Monthly Archives: October 2014

Source Selection Training Seminar a Big Success!

Last week Agility Development Group and Hogan Government Solutions delivered a Training Seminar titled, “Understanding DoD Source Selection: Linking the DoD Source Selection Process to Your Proposal Development,” in Tysons Corner. The event gave attendees a ‘peek behind the curtain’ of the mechanics of Source Selection and how award decisions are made. The agenda for […]

Does your DoD Proposal Review Process Work?

On its best days, the proposal review process is typically ugly, difficult, time-consuming, and frustrating for everyone on the team. This is especially true for the writers who struggle to make sense of the Government’s solicitation instructions and incorporate guidance from multiple reviewers, corporate leadership, and external consultants. In the end, this ‘sausage making’ process […]

How the Government Evaluates Proposals

Upon retirement from the U.S. Army, I spent 15 years with a large Systems Integrator in the Defense market. It wasn’t long after I started with them I found myself working on my first proposal for a very large effort. I was a SME and my contribution was writing towards the technical approach. I survived […]