What’s Going On With the FY 2022 Federal Budget?
This post was updated on December 6, 2021 to provide the latest context on the hectic congressional situation, including appropriations, debt ceiling, BBB Act, and the 2022 NDAA. [...]
CIO-SP4 Amendment 7 Impacts and Recommendations
On Monday, July 19th at 9:00 PM EDT, NITAAC released Amendment 7 of the CIO-SP4 RFP. This amendment extends the due date for proposals to Tuesday, August 3rd at [...]
Does CIO-SP4 Amendment 6 Impact Teaming (Again)?
I want to make sure everyone reads our assessment of the latest Amendment 6 from NITAAC for NIH CIO-SP4. In addition to this summary, my colleague, Tris Carpenter, shared [...]
Embracing the Challenge of Scoresheet Documentation on CIO-SP4
The CIO-SP4 final RFP has been out for nearly three weeks and one of the questions we’ve been addressing most frequently is how to provide sufficient “documentation” to make [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
CMS DASH: A Quick Look on How to Approach this BPA
On February 19th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the solicitation for Data Analytics Supporting Healthcare (DASH) via GSA E-Buy, a Small Business multiple award BPA [...]
Top Federal Civilian Opportunities to Pursue in 2021
Last week, we joined forces with G2Xchange and Mile Marker 10 to present our findings on the key Federal Civilian opportunities that should be in your 2021 pipeline. In [...]
Proposal Acronyms: Sometimes It’s Okay to Break Rules
In business writing, and in proposal writing in particular, we seem to have an unrequited love of acronyms and similar abbreviations. Perhaps we’re worried about strict page limits in [...]