decide which of those opportunities your team should be going after as part of your business development growth activities? Every...
Do you have a relatively small business development (BD) team, but a pipeline with hundreds of opportunities that are rapidly approaching RFP release dates? Even large companies struggle with the predicament where some of their pipeline opportunities get love, while...
Our next Writing Persuasive Government Proposals Class starts on June 13. This 2-day proposal writing course shows how to develop compliant and highly persuasive proposal sections in half the time, to increase your Government proposals’ win probability. Learn to...
OST Global Solutions will be exhibiting at the 31st Annual Government Procurement Conference on June 16, a national conference that builds partnerships between the federal Government and small businesses. The annual event is the largest and longest-running conference...
The Internal Revenue Services (IRS) will hold an Industry Day on June 8 for its upcoming agency-wide IT solicitation, Enterprise Development Operations Services (EDOS). The IRS intends to establish multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) for EDOS, with the total...
Remember to register for the Wednesday, June 8, webinar on Services MAC. The webinar is a collaboration between OST Global Solutions and TechnoMile. We will discuss the following: An update on Services MAC and how your organization can apply modern tools and...
For every American citizen, Memorial Day is one of the most significant days. Originally called Decoration Day, this day is celebrated on the last Monday of May every year. It is a day of remembrance for all the men and women who died while serving the nation during...
The U.S. Air Force released a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for its new $5.3-billion multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) cyber security contract, Enterprise Cyber Capabilities (EC2). The final request for proposals (RFP) is expected as...
On Wednesday, June 8, learn about the tools, technology, and industry experts that leading Government contractors are leveraging to better position themselves to win major contract vehicles, like Services MAC, as well as how they’re using these modern technologies to...
Proposal Management Best Practices We have seen it time and again. You’ve executed an outstanding capture effort. You learned everything the customer wants. You’ve assembled a team of all-star companies who have past performance identical in size, scope, and...
The OST Global Solutions Foundations of Federal Business Development training is a two-day intensive training experience that offers essential skills in professional business development for Government contractors selling services and solutions to the Federal...
The General Services Administration (GSA) on Friday issued a call for feedback on the latest version of the Request for Proposals (RFP) for its new small business IT services contract, Polaris Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC). Potential bidders in the small...
OST Global Solutions is very excited to announce that Olessia Smotrova, President/CEO, has been chosen to speak at the National 8(a) Association 2022 Alaska Regional Conference. She will speak on a panel covering best practices for developing competitive rates on...
OST Global Solutions is the home of the Bid & Proposal Academy. We have codified our best practices in our courses, and we teach these processes and techniques that we use to win at the highest level of Government contracting – from small to large contracts. Our...
A bid protest that caused the General Services Administration to pause its rollout of Polaris, the agency’s new IT-focused Governmentwide acquisition contract, has been dismissed. GSA is reviewing whether additional changes are warranted for the solicitations for both...
