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Deadly Sins in Proposals: The Hits Keep Coming

March 8, 2022[email protected]business development process, competitive analysis, competitive intelligence, market intelligence

Oh the mistakes that are made leading to some very expensive losses are ever so avoidable. Bear these in mind so you can avoid spending bid and proposal funds on losing proposals and then more on legal fees for a losing protest. Sin #5: You don’t understand the evaluation tendencies of the agency This sin…

More Deadly Sins In Proposals

March 1, 2022[email protected]business development process, competitive analysis, competitive intelligence, govcon, market intelligence

We continue our journey into the land of deadly sins in proposals with two sins involving the bidder’s failure to connect content and concepts in their proposal to ensure credibility of their proposal.  Sin #3: You cut staffing levels without an effective rationalization Although reducing staffing levels is a short cut to significantly lower your…

Deadly Sins in Proposals

February 17, 2022[email protected]capture, competitive analysis, competitive intelligence, govcon, market intelligence

We’ve covered traps of Black Hat reviews and capture team follies.  Now it’s time to reveal some of the most common and deadliest sins in proposals.  This blog leverages research and analysis we’ve done on mistakes made by some major U.S.  Government contractors.  In order to conduct this analysis, we used GAO protest docket data…

Competitor highlights: Leidos

October 14, 2021[email protected]competitive analysis, competitive intelligence, govcon, top govcon competitors

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a technology, engineering and science solutions and services provider serving the defense, intelligence, civil and health markets. The company consists of 43,000 employees and reported revenues of approximately $12.3 billion in FY2020, an increase of $1.2 billion (11%) compared to FY2019. Originally formed in 2013 when SAIC Inc. separated…

Competitor highlights: GovernmentCIO…M&A fueled and on the rise

September 8, 2021[email protected]competitive analysis, competitive intelligence, govcon, market intelligence, top govcon competitors

Headquartered in Washington DC, GovernmentCIO (“GovCIO”) is a private IT services company, providing services in IT modernization, digital solutions, analytics, cybersecurity, and management and advisory support. GovCIO’s portfolio also includes a Media & Research business, which runs a digital publication covering federal technology topics. With its recent acquisition of Salient CRGT, the combined company consists…

Why you should do routine intelligence gathering on your competitors…and how!

August 11, 2021[email protected]business development process, competitive analysis, competitive intelligence, market intelligence

Intelligence collection is a cornerstone of the intelligence analysis process.  This is as important in market and competitive intelligence as it is in the Intelligence Community.  This blog will expand upon fundamentals of the collection aspect of intelligence analysis. Collection can be very time consuming in order to gather relevant information on a competitor. However,…

Competitor highlights: Huntington Ingalls …(new and improved) with Alion

July 30, 2021[email protected]alion, competitive analysis, competitive intelligence, govcon, HII, top govcon competitors

Editor’s note: Per a Huntington Ingalls Industries Investor Conference Call, it appears Alion may “absorb” the Technical Services Division (TSD) going forward. Note that post M&A integration efforts are often very dynamic so this is always subject to change. We last analyzed Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) in a June 2021 blog, examining their organization, M&A…

How to be a good participant in a Black Hat review

May 3, 2021[email protected]black hat, competitive analysis, competitive intelligence

Participants make a Black Hat work Over time, we have shared approaches to executing a good Black Hat review as a facilitator. Now it’s time to focus on one of the most critical ingredients – the participants! As the saying goes, “teamwork makes the dream work!” The merits of participants can make a Black Hat…

Fundamentals of the Intelligence Process and Competitive Intelligence in GOVCON

February 9, 2021[email protected]Collection, competitive analysis, competitive intelligence, market analysis, Modeling, production

This blog is specifically written by Brian Lindholm, Managing Principal and Founder of FedSavvy Strategies. He is a nerd. Competitive Intelligence (CI) is my passion.  In this blog, I am going to provide a non-boring and very practical definition of CI.  Better yet, this blog will also share with you some steps to go from…

CIO-SP3 Opportunity to Watch: Clinical Research Management System (CRMS) Support Services

March 23, 2018[email protected]No Commentscapture, CIO-SP3, competitive analysis, market intelligence, Opportunity, opportunity to watch

The Clinical Research Management System (CRMS) contract opportunity is a great opportunity for the small business contractors on the Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) IDIQ. The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) should be looking to re-compete its CRMS contract late this spring. Currently,…

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