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Proposal Format Guide
By Carl Dickson in Other Documents
The most frequent question we get asked is "what should my proposal look like?" This is closely followed by "can I see a sample of a proposal?" Even though we tell people that winning proposals are built from the ground up to meet the concerns of specific customers and not by following samples, people still crave them.
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How to Survive Your First Business Proposal
By Carl Dickson in Other Documents
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.
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Quick and Dirty Guide to Writing a Last Minute Proposal
By Carl Dickson in Other Documents
Simple and practical guidance for people who must complete a proposal against a tight deadline, with little or no advance preparation. Enough said.
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Proposal Sample Makeover: Before & After
By Carl Dickson in Other Documents
See a real proposal, and discover what we like about it and what is wrong with it. You get much more than just a sample. You'll get our extensive review comments to help you understand how to apply the lessons learned. We take the original proposal and give it a makeover. You get to see the original proposal as well as the new and greatly improved version that we created.
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Sample Proposal Introductions
By Carl Dickson in Other Documents
A dozen versions of the same paragraph, with more than 50 things done wrong and how to correct them.
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How to Do Proposals: The Wrong Way
By Carl Dickson in Other Documents
A worst practices guide for those who don't have a choice
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Proposal Specialist Assessment Tool
By Carl Dickson in Other Documents
More goes into selecting someone for a proposal related position than most people realize. The normal titles, like proposal manager, bid manager, proposal writer, editor, or capture manager only tell part of the story. What can really impact your needs may never show on a position description. You need someone who is going to be compatible with the way your organization approaches its proposals, and someone whose personal approach is compatible with your needs. How do you find someone who is the right match?
This sample tool can be used to assess a candidates ability to review and edit proposals. Instead of simply checking to see whether they catch all the problems, it helps you see what the candidate focuses on, which can help you determine whether the candidate is a good match for what you need.
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Proposal Quality Assessment Criteria
By Carl Dickson in Other Documents
This document provides a set of criteria can be used in several ways to assess the quality of a proposal. They can be used to:
Assess a past proposal to establish a benchmark to measure progress by.
Assess a collection of past proposals for benchmarking purposes.
Collect metrics on proposal quality (by establishing numerical grades for each criteria).
Identify areas of concern and focus for future improvement.
Assess the trend towards improved or diminished quality over time.
This set of criteria does not focus on:
Whether the offering is compliant, effective, or what the customer really wants
Typographical accuracy and proof reading
Pricing and contractual terms
Style and design choices
By excluding the offering and pricing, this set of assessment criteria focuses on the proposal itself, and not the overall offering or its likelihood of winning.
Before using these criteria to assess a current proposal prior to submission, they should be customized to include criteria related to the items above. We recommend the Proposal Quality Validation methodology for assessing current proposals because it does include these criteria. The Proposal Quality Validation methodology is part of the MustWin Process and the details for implementing it are contained in the PropLIBRARY Knowledgebase.
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Downtown Water Front Master Plan Proposal
By Carl Dickson in Proposals
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.
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RFP for Civic Center Master Plan
By Carl Dickson in Proposals
This is the Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the City of Piedmont, California, that some of the sample proposals were based on.
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Sample Grant Proposal
By Carl Dickson in Proposals
This is a grant proposal submitted to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Bolling AFB. It was submitted by a professor at Tulane University for research into Radical Intermediates of Haloacetic Acids.
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Technical Proposal Executive Summary
By Carl Dickson in Proposals
This is the Executive Summary from a proposal for the Presidio Parkway Project. It was submitted by a consortium named Golden Link Partners in 2010.
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Sample of a mutual non-disclosure agreement
By Carl Dickson in Agreements
A mutual non-disclosure agreement is often used between companies when they begin to discuss teaming on a bid. 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.
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Model Teaming Agreement
By Carl Dickson in Agreements
A teaming agreement is used to contractually bind companies who wish to bid on an opportunity together. Here is an example of one. We have not reviewed the content of this document to determine it's quality or whether this is an effective agreement. We are linking to it as a service for any educational value it may have.
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Consulting Agreement
By Carl Dickson in Agreements
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.
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BTA Capability Statement
By Carl Dickson in Capability Statements
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.
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AgH2O Holdings Capability Statement
By Carl Dickson in Capability Statements
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.
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Palmer Staffing Capability Statement
By Carl Dickson in Capability Statements
This is a capability statement published by Palmer Staffing Services/Palmer Legal Staffing.
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Humanscale Capability Statement
By Carl Dickson in Capability Statements
This is a capability statement for Humanscale, a manufacturer of ergonomic products for the office environment.
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DDS Staffing Resources Capability Statement
By Carl Dickson in Capability Statements
This is a capability statement published by DDS Staffing Resources in 2010. From the document: DDS Staffing Resources, Inc. is a certified Woman-Owned business having a 25 year foundation in staffing dental and medical professionals for a multitude of commercial and government entities. DDS Staffing Resources began as a prime contractor in the commercial sector and has been carrying this expertise and success to the government sectors.
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InTec LLC Capability Statement
By Carl Dickson in Capability Statements
This is a capability statement published by InTec LLC, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing enterprise systems engineering and integration solutions to the Federal Government.
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