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Proposals

From Solicitation to Filed Bid in a Week

How a seven-day bid runs: read everything and decide on day one, write, price, run an adversarial review, then file with a receipt on day seven.

Bo Peng · November 10, 2026 · 8 min read

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Handing Your Proposal Writing to an Outside Team

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

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Proposals

Writing the Technical Approach for a Federal Construction Proposal

Nov 10, 2026 · 7 min read

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Past Performance Narratives for Trade Contractors That Score

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

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Building a Compliance Matrix From Sections L and M

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

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Sealed Bids and Negotiated Proposals: Two Different Games

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

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Answering a Federal RFQ for Supplies

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

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Custodial Services Proposals: Staffing Plans and Productivity Rates

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

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Proposals

Quality Control Plans for Facilities Maintenance Contracts

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

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Proposals

Showing Your Safety Program in a Construction Proposal

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

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Proposals

State and Local Bid Forms: The Paperwork That Disqualifies Good Bids

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

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Proposals

Bid or No-Bid When You Have No Proposal Department

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

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Pricing a Service Bid Under Service Contract Act Wage Determinations

Nov 10, 2026 · 7 min read

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Proposals

Making the Price Volume and the Technical Narrative Agree

Nov 10, 2026 · 7 min read

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Proposals

Amendments, Questions and the Last Week Before a Bid Closes

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

Small-Business Set-Asides and the Rule of Two

Proposals

Small-Business Set-Asides and the Rule of Two

Aug 28, 2026 · 10 min read

Federal Past Performance From Zero: The 12-Month Build

Proposals

Federal Past Performance From Zero: The 12-Month Build

Apr 11, 2026 · 13 min read

Building a Capture Pipeline as a Small Firm

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Building a Capture Pipeline as a Small Firm

Mar 27, 2026 · 12 min read

Key Personnel Clauses: What They Bind and How to Write Them

Proposals

Key Personnel Clauses: What They Bind and How to Write Them

Mar 24, 2026 · 11 min read

Small-Business Set-Asides: A Plain Guide to Which Door You

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Small-Business Set-Asides: A Plain Guide to Which Door You

Mar 24, 2026 · 12 min read

Bidding a State Contract From Out of State

Proposals

Bidding a State Contract From Out of State

Mar 18, 2026 · 13 min read

Industry Days, Pre-Solicitation Conferences, and One-on-Ones

Proposals

Industry Days, Pre-Solicitation Conferences, and One-on-Ones

Mar 13, 2026 · 13 min read

Past Performance When You Have None

Proposals

Past Performance When You Have None

Mar 10, 2026 · 12 min read

How Contracting Officers Actually Evaluate Small Business Proposals

Proposals

How Contracting Officers Actually Evaluate Small Business Proposals

Feb 16, 2026 · 13 min read

Federal RFI vs RFP: What to Write, What to Skip

Proposals

Federal RFI vs RFP: What to Write, What to Skip

Feb 10, 2026 · 12 min read

Having Your Technical Volume Reviewed Before You Submit

Proposals

Having Your Technical Volume Reviewed Before You Submit

Feb 6, 2026 · 12 min read

Capture Management for a Small Firm Without a Capture

Proposals

Capture Management for a Small Firm Without a Capture

Jan 2, 2026 · 12 min read