We talk to organizations every day that are using SharePoint for contract management. Most are frustrated and know they need more to be truly effective. When we explore this deeper we usually discover the organization is storing their contracts (Word or PDF files) in SharePoint document libraries in a SharePoint site. In some cases, they […]
A 5,000 person Clinical Research Organization was looking to create a new system for Global Proposal Operations. It would be a global system to manage proposal work on more than 1,000 proposals per year. Their proposals are complex responses to RFPs that often have multiple iterations. They also wanted the system to be integrated with […]
R3 is proud to announce the newest addition to the R3 GovCon Suite Fall 2017—Task Order Factory. Task Order Factory is a business software solution for government contractors that hold IDIQ, GWAC, or MATOC contracts and are looking for a solution to organize, optimize, and simplify their work. Task Order Factory addresses the main task […]
R3 Solutions is pleased to announce the release of the R3 GovCon Suite – Fall 2017. Our focus for this release has been “Making Work Simpler”. The R3 GovCon Suite is an integrated set of solutions specifically for government contractors. The solutions cover the areas of Winning, Delivering, and Managing government contract work. It is […]
Color Team Reviews are a best practice of proposal organizations managing complex RFP responses. This class of proposal response involves multiple sections and multiple participants. The Color Team Review is a proven way to build review milestones into your proposal management process. Each color review is in itself a process. The key activities involved are: […]
GovCon organizations graduating from the 8(a) small business program are doing so because they are successful. However, to continue to be successful in the world of open competition requires changes to their organization and their way of working. They need to get better organized for success. One of our recent customers was in exactly this […]
The IDIQ/GWAC PMO of this Top 10 GovCon organization has completed their 11th year of operations. During this period, they have handled more than 10,000 Task Orders. Their IDIQ/GWAC PMO has managed more than 70 vehicles and driven many Billions of dollars of revenue while bidding about 1,000 or about 10% of all Task Orders […]
Winning Task Orders on IDIQs is challenging and competitive enough. But, it is extremely challenging and competitive in the construction industry. As a Prime General Contractor you have to work with a vast sea of construction subcontractors, locally based, to deliver bids that are won on lowest price technically acceptable terms. This article will describe […]
By design, most software vendors assume that their customers will use their software in the same way. This is not the case when it comes to GovCon capture and proposal (“C&P”) management. There are some obvious reasons for this. Organizations are at different phases of their lifecycle, they have different approaches, processes and technology, and, […]
Over the last 10 years both Salesforce and SharePoint have grown to dominate their respective markets. Salesforce is the premier CRM (Customer Relationship Management) solution. SharePoint is the premier CMS (Content Management System). Many organizations have adopted both tools. In our work with Federal Government Contractors it is increasingly common for larger customers to use […]