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Insights on Federal Solicitations and How to Win Them
GDI Consulting’s Articles page features practical insights for federal contractors on solicitations, capture strategy, proposal development, and winning government business more effectively.
How to Organize Your Red Team
The proposal writing process can be long, interesting but sometimes exhausting. The moment you complete the project, the review team comes in to do the editing and make sure the proposal is compliant with the requirements of the solicitation. [...]
Navy’s SeaPort NGEN-R $3.5B Opportunity
SeaPort Next Generation final request for proposal is likely to be issued very soon. The Navy has made a variety of technical changes. Learn more about the details of the opportunity and start preparing your response for the award. [...]
The Difference between Government Proposals and Private Sector Business Proposals
Although services/products required might be the same, the way companies must prepare their proposals for the Government largely differs from proposals for the private sector. In the private sector world, you can propose whatever you want and the customer [...]
Competition for Government Procurement
A large competition for government procurements helps government agencies and departments reduce expenses and allow more small businesses to win Federal Government prime contracts. For many years, this issue has been of great interest for the Government. For this [...]
How to Get Your Business Ready for Federal Acquisition Process
Proposal writing is almost the final step of participating in government acquisition procedures. Preparing your business is very important in order to gain insights and develop your winning strategy and solution properly. The U.S. Government awards hundreds of billion [...]
Government Contracting Trends for 2018
According to the 2018 Federal Contracting Outlook issued by Bloomberg Government, there are some new trends related to the government procurements that prospects and contractors can expect. "Federal government contractors should be optimistic with the uptick in spending that [...]
Essential Elements for Developing Winning Proposals
Success is the ultimate accomplishment that every business aims. The fact is that it's not a matter of coincidence or good luck; on the contrary, exceptional professional expertise is needed in the Federal acquisition process. Depending on the complexity [...]
How to read a Federal Request for Proposal effectively
The perfect contract opportunity is out now, the Federal agency released the RFP solicitation and you've already weighed your capabilities to respond to it. It's the ideal opportunity that totally fits your business, and matches with services/products you provide. [...]
Benefits of Government Contracting
Government contracting is a mechanism whereby Federal agencies acquire services/supplies from businesses of all sizes and industries. The U.S. Government is the world's largest consumer; thus, it purchases all types of goods and services in diverse quantities, from spacecrafts [...]
Federal Grants vs. Federal Contracts
Businesses often don't understand and confuse Federal Grants with Federal Contracts. Although both of them are Federal funds, the difference lies in legal definitions, particularly regarding job performance and failures. Grants are funding secured by federal government agencies and [...]