A Government proposal outline helps establish the story to be told, where the emphasis is placed, and your approach to a solution. Consider these tips below. Very few activities in life can be done without a plan of some kind – just using an alarm clock indicates your “plan” to get out [...]
This article is written to help bidders better understand how to win a place on the $5.3B Air Force EC2 contract. The self-scoring worksheet is the most important part of your proposal. And for those familiar with other self-scoring programs like Polaris and SEAPORT, this one is an order of magnitude more [...]
GSA's Polaris Contract has been a long one with a lot of skepticism from industry along the way. It started with the debacle of the Alliant 2 Small Business acquisition, that was finally put out of its misery by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (CFC) in June of 2020. While the [...]
In this episode of the Secret Code to Government Proposal Success podcast series, Ken Blair, President of Blair Associates, provides a deep-dive perspective on the NITAAC CIO-SP4 opportunity, and what contractors really need to know about responding to the fast opportunity. Right before the Memorial Day holiday, NITAAC issued its request for [...]
With the Alliant 2 solicitation being shot down by the Court of Federal Claims, this article is for those organizations that thought they had won a seat at the Alliant 2 table only to have the Court win the “all in.” It also provides helpful tips to new bidders. I’m going to [...]
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is looking for a contractor to assist with the development of a “system of systems” to provide a “Total Training System for a full complement of aircrew and maintenance trainers that together, with academic instruction, support the training required to execute weapon system mission(s). Simply said, they [...]
The GSA is determined to have a Governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC) for small business to provide small businesses a path to provide customized IT solutions to Government clients. The last attempt was a “falling star” called Alliant 2 – the latest effort, the Polaris Small Business GWAC, will have small businesses reaching [...]
02/18/2021 Latest update from Govwin: The Contracting Office released a J&A on February 18, 2021. The Government has approved an extension for 14 months on the incumbent contracts from February 22, 2021 to April 21, 2022. The bridge extension of ITES-3H is required to avoid any lapse in coverage and support between [...]
Ken Blair-- The Department of the Interior (DoI) is recompeting its Cloud Hosting Services (CHS) contract, and the sky is the limit! USGS CLOUD HOSTING SERVICES (CHS) Background: The DoI, through its US Geological Survey (USGS), is recompeting its VDC contract under the auspices of its CHS program. The original contract was a [...]
Alan Chvotkin, Executive Vice President and Counsel of the Professional Services Council (PSC) discusses government proposal activity from October 2020 through May 2021. That well-known government contract analyst Yogi Berra said that “predictions are difficult, particularly when they’re about the future.” It is even more so when trying to assess the federal [...]
