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PODCAST: Are You Ready to EVOLVE with an $8 Billion State Department Contract?

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 [...]

By |2021-12-02T14:49:05+00:00December 1, 2021|Government Proposal Consultants, Podcast|0 Comments

Pop-up Bids, When Is It Worth the Pursuit?

All of us – large and small business – get caught having to bid an opportunity where the pre-proposal work was deficient.  We were unable to become fast friends with the stakeholders; learn what the preferred solution is; etc. Is it Wired? An RFP drops and you didn’t see it coming. There [...]

By |2021-06-09T11:27:47+00:00June 9, 2021|Government Proposal Consultants|0 Comments

PODCAST: NITAAC’s CIO-SP4 RFP is Out … Now What?

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 [...]

Polaris GWAC “Lost in Space”

When we last donned our EV suits, the Polaris GWAC was scheduled to be released in mid-summer of this year. We all need to carry some additional oxygen canisters as the solicitation’s release is now apparently delayed until sometime in September. That’s the Deltek estimate at least, as there has been no [...]

By |2021-08-11T16:39:38+00:00May 13, 2021|Industry News|0 Comments

Alliant 2 versus Polaris: The Battle of the “Never Was” Versus “The Next Big Thing”

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 [...]

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