Government bid writing and dead-lead revival: questions and answers
Every question the firm is asked most often, across both practices, answered in full. If a question is not covered here, the Contact page reaches the firm directly, with a response within one business day.
Bids and proposals
Because many solicitations are a poor fit, and a client should learn that before paying anything. The memo reviews fit, competition and compliance risk. If the answer is no bid, the client keeps the memo and pays nothing. If the answer is bid, the decision is made with full pricing already known.
No. No honest proposal firm can guarantee an award. Evaluators, price and competition sit outside any writer's control. What the firm guarantees is process: a compliance matrix, a full draft, two stage review and submission on the agreed date.
Percentage fees create the wrong incentive and can create compliance problems for the bidder. A flat fee keeps the firm's duty clear: write the strongest compliant proposal possible for a known price.
The solicitation link, SAM.gov status where relevant, basic company facts, key staff and any past performance the client wants put forward. A short intake list is issued after the memo, so no documents are gathered for a bid the firm advises against.
All 50 states. Federal work runs through SAM.gov, state work through each state's official procurement portal, and local work through agency portals. The States section of this site names the official portal for every state.
Possibly, and the firm will give a straight answer on day 1. A compressed engagement is accepted only where the full review standard can still be met. Where it cannot, the memo will recommend passing and preparing properly for the next opportunity.
Proposals are produced through the firm's Capture and Proposal Desk and held to a principal standard built on 15 plus years across USAID programmes, national financial services and Fortune 50 technology, with a second stage review by the Compliance Review function, separate from the drafting pass, before submission.
Pricing and engagement terms
Bid-Ready in 10 Days: $4,450 flat for a first federal proposal, $2,950 flat for state, local and repeat proposals, with 50 percent due to start and the balance on submission. Dead-Lead Revival Pilot: $1,497 flat for 14 days, plus $75 per kept appointment. The bid or no-bid memo is free.
No. Where a solicitation is materially larger than standard scope, the free memo states the fee for that scope before any commitment. There are no hourly charges, no success fees and no percentage arrangements.
Yes. Confidentiality is a standard term of every engagement letter. Client facts, pricing inputs, lists and records are used only for that client's work and never shared across engagements.
Within one business day, as a published delivery standard. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. Eastern to 5:00 p.m. Pacific.
Dead-Lead Revival
Four structural rules. The firm works only the client's own past enquiry list. Email goes first. Text messages are sent only where documented consent is on file. The client is always the sender of record, and every campaign is reviewed against the client's state telemarketing rules before launch.
An appointment booked through the campaign and attended by the customer. Cancellations and no shows are not charged the $75 performance fee.
Yes. The pilot runs in all 50 states. The consent audit and the state rules review are completed for the client's state before any message is sent.