What Can We Learn from Amendment 2 of CIO-SP4?
On Friday, June 4, 2021, NITAAC released Amendment 2 to the Final RFP for CIO-SP4. This amendment has implications to some of the guidance that Red Team has provided to attendees of our symposium with G2Xchange on the final RFP. To be very clear, the advice Red Team is providing is only based on [...]
Lots of Questions Remain on CIO-SP4 — We Have Some Answers
National Institutes of Health Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) released the long anticipated final Request for Proposal for Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners (CIO-SP4) on Tuesday, May 25. Proposals are currently due on June 28 at Noon. G2Xchange will be hosting a 2-day webinar with Red Team Consulting on June 2 and 3 to [...]
7 Tips to Build a Killer Proposal Schedule
As we all know, proposal success hinges on planning the work carefully, then executing that plan. While some interim deadlines may need to slip around a bit, the proposal due date and time is immovable, so a thoughtfully designed proposal schedule creates the conditions for success. Below are the key principles to follow when [...]
This is How to Write a Winning Past Performance
Before we dive into the key approaches to developing winning Past Performance proposal sections, it’s useful to remember that most Government customers use Past Performance as a way of gauging the risk to the success of the program. This means you should write your Past Performance proposal sections to give your customer confidence that [...]
Pro Tips for a Useful Lessons Learned Process
Your proposal has just been submitted and everyone breathes a sigh of relief. It was a roller coaster of ups and downs and you are thankful that you came out unscathed. But wait, it’s not over yet. The lessons learned meeting! Many of us have gotten to experience the thrill of an unstructured lessons [...]
CIO-SP4: Latest Updates and Evidence Gathering Recommendations
NITAAC has announced a delay in the release of the CIO-SP4 Best-In-Class GWAC contract. This is the 4th generation of a contract that is 10 years in scope, covers virtually all Information Technology services, and is available for purchase by the entire Federal Government. The federal contracting community has followed the evolution of this [...]
