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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.
OASIS+ Social Services Qualification: Scope, Score, And Readiness Signals
Social Services is one of the OASIS+ Phase II domains where “fit” is not a marketing claim—it is a scored and documented position. If you support behavioral health, rehabilitation, family services, emergency relief, public health program administration, or adjacent [...]
Army MAPS RFP update: Latest Signals And A Fast Readiness Check
MAPS Comprehensive Info Page This Army MAPS RFP update summarizes the most recent posted materials and timeline signals for MAPS (Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services), including what changed, what remains notional, and what contractors [...]
OASIS+ Business Administration Domain Qualification Check
OASIS+ Business Administration Scoring is a document-driven, self-scoring evaluation where the outcome depends on what you can substantiate in contract records—not what you can claim in narrative. This article is written to drive the right next step: confirm fit, [...]
OASIS+ Phase II Marketing & PR Domain: Scoring, Compliance, And Win Strategy
OASIS+ Marketing & PR Scoring is driven by a self-scoring model where your score depends on what you can document and substantiate, not on general capability claims. This article is written to help you understand what the domain includes, [...]
OASIS+ Phase II Financial Services Domain: Scoring, Compliance, And Win Strategy
If your federal work touches accounting, audit, budgeting, grants, fraud prevention, transaction processing, or financial risk, the OASIS+ Financial Services domain may be the right lane for you. This page is not a DIY guide. Its purpose is to help [...]
OASIS+ Human Capital Domain Fit Test: Will You Score High Enough To Win?
If you’re evaluating the OASIS+ Human Capital Domain, the fastest way to avoid costly wrong-domain effort is to confirm three things early:(1) your services align to the domain scope, (2) your strongest projects map cleanly to Human Capital NAICS [...]
OASIS+ Self-Scoring Readiness
OASIS+ Self-Scoring Readiness OASIS+ self-scoring looks straightforward—until you have to back it up. The real challenge usually isn’t the points; it’s whether your claims are easy to verify from the documentation you can submit. This article gives you a [...]
OASIS+ Domain Selection: Avoid Costly Domain/NAICS Mistakes
OASIS+ domain selection is where many contractors quietly lose time, confidence, and self-scoring momentum—often after they’ve already committed B&P to writing and document collection. If you’ve already reviewed What Is OASIS+ and Choose OASIS+ Track, this is the next [...]
Choose OASIS+ track: Small Business vs Unrestricted (Decision Guide)
If you’re early in OASIS+ planning, the fastest way to waste B&P is to start collecting documents and “self-scoring” before you Choose OASIS+ track. In OASIS+, that lane determines who you compete against and which eligibility rules apply. To [...]
OASIS+ Proposal Cost: Maximize Score, Avoid Rework
If your first reaction is, “We can’t afford this,” you’re not alone. Most firms don’t walk away from OASIS+ because they lack capability—they walk away because the OASIS+ proposal cost feels unpredictable. Here’s the reframing that helps contractors move [...]