The GovCon Win News Round Up: Biden Administration’s Impact on Contractors; Cyber and AI Spending to Increase; and CMMC Update Welcome to the GovCon Win News Round Up brought to you by OCI. In the government proposal arena, knowledge is power. Each month, we will provide you a summary of most actionable [...]
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 [...]
This solicitation is also known as FBI IT Triple S Proposal. Guest Writer: Ken Blair -- It’s time for us to follow the FBI ITECS solicitation to see where the bouncing ball goes next. As shown in the background discussion below, this one, under the previous moniker of FBI IT Triple S, [...]
In this episode of the Secret Code to Government Proposal Success podcast series, Judy Bradt, CEO and Founder of Summit Insight, provides insights into how contractors prepare themselves for a winning in Federal Fiscal Year 2021. With the Federal Fiscal-Year 2021 kicking off on October 1st, many contractors are developing strategies for [...]
OCI has the privilege of providing food to some of the most needy people in Kampala, Uganda. Based on the lockdown and an already low economy, some people there were faced with starvation. Anyone who has ever gone for a visit knows that the Ugandans are some of the friendliest and most likeable [...]
Ken Blair Before all the gymnasts in the readership get antsy, this vault is the Visible Accessible Understandable Linked Trusted Support solicitation. (The Air Force has ALWAYS had a thing for acronyms…) Background: Probably in the early third quarter (according to DelTek) the Air Force will release the VAULT Support solicitation for [...]
In this episode of the Secret Code to Government Proposal Success podcast series, Steve Rutkovitz, Co-Founder and CEO of Choice Cyber Security, discusses how defense contractors can achieve Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance. Many Department of Defense (DoD) contractors have ignored the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) security requirements – but [...]
Nearly all companies yearn to use proposal consultants to get leverage in the market. But due to cost, decisions on when and how come with anguish. My 35-years operating a proposal service company has provided insight on -- how companies can benefit most from using proposal consultants. All companies can benefit in [...]
Dave Goulla and Russell Smith-- Note: The authors have collectively helped prepare over 100 similar proposals. It began with GSA OASIS and GSA Alliant. Since then, we have seen a growing trend of Government agencies emulating and using the point scoring construct introduced in these GSA RFPs to evaluate proposal responses. The [...]
