Business Development
Full lifecycle business development services from capability building strategy to opportunity identification / vetting and proposal development.
Specialties:
- Minority Owned Business
- Veteran Owned Business
- HUBZone
Partner Match Team Builder
Outbound teaming partner builder locates potential companies to fill capability gaps, support with past performance, specialty set-asides or geographic coverage.
We maintain an active database of over 10,000 potential partners to query for support.
Compliance
Matrix
We provide detailed compliance matrices for all federal, state and local opportunities.
Comprehensive, actionable and easy to use, these checklist driven documents help your team to ensure 100% compliant responses for RFPs.
Proposal Management
We can manage your response development across all phases – from initial opportunity vetting (bid/no bid), and color team reviews and submission.
- Writer Assignments
- SME Interviews
- Win Theme Development
Proposal Formatting
We can restructure and reformat existing response documents to ensure clean, clear appearance that complies with RFP requirements.
We can one-voice and white glove review as needed to ensure all responses provide the best possible chance for success.
Proposal Development
Full lifecycle RFP/RFI development services. We work with your team to put their expertise into a complete, compelling, and compliant submission ready package.
We bring proven experience in all sectors of contracting from landscaping and facilities management to IT services and management consulting.
RFP Response Templates
Simple, easy to use and guaranteed 100% compliant templates for federal, state and local opportunities.
Created and reviewed by American-based proposal experts to ensure compliance and completeness. Easily completed by your knowledgeable staff to submit.
Shipley® Templates
Our Shipley® certified staff will tailor Business Development Lifecyle Templates for your project.
- Proposal Management Plan (PMP)
- Proposal Development Worksheets (PDW)
- Storyboards and more!
Business Graphics
Turn complex ideas into easy to consume business graphics. We use both data driven and human created designs to communicate ideas, geographic information and other business analytics.
We deliver proposal graphics, oral presentation development and more.
Section 508 Compliance
To ensure accessibility standards are met, our team can test sites, documents and other materials to ensure compliance with Section 508.
We produce full reports, including a VPAT as required. This provides actionable information and certifiable output.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
RFP Templates: How Does It Work
When you purchase a template from us, our experienced team goes to work creating a compliant template, ready for use.
Within 24 hours, you will receive a message to download your template – complete with instructions and transmittal message.
RFP Templates: 100% Compliant Guarantee
We warrant the coverage of all items as defined in the solicitation. If you receive a non-compliance rejection based on items configured in the template, we will issue you a full refund for the price paid.
This warranty does not cover compliance items that your team may have added, changed, or deleted, as well as final page count, font changes, etc..
RFP Templates: Compliance Matrix
We can provide a complete compliance matrix for any response.
This MS Excel (or Google Sheets, as you choose) file will outline in SPECIFIC detail the items required for a compliant response.
Generally speaking, we need 24-48 hours lead time prior to delivery.
Business Graphics: How Does It Work
The process is simple:
- Purchase a business graphics package
- Upload rough sketch or old graphic
- We professionally develop / revise your graphic
- Receive image via email
- Use forever in subsequent proposals, presentations or brochures
Proposal Formatting: How Does It Work
Our expereienced team can adjust and correct formatting, images, tables and more to ensure your document presents a professional appearance. We can also ensure compliance with page counts, font usage and image readability.
Contact us for an estimate. Charges are calculated on the size and complexity of the document, as well as what services you wish to be performed.
Partner Match Team Builder: How Does It Work
We work with your company to build a capability profile that helps identify areas for improvement across proposal responses. These could be skills, certifications (ISO, CMMI or others), socio-economic factors, or past performance.
We develop an active outbound campaign against our database of over 10,000 companies to find teaming partners that match your requirements.
Once found we leave it to the potential partners to work out how best to build a team to produce the best possible chance for success.
Business Development: 8(a) Strategies
We work with fresh 8(a) certified companies as well as those all along the 10 year journey.We help you build strategies to leverage the competitive advantage for minority owned small businesses.
We also specialize in expiring 8(a) companies to make the most of the last years of certification – and beyond the threshold.
Business Development: Opportunity Identification
We will work with you company to build a targeted opportunity list, delivered at no cost to your inbox – with a schedule of your choosing (daily, weekly, monthly).
In addition, we can help vet opportunities showing you where your competitive advantages are and identifying “showstoppers” for no-bids.
Proposal Development: How Does It Work
We work with your team to build a competitive, compliant and complete, submission ready response package.
Generally speaking, we need approximately 1-2 weeks lead time prior to submission to prepare a complete package.
We can do as much or as little as you need:
- Full Response Development
- Red team reviews
- Past performance narratives
- One-voice editing
- Compliance indexing
- Best Value evaluation
- Resume tuning
- QASP development
Proposal Development: Areas of Expertise
In over 20 years of business development, our team has developed winning proposals across a wide range of functional expertise.
Regardless of the size or scope, Proposal Foundry can help write a compelling, compliant and complete proposal response.
A small example of our past experience: (if you do not see your functional area, do not hesitate to ask!)
Facilities Services
- Landscaping
- Custodial / Janitorial
- Security Guard / Patrol Services
- Building Operations
- Logistics
- Facilities Management
Healthcare
- Skilled Nursing / Surgical Staffing
- Pharmacists / Pharmacy Techs
- Physician Staffing
- Clinical Staffing
Construction / A&E
- Design Build
- Demolition / Removal
- Asbestos Remediation
- Build Out
- Commissioning
- Heavy Construction
- Engineerinng
IT Services
- Cloud Development
- Database Development / Migration
- DevSecOps
- Cybersecurity
- Infrastructure Services
Training
- In-person Delivery
- Specialized Scenario / Actor
- Online / Virtual Training
Business Services
- SME / Consulting
- Legal Services
- Accounting Services
A Benefit / Feature
Personalized Services
We are a small shop with deep experience. While this is a business, we take our client’s needs personally.
To you, this means that we take the time to make sure our products are correct, compliant and meet your company’s needs – every time.
Client Testimonials
Healthcare Staffing
"The Proposal Foundry team came through for a full recomplete response in 24 hours - because they knew it was important to us. That's commitment!"
Robert
Owner/CEO
IT Services
"Proposal Foundry understands what it means to work in government IT. Their first hand experience was invaluable in developing our winning responses."
Herschel
President
Construction
"Proposal Foundry took us from an idea to our first government award. They helped us understand each step of the process and how to win."
Sal M
Owner / CEO
Bid to Win
Start building, growing, or expanding your small business government contracting footprint today!
Let us show you a proven path to take your current business model from where it is today, to where you want it to be tomorrow.