Important Takeaways from GAO’s Bid Protest — Annual Report to Congress
Bob Kucharuk-- The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2018 on November 27. During FY 2018, GAO [...]
Contracting Officer Gives Tips on Winning Proposals
Anthony Maggert -- a former Contracting Officer (CO) Evaluating thousands of federal proposals I’ve seen a lot of bad. As a Contracting Officer (CO), my job was [...]
What did Walt Disney Contribute to the Proposal Process?
Love them or hate them, storyboards serve as an indispensable tool to help organize proposal sections. I was surprised to learn that storyboards originated in the studios [...]
Federal Proposal Writing — In-House or Outsourced?
Every government contractor faces the question: Do we use in-house staff or outsource our Federal proposal writing to consultants? During the past 30 years, I have [...]
Insight into winning the Navy – $700 M Cyber Information Technology Services Contract
Ken Blair-- Background With the release of the Sources Sought Notice (SSN) in January of 2017, the Navy began its journey on a long road to replace [...]
$7B RMADA Procurement is Upon Us: Insight into Winning
Tom Hodges-- Political Considerations A recent change in political climate enhances the value of RMADA 2.0. Whereas the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was controversial at the time [...]