Infrastructure Bill—A Historic Milestone The Infrastructure Bill was passed in November 2021. This historic $1 trillion initiative will rebuild the nation’s deteriorating roads and bridges and fund new climate resilience and broadband projects. It has been at the top of the Biden administration's agenda. Russell Presents Key Opportunities From Infrastructure Bill Russell [...]
The Defense Health Agency has a continuing requirement for Medical Q Coded Support and Services Next Generation (MQS2-NG). This upcoming contract is to predominately help staff DOD medical and dental facilities. Additionally, the contractor shall provide professional medical (clinical) services such as ancillary, dental, physicians, and nurses. The Small Business size standard [...]
The GovCon Win News Round Up: Government Contractors Confident; Navy Issues Solicitation for $4.1 Billion Contract; and GSA Proposes OASIS SMB Replacement Welcome to the GovCon “Win” News Round Up brought to you by OCI. Each month, we provide you a summary of the most actionable news to help you maintain a [...]
The Win theme development process is critical to a strong proposal. Without great win themes, we would all be doomed to failure. Here is a primer on win themes. And even SENIOR personnel will probably find ideas below they had not thought of. “I don’t know who you are. I don’t know [...]
The GovCon Win News Round Up: Legislation to Expand Federal Contracting Opportunities; Time is Now for Polaris IT GWAC Small Business; and NRO Opportunities Welcome to the GovCon “Win” News Round Up brought to you by OCI. Each month, we provide you a summary of the most actionable news to help you [...]
The GovCon Win News Round Up: 2022 Defense Authorization Bill; Major GSA Cloud BPA on the Horizon; and Contractors Feel Like It’s Still Late 2021 Welcome to the GovCon “Win” News Round Up brought to you by OCI. Each month, we provide you a summary of the most actionable news to help [...]
The delayed RFP for Army’s Advanced Expeditionary Warfare Development (AEWD, also known as ARL IV) solicitation is nearing its anticipated release date. Army’s Advanced Expeditionary Warfare Development Scope of Work The work scope is in response to requirements from the Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC/DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The place of [...]
In this episode of the Secret Code to Government Proposal Success podcast series, Ken Blair, President of Blair Associates, provides an early look at the U.S. State Department draft solicitation for the $8 billion EVOLVE contract for IT platforms and support services. On October 25th, the U.S. Department of State made some [...]
EVOLVE DoS RFP: An Opportunity to EVOLVE The Department of State (DoS) is committed to finding vendors capable of assisting them in meeting the continuing requirements for a secure network infrastructure with an acquisition and the award of a multiple award IDIQ contract to replace the current Vanguard 2.2.1 and to increase [...]
Proposal Kickoff (KO) Meetings – set objectives that deliver quality proposals, avoid B&P overruns, and avoid meat grinder work environments. This means formally transitioning from your Capture/Program Operations activity to your Proposal activity through a clearly defined and delivered KO meeting, where the end result should be a cohesive team, following a [...]
