GovWin IQ is generally recognized as the leading intelligence platform for Federal Government Contractors. With GovWin IQ, your BD team can find and track contract opportunities from across the Federal government. While finding opportunities is a critical step in the process, it’s only the first step. There is significant work that needs to be done […]
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3 Steps to “Operationalize” the GovCon Business Development model
The process of winning Federal Government business via RFPs is very well understood and supported by the Government Contractor community. There is an industry standard GovCon Business Development Lifecycle (GovCon BDL). Beginning in the late 1990’s a full lifecycle was codified by Shipley Associates and then became part of the curriculum of the newly formed […]
Key Benefits of R3 WinCenter v4 for Winning Federal Government business
Winning Federal government business through RFPs and Task Orders is different than winning commercial business. It requires a full business development life-cycle approach and a phased process that produces complex responses to the RFPs and Task Orders. And it all happens within a set of laws and regulations that controls how you do it. R3 […]
225-person GovCon Firm Moves to WinCenter in R3 Cloud to Strengthen BD Operations
There is a critical moment in the lifecycle of Federal Government Contractors when they emerge from being a small business and must now compete in full and open competition. It is a challenge. R3 helps graduating GovCon firms get competitive by using software to leverage their people and optimize their way of working. This article […]
Conducting a Streamlined Proposal Color Team Review
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: […]
Value of Using One System for Federal Business Development Operations
Do you want to win more Federal Government business and do it more effectively and efficiently? If so, in this article I will present the value proposition for consolidating your Federal business development operations into just one system such as R3 WinCenter. This one system would bring together the work and information from BD, capture and […]
Breaking down the Shipley Business Development Lifecycle to make it Manageable
Business development by Federal Government Contractors is a big investment, is complex and entails a lot of skilled work. The good news is that the process of winning Federal Government business via RFPs is very well understood and supported. There is an industry standard GovCon Business Development Lifecycle (GovCon BDL). Beginning in the late 1990’s […]