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2010 Department of Defense Budget 1 comment

James McGuirk wrote 2 years ago: As a matter of public policy, the Secretary of Defense publishes the annual request for funding. Fig … more →

Tags: capturing contracts, Business Development, Federal Contracting, government contracts, federal business development objectives, 2010 Defense Budget, DOD Budget, Military Budget for 2010

Section 843 of the National Defense Authorization Act

James McGuirk wrote 2 years ago: When congressional legislation was passed last May, 2008 supporting Section 843 of the National Defe … more →

Tags: rfp, capturing contracts, capture management, Federal Contracting, government contracts, McGuirk Consulting, Winning Recompete Business, federal business development objectives, winning government contracts

Agencies Are Beefing Up Their Acquisition Workforce

James McGuirk wrote 2 years ago: Trying to increase the numbers and quality within the federal acquisition community, many agencies a … more →

Tags: rfp, capturing contracts, Business Development, Federal Contracting, government contracts, White Papers in Government Procurements, federal business development objectives, winning government contracts

Changes Impacting Government Contracting

James McGuirk wrote 2 years ago: The following link discusses some of the President’s high level priorities for reforming gover … more →

Tags: rfp, capture management, Business Development, Proposals, Federal Contracting, FFP, government contracts, James McGuirk, McGuirk Consulting

Capture Management Piece Parts

James McGuirk wrote 2 years ago: Ensure each aspect of capture is successfully performed. It’s been a while since first discuss … more →

Tags: capturing contracts, capture management, Business Development, Proposals, Price to win, pricing proposals, government contracts, B&P Budget, Strategic Partners

Business Development Poll

James McGuirk wrote 2 years ago: This month I’ve included a poll to get a feel for how the business development organizations a … more →

Tags: capturing contracts, capture management, Business Development, Proposals, Federal Contracting, government contracts, Strategic Marketing, Jim McGuirk, James McGuirk

Enjoy Winning. You've Earned It.

James McGuirk wrote 2 years ago: Yes it’s true that it takes a long time to win a large program. In fact it sometimes takes equ … more →

Tags: capturing contracts, capture management, Business Development, Proposals, Federal Contracting, government contracts, Jim McGuirk, James McGuirk, McGuirk Consulting

Picking The Right Target

James McGuirk wrote 2 years ago: So your behind in your growth goals and need to find the right opportunity to pursue? Your getting p … more →

Tags: Business Development, Federal Contracting, government contracts, Strategic Marketing, B&P Budget, Jim McGuirk, James McGuirk, McGuirk Consulting, Positioning to win

Capture Management Takes Plenty of Time

James McGuirk wrote 3 years ago: It’s been quite a while since my last blog entry. Hence the title of this post. As is typical … more →

Tags: capturing contracts, capture management, Business Development, Federal Contracting, Jim McGuirk, James McGuirk, McGuirk Consulting, Positioning to win

Every Target Can Be Won!

James McGuirk wrote 3 years ago: So you have a pipeline that contains large targets held by excellent companies? Somehow, somewhere, … more →

Tags: capturing contracts, capture management, Business Development, Proposals, Federal Contracting, government contracts, Jim McGuirk, James McGuirk, McGuirk Consulting

New Years Resolution To Winning Contracts1 comment

James McGuirk wrote 4 years ago: OK so 2007 has been less than kind to your contract portfolio and market share. As is your option, a … more →

Tags: rfp, capturing contracts, capture management, Business Development, Proposals, Federal Contracting, Price to win, pricing proposals, pricing analysis

Balancing Recompetes with New Business Opportunities

James McGuirk wrote 4 years ago: There are constant challenges with finding the right balance between prioritizing business developme … more →

Tags: capturing contracts, capture management, Business Development, Proposals, Federal Contracting, government contracts, Marketing Plan, Jim McGuirk, James McGuirk

The Beauty of White Papers

James McGuirk wrote 4 years ago: Positioning to win government contracts requires a multitude of activities to be done correctly in o … more →

Tags: rfp, capturing contracts, capture management, Business Development, Proposals, Federal Contracting, government contracts, Marketing Management, Strategic Marketing

Beating Goliath-You Can Do It!

James McGuirk wrote 4 years ago: So the time has come when you feel ready to challenge the big guys? Maybe you have some good relatio … more →

Tags: capturing contracts, Business Development, Federal Contracting, government contracts, Jim McGuirk, James McGuirk, McGuirk Consulting, Executive Summary, Positioning to win

Positioning To Win-Your Key To Success

James McGuirk wrote 4 years ago: Pursuing government contracts consists of many phases, which if done properly, significantly increas … more →

Tags: rfp, capturing contracts, capture management, Business Development, Proposals, Federal Contracting, government contracts, Jim McGuirk, James McGuirk

Executive Summaries & Your Vision

James McGuirk wrote 4 years ago: Generally considered to be the pearl of the proposal, executive summaries communicate more than simp … more →

Tags: capturing contracts, capture management, Business Development, Federal Contracting, Jim McGuirk, James McGuirk, McGuirk Consulting, Executive Summary

Price to Win (PTW) Analysis

James McGuirk wrote 4 years ago: First off lets agree that the price to win does not always equate to being the low bidder. To the co … more →

Tags: CPFF, Price to win, pricing proposals, Time and Materials, pricing analysis, FFP, government contracts


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