A review of: Tilar J. Mazzeo, Writing Creative Nonfiction (THE GREAT COURSES: Chantilly, Virginia, 2012), pp. 166. Spending 90 minutes with this book lets a proposal writer move their craft a light year forward. The author has earned the right to address the topic, based on herself writing some captivating nonfiction works [...]
On June 1, the Contracting Office released a Modification of the Pro-Tech Satellite Domain requirement. This was to publish a near final draft RFP incorporating changes from Q&A and to say the final solicitation would be released about June 30. This leaves the other four PRO-TECH domains to follow in the future. [...]
The forthcoming Category Management initiative will likely disrupt the Government IT industry and the government proposal professionals who serve it. Category Management is a new paradigm developed by the GSA / OFPP to make procurement more efficient. An unintended side effect of the shift to Category Management will be a challenge especially to [...]
By: Anton Reut Will you be ready -- when Alliant 2 is released on or about June 20th? Companies will have 60 days to figure out and understand what everything means and finish preparing their submission. Given the history of OASIS, HCaTS, and the questions and answers/clarifications for VETS 2, submitting a [...]
Editor’s Note: An interview of a former GSA official now consulting on OASIS and Alliant 2 follows below: Question 1: How did GSA come up with the OASIS procurement paradigm? Answer : Jim Ghiloni was head of the group that came up with that solution. The goal was to get a contract [...]
There is one area of the contract life cycle where many companies still have not incorporated project management processes to increase their likelihood of success. This is the recompete capture phase – where an incumbent is preparing to bid to retain an existing contract. Some might think that Capture processes cover this [...]
By Anton Reut & Brian Friel GSA is about to revise the Alliant procurement rules to allow more bidders in the tent. The primary problem is the stringent rules on contractor teaming arrangements (CTA). In this article, we explain the forthcoming changes in the rules and what this means to you. The [...]
Like a supernova, ALLIANT 2 outshines all other IT programs this year. With a ceiling of $65B it is as larger than the next four programs combined. When will ALLIANT 2 be released? Insiders have a firm opinion that ALLIANT 2 will come out in April. It could be pushed back to [...]
When we are answering an RFP or IFB questions, we always look carefully at what the customer has said to get the best score. The evaluation regime will often have 4 or 5 possible scores, ranging from 0 (didn’t answer the question) up to 5 as the best score. Over time, we recognized [...]
We are about to see a mighty burst of Government proposal activity. The stars have come into alignment for a once-every-ten-years happening. This year, over 50 government programs valued at $1B or more are scheduled for release. At the top end is the $65B GSA ALLIANT 2 program. This means that [...]