Top 7 Capability Statement Mistakes to Avoid

Top 7 Capability Statement Mistakes to Avoid

Federal contracting capability statements are important to small rapidly growing Government contracting businesses.   Your successes are worth celebrating but, as you become more experienced, you will find success harder to come by. What worked before may not work in...
Make Life Easier-Teach Your Proposal Team to Write

Make Life Easier-Teach Your Proposal Team to Write

If the trickiest part of proposals was the process of preparing a compliant document with text and multiple graphics for submission, winning would be a lot easier. In the end, answering every requirement may prevent a proposal from being thrown out, but getting the...
What is a Proposal? The Art of Persuasion

What is a Proposal? The Art of Persuasion

Over the past 12 years, we’ve seen a lot of proposals at OST, so let’s take a minute to reflect on the definition of a proposal and how you can make your proposals better. At its core, a proposal is a sales document, regardless of whether the recipient customer is...
Don’t Be Too Picky With Task Order Qualification

Don’t Be Too Picky With Task Order Qualification

It is difficult to carve out the market share or get last-minute fourth-quarter awards without the right indefinite delivery vehicle that your target agency uses. Of course, you can get under contract fast if you have the right socioeconomic status that your...