Delivery Method: Group Live
Pre-requisites: None
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Contact
Chris Twiner
Strategic Consulting Solutions
(865) 456-9140
ctwiner@scsconsults.com
Principals of Proposal Development Workshop
Responding to an RFP is costly, time consuming and often frustrating. This workshop will examine two crucial aspects of a RFP response to help eliminate some of the difficulty. Alan Baker of Crown Point Consultants will cover the necessities of a successful Technical Pricing proposal.
Here is what Alan will be covering:
Technical/Management and Past Performance Volumes:
- General
- Review of Solicitation and Requirements: “C”, “H”, “L” and “M”
- Amendments and acknowledgment
- Capture briefing and SWAT analysis vs. expected competition
- Annotated proposal outline – compliance, compliance, compliance!
- If it says “up to 75 pages” do you write 75 pages?
- Proposal schedule and color review(s)
- Team and writing assignments
- Sequence of basic proposal preparation steps
- Rule of thumb: 60 – 65% planning; 35 – 40% writing
- Questions to the CO
- Technical/Management Volume
- Compliance, compliance, compliance!
- Volume and section/sub-section page count
- Template, structure, draft review and return system (how many drafts?)
- Themes, differentiators and advantages
- Outline expansions – storyboards?
- Graphics and photos
- CPARS and “attaboys”
- Past Performance Volume
- Compliance, compliance, compliance!
- Use intro to build extra bias (even if it doesn’t score!)
- How many references?
- Scope, magnitude, complexity?
- Relevance and recentness
- CPARS and “attaboys
- Relevant PP Photos
- Publishing and Delivery
- Hard copy and or CDs or Electronic
- Leave “last minute changes” time in schedule
There is no Cost to attend and lunch is included
***1 CPE credit will be awarded to all attendees***