"Never Begin a Government Proposal with a Blank Sheet of Paper." - Derek James

The government proposal process really is like learning another language.

What Proposal Templates are included?

Proposal Builder Doc Breakdown:

For ALL templates below, you must customize and tailor these templates to match YOUR company's approach and abilities.

#1. Proposal Skeleton-

Starting a government proposal response with a skeleton solves the problem of starting with a blank sheet of paper or not knowing where to start. The Proposal Skeleton allows you to shape your response outline and gives you a raw structure to begin adding bullet points and section headers that reflect what's required from Sections L and M of your solicitation.

The skeleton consists of 7 pages including a Cover Page, an Opening Letter to Contracting, Company Summary, Table of Contents, and place holders with instructions for a Technical Volume, Past Performance Volume and Pricing Volume (these are the 3 most common elements that you will be requested to respond to, so they are the defaults.)

#2. Management Plan- (Often required as part of your Technical Response). Proposal Builder Docs proposes a contract management plan that may demonstrate how your company will manage the contract, your company's organizational structure, and lines of authority and communication throughout performance of the contract.

#3. Staffing Plan- (Often required as part of your Technical Response). Proposal Builder Docs proposes a staffing approach that may define your company's approach to Recruitment and Hiring, Employee Turnover, Employee Placement and Monitoring, Employee Development and Training, Employee Retention, Competitive Salaries, Benefits, and Performance Appraisals.

#4. Quality Control Plan (QCP)- (Often required as part of your Technical Response). Proposal Builder Docs proposes a

a Quality Control Plan that may define your company's quality value process, Quality Team, a breakdown of your company's daily operational support, and best practices to continuous improvement.

#5. Past Performance Layout- (Often required as part of your Past Experience Response). Proposal Builder Docs proposes 2 PP layouts, a past performance table layout and a written narrative layout, both demonstrating the key information the government often requires when past performance information is requested and a place to document it within your proposal.

#6. Formatted Resume- (Often required as part of your Technical Response.) Proposal Builder Docs provides a formatted resume template that you can customize for candidates that you are proposing for a job or to demonstrate the work experience of key personnel proposed on the contract.

#7. Project Milestone Chart- (Often quired as part of your Technical Response.) Proposal Builder Docs provides a Project Milestone Chart to easily illustrate significant contract milestones for project-based contracts and progress payment contracts.

#8. Key Personnel- (Often required as part of your Technical Response). Proposal Builder Docs proposes possible key personnel positions on the contract and defines their duties and activities including those for a Contracts Manager/PM, Human Resource Specialist, Subject Matter Expert (SME), and a Quality Control/Safety professional.

#9. PWS (or Statement of Work) Compliance Matrix- (Often required as part of your Technical Response). Proposal Builder Docs provides a table to correlate the requirements of the contract PWS with the parties responsible for their successful execution throughout the contract.

#10. Pricing Tables- (Often required as part of your Pricing Response.)

Proposal Builder Docs provides sample pricing Word.doc tables for both services pricing and supplies pricing. Tables are reflective of a Contracting Line Item Number (CLIN) pricing structure which is most commonly used amongst government solicitations.