If there’s a better business, I haven’t heard of it. I feel humbled. That I can play this wonderful game. Where you fight for every project, like a holy quest. I’m beholden. To every customer and prospect here today. For your business – in the past and in the future. Every order [...]
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 [...]
The Defense Health Agency has a continuing requirement for Medical Q Coded Support and Services Next Generation (MQS2-NG). This upcoming contract is to predominately help staff DOD medical and dental facilities. Additionally, the contractor shall provide professional medical (clinical) services such as ancillary, dental, physicians, and nurses. The Small Business size standard [...]
The current Federal fiscal year started on October 1, 2021. Four continuing resolutions (CR) and five and a half months into the fiscal year -- on March 15, 2022 -- the President finally signed into law the full-year appropriations for all federal agencies for the current fiscal year, running through September 30, [...]
The Win theme development process is critical to a strong proposal. Without great win themes, we would all be doomed to failure. Here is a primer on win themes. And even SENIOR personnel will probably find ideas below they had not thought of. “I don’t know who you are. I don’t know [...]
The delayed RFP for Army’s Advanced Expeditionary Warfare Development (AEWD, also known as ARL IV) solicitation is nearing its anticipated release date. Army’s Advanced Expeditionary Warfare Development Scope of Work The work scope is in response to requirements from the Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC/DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The place of [...]
In this episode of the Secret Code to Government Proposal Success podcast series, Ken Blair, President of Blair Associates, provides an early look at the U.S. State Department draft solicitation for the $8 billion EVOLVE contract for IT platforms and support services. On October 25th, the U.S. Department of State made some [...]
EVOLVE DoS RFP: An Opportunity to EVOLVE The Department of State (DoS) is committed to finding vendors capable of assisting them in meeting the continuing requirements for a secure network infrastructure with an acquisition and the award of a multiple award IDIQ contract to replace the current Vanguard 2.2.1 and to increase [...]
Proposal Kickoff (KO) Meetings – set objectives that deliver quality proposals, avoid B&P overruns, and avoid meat grinder work environments. This means formally transitioning from your Capture/Program Operations activity to your Proposal activity through a clearly defined and delivered KO meeting, where the end result should be a cohesive team, following a [...]
CAPS RFP: Are you prepared for the US Army’s DAGRS recompete? - - “Dressed for the Prom” as Contingency Applications Program Support (CAPS)? What’s the Opportunity for this go-around? The FY 2022 release of CAPS RFP increases the Estimated Value to $ 500M - $750M (previous award was $480M). For this IDIQ [...]
