Position: Sales / Business Development Manager Focus is on selling proposal consulting services to government contractors. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: The role will involve supporting Executive Leadership on client acquisition and retention. Responsibilities include: • Identification and qualification of new accounts that require Proposal Support Services and retention of existing accounts. [...]
D/SIDDOMS IV Changes to DHITS Generation I, Contract Has $20 Billion Cap October 6, 2014 The name of the D/SIDDOMS IV program was recently changed to Defense Health Information Technology Services Generation I (DHITS Generation I). The Department of Defense (DOD), Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defense Health Agency (DHA) is [...]
In olden, golden days if a Federal contractor wanted to get the attention of the acquisition professional they would write an elaborate and unsolicited proposal. Even when accepted there was always a chance that the government may not do anything with the whitepaper but by the FAR Subpart 15.6 definition they must [...]
Industry is still waiting for the long-expected release of the $3 billion Pro-Tech solicitation by NOAA. The September release date on the program web site very likely will be missed. This major vehicle will allow NOAA to strategically source services in the core areas of ocean, satellites, fisheries, meteorological, and enterprise operations. [...]
September 24, 2014 Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation (T4NG) Procurement Update: Requirements have been published within the Draft PWS, sources sought, released in late July, and with capability and prior experience statements due on August 28, 2014. Extensive analysis and market research followed with the VA release of the Virtual Office [...]
September 24, 2014 The Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Information & Technology (OI&T) Product Development (PD) on behalf of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has a requirement for a Medical Appointment Scheduling System (MASS). This procurement comes in light of recent scrutiny by the Congressional VA Oversight Committee, the newly appointed [...]
September 24, 2014 There is a continuing resolution (CR) to carry government spending into the period after September 30th, 2014. This means the procurement people will be timid about releasing RFPs in the fall. They already have the “top line” numbers for FY 2015. These numbers are slightly higher (1-2%) than 2014. [...]
September 24, 2014 The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is reissuing its main communication network program but this time in a globally combined format as opposed to previous versions where the networks were separate geographically. Regional contracts included the Americas (North and South America); Europe (including Africa); Pacific; and CENT (South West [...]
Published August 7, 2014 NASA nixed the proposals of five companies bidding on the $20 billion SEWP V contract because their proposals exceeded the page limit set in the solicitation. In their protests, the companies argued that NASA shouldn’t have counted certain pages, but the Government Accountability Office agreed with the agency, and [...]
8/28/14 After reading about the recent ouster of several companies on the $20-billion NASA SEWP competition, I was reminded of some experiences I have had in my 30-plus years as a proposal manager. While the NASA SEWP example is about small businesses overlooking fundamental page count instructions, the mistakes that befall bidders [...]
