Too many proposal teams treat government debriefs following contract awards as closure. A final chapter. But the smartest teams treat them as a beginning. A well-run debrief isn’t just [...]
Every proposal team has experienced it: the RFP drops, everyone’s excited, and then... silence. Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) vanish. Input dries up. Deadlines loom. And the writing team is [...]
Color team reviews are often thought of as a given in proposal management but sometimes these reviews do more harm than good. In a busy season defined by speed, [...]
Proposal busy season demands speed, clarity, and confidence. Yet many proposal teams are still using processes that were built for a very different time. If [...]
FY25 is shaping up to be anything but predictable. Planned procurements are sliding, yet fiscal-year dollars still need to be spent. Agencies are bracing for a Q4 surge, obligating [...]
Summer isn’t just summer for proposal professionals… it’s proposal season. And for many of us in the government contracting world, that means back-to-back deadlines, overlapping RFPs, and inboxes that [...]
A definition of a Chief Growth Officer (CGO) is a C-level executive responsible for driving a company's growth across all areas, especially focusing on revenue expansion, market development, and [...]
Introduction: A Pivotal Year for Federal Spending Shifts On May 2, 2025, the White House released an advance budget letter outlining its discretionary funding priorities for Fiscal Year 2026. [...]
ASHBURN, Va., May 12, 2025 – Red Team Consulting's (Red Team) General Manager for Strategic Growth, Tris Carpenter, recently shared insights on the evolving landscape of federal procurement during [...]
Mid-sized and large government contractors are navigating an increasingly complex funding landscape. While the FY 2025 NDAA outlines ambitious defense priorities, only a select few are backed by actual [...]
