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In Parts 1 and 2 of this four-part series, we identified the three main reasons we’ve found that companies fail at ...

Waiting for RFPs to drop might be commonplace in our industry, but it’s no way to grow a federal contracting ...

We have spent decades conducting business development and leading proposal efforts for our Government contractor ...

The more novel your solution—the more your risk identification and mitigation strategy must show considerate and ...

As promised, here are additional resources to support you as the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve. OST is a ...

Your chances of crafting a winning proposal will improve if you apply a disciplined process that ensures you ...

Here are some important updates on help available for Government contractors.
Applying for All Possible SBA ...

Win Themes Are Reasons to Buy—But Are They Your Customer’s Reasons?
Experienced proposal managers know that ...

We at OST are committed to providing the latest news and developments to help you as a Government contractor to ...

Things change every day and sometimes by the hour with the growing pandemic. Government contractors’ lives have ...

Proposal managers often get to wear different hats. I am stating the obvious, I know. We do not always get to ...

Perhaps the most common complaint of proposal teams - besides never having enough time - is limited availability ...

The Catch-22 of Government Proposal Graphics
Too often, the central graphic that supports the benefit and the win ...

As a business owner, we know you recognize that you are ultimately responsible for achieving excellence in ...

A proposal is a sales document. It’s not a technical paper, a white paper, or a point paper. When you create a ...

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests are a critical element of business development and capture. This is ...

As the saying goes, “well begun is half done”. Reading an RFP effectively is crucial to the rest of the proposal ...