Along with control of US air space and outer space, the US Air Force is tasked with maintaining control of cyberspace. And our men and women in blue are calling on contractors to help them do some very heavy cyberlifting, as well as to provide an extended range of other, IT-related, services. [...]
FATHER OF THE IT/TELECOM AGE – Claude E. Shannon, an electrical engineer and mathematician worked for the US military on anti-aircraft targeting and cryptography during WWII. He later laid the theoretical foundations for modern telecom. When high-octane brain power is unleashed on complex military problems, there’s no telling what where [...]
With no time to make a mistake, the task of finding solid proposal consultants can be agonizing. A New Step in the Vetting Process At OCI, a test based on 100 years of behavioral investigation just added a new level of confidence. A Song Dynasty painting of candidates participating in the [...]
Back in the day, I was working a four-month assignment on a large system rollout. It was to manufacture, load, configure, and install 45,000 desktops. I was tech volume manager. Customer was the Loral division in Gaithersburg, MD. This business unit had been IBM Federal Systems in a previous era. And would [...]
Military Officials and Government Officials Are Adapting to High Tech World – Fast, Fast, Fast… But -- Fast Enough? The RFP for the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) Solution for Intelligence Analysis (SIA) III contract is expected to drop any day now. An RFI and an Industry Day are planned for this effort, [...]
During the past six years, most industry and Government leaders have joined in lamenting the use of lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) contracting. However, a recent survey completed by the Washington Technology (WashTech) journal has shown that this practice is still widely used. In this article I discuss the findings presented in [...]
Federal contractors are asking the urgent question, when do solicitation releases begin in earnest? Given the nature of the Trump administration, some contractors fear there is a jinx on procurement this year. This article is written to assess the question, what will proposal activity be like in 2017? It looks at trends [...]
The America First Budget has been issued. This “blueprint to make America great again” contains no big surprises. What it does is underscore though, vigorously and clearly, is a thoroughgoing commitment to winning. We should all be standing taller. America loves winners and hates losers, after all. It’s deeply rooted in the [...]
Gary Everett Obviously, many proposals lose on price. Reasons, other than price, given below, are from a GSA study. It lists, in the order of occurrence, the most prominent reasons why proposals lose. Noncompliance with Solicitation’s specifications and requirements Insufficient understanding of contract’s requirements Poor proposal organization Wordiness or unclear writing style [...]
Convoys to the Front – LOGCAP personnel demonstrate ingenious resourcefulness in supplying US forces, wherever they are. Peter Adam RECENT UPDATE: On November 20, 2017 the Contracting Office released the RFP. Proposals are due no later than 5:00 PM LT on January 22, 2018. For immediate proposal support please click [...]
