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This is a capability statement published by Palmer Staffing Services/Palmer Legal Staffing.

This capability statement was published by AgH2O Holdings, LLC,a general contracting and construction management firm that specializes in government work, project management, commercial and industrial buildings, trucking and aggregate hauling, as well as landscape supplies such as trees, plants and shrubs.

This is a capability statement published by Bernice Taylor & Associates (BTA) in 2006. BTA serves the non-profit and public sectors. From the document: BTA was established in 2003 in Chicago, IL to address the growing demand for outcomes-based accountability primarily for nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies. BTA provides program evaluation and technical assistance services to the nonprofit, for profit and governmental sectors primarily on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

A consulting agreement spells out the terms for the relationship between a consulting and the company that wishes to engage them. Here is an example of one. We have not reviewed the content of this document to determine whether this is an effective agreement. We are linking to it as a service for any educational value it may have.

This is a proposal submitted in response to an RFP issused by the City of Belfast, Maine. It was submitted on July 13, 2010 by MRLD Landscape Architecture + Urbanism.

This is a proposal submitted by Fisher Friedman Associates, AIA, in response to an RFP issued by Piedmont, California. It was submitted on August 25, 2006.

This is a proposal submitted in response to an RFP issued by Piedmont California for their Civic Center Master Plan. This proposal was submitted by Cottong & Taniguchi Landscape Architects. It was submitted on August 25, 2006.

Chris Payne gave his permission for us to post this Excel based bid planning tool from CSS Consultancy. He also created a 10 minute video on how to use the spreadsheet. While the use of the bid plan is fairly self-explanatory, you may benefit from running through the video to familiarise yourself with the logic behind the way the spreadsheet was developed. You can view this online at http://www.youtube.com/user/FMInnovate/videos

On Wednesday, September 12th, 2012, we hosted a webinar to introduce David Lowe of isiFederal, a company that helps companies develop business with the U.S. Government. He addressed the roles, buying motives, and what the customer needs to hear from you so that you can get ahead of the RFP and influence the key decision makers. Here are the slides from his presentation. It's not the same without the audio, but there's still a lot of good information in them.

A worst practices guide for those who don't have a choice

Simple and practical guidance for people who must complete a proposal against a tight deadline, with little or no advance preparation. Enough said.

Writing your first business proposal doesn't have to be intimidating. It's amazing how much stress can come from a blank sheet of paper and a deadline. Our guide tells you what you need to know so you can submit your proposal with confidence.

Provides easy to follow approaches to business development for people with technical backgrounds. If you have technical managers with responsibility for growth or sales but don't have the experience or background to feel comfortable with it, the problem solving approaches in this document are just what they need.

If you are tired of ineffective Red Teams and submitting proposals?you know could be so much better, please join us in changing?everything the industry thinks it knows about the proposal process

This is the electronic version of the MustWin Process Workbook.

Transparency is the idea that the customer can see the status of all project components and all project data. When you operate transparently, the customer knows about problems as soon as you do, and knows everything you do about them.  When you operate transparently, the customer can tell if you have kept all your promises.  Transparency is about not giving yourself anywhere to hide, and making sure the customer knows it.  Transparency requires that you actually do things the way you prom

Ingredients What security policies/procedures will be followed? Who is responsible for security oversight? What any physical access controls will be used and how facilities will be secured? What electronic access controls at the hardware, networking, operating system, and application levels? What levels of access are to be provided to project staff, users, and others?

Ingredients What safety precautions may be required on this project? Who will be responsible for ensuring safety? What is your record for ensuring safety? How you will recognize safety hazards and respond to any incidents? What safety standards or procedures will you comply with? Do you have any safety related certifications, awards, or credentials?

Quality is an abstract concept and what matters to customers about it can vary greatly. In a proposal, quality is really about trust. The customer has to trust that you will deliver as promised. And like trust, claiming to be of top quality or being committed to it is not enough. Customers look at quality in different ways: Sometimes it’s just a check box.  Do you have a Quality Control Plan?  Are you ISO 9001:2000 certified? Are you CMM Level 5? When this is the

We work primarily with business development, proposal, marketing, and sales consultants. Sometimes consultants work for us and sometimes we work for them. We prefer relationships that are mutual and well-balanced. We don't simply place people like a temp service.  We help the consultants we work with grow their practice by maximizing the value they offer to their customers. Together we offer a whole range of capability that if properly positioned enables you to ma