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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.
Army $1.5 Billion R-MAS RFP is Out – Are You Set to Bid?
Finally, the long awaited Army’s Human Resource Solutions (HRS) Recruiting, Management, And Administrative Support (R-Mas) Services Multiple Award, IDIQ full solicitation was issued on FBO on Friday, October 21st. This contract has a budget of $1.5 billion and is [...]
Still undecided on GSA Alliant 2 SB? Here are some suggestions…
During the past 3 weeks I have talked to many company executives (I think over 40) who want a piece of the pie in Alliant 2 Small Business (A2SB) but don’t know if they can really win it and [...]
GSA Alliant 2 SB – Got left out of the July 12th Conference? Here is another chance.
For those companies who tried to participate in the GSA conference on Alliant 2 (A2SB) on the 12th but could not get in (all booked up), GSA is now offering a third conference. This will be a virtual conference [...]
GSA Alliant 2 RFP – Teaming is Allowed, BUT Should You?
GSA Alliant 2 RFPs Released – What Is New? Alliant 2 SB and Unrestricted RFPs were finally released on Friday afternoon, June 24, 2016. The proposals are due on August 29, 2016, so companies have 2 months to get [...]
GSA Alliant 2 RFPs Released – What Is New?
GSA Alliant 2 RFPs Released – What Is New? Alliant 2 SB and Unrestricted RFPs were finally released on Friday afternoon, June 24, 2016. The proposals are due on August 29, 2016, so companies have 2 months to get [...]
Base Operations Support (BOS) Contracts, Lucrative But Hard to Win
RFPs for Base Operations Support (BOS) and O&M services for facilities are booming, now that the bidding season has started. There are more than 32 open solicitations (due date after the first half of June), and 13 presolicitations and [...]
Alliant 2 – Lessons learnt from VETS 2
Alliant 2 – Lessons learnt from VETS 2 The VETS 2 proposal was due on the 6th but is now extended till 13th. My company has been working with 4 clients to prepare their VETS 2 proposals. The experience [...]
10 Largest Upcoming NAVFAC MILCON Opportunities in 2016
10 Largest Upcoming NAVFAC MILCON Opportunities in 2016 The NAVFAC MILCON budget for fiscal year 2016 was around $1.67 billion, approximately half a billion more than 2015, financing 60 military construction projects. After preparing a report on MILCON opportunities [...]
Losing a $58m Contract for Going Over the Proposal Page Limits
Losing a $58m Contract for Going Over the Proposal Page Limits! Lessons Learnt? On May 17, GAO rejected Tetra Tech’s protest regarding its proposal for an information technology service contract for NSF. In short, the Technical Approach in Tetra [...]
Writing Winning Proposals for USAID RFPs
Writing Winning Proposals for USAID RFPs Just finished a very large USAID IDIQ proposal. Since it was the first time my client was bidding for a large USAID project, I realized that they had many misconceptions about how to [...]