You have an opportunity in your sights and your solution is ready. Now how do you turn these pieces into a winning bid? Call Scherff Consulting. We provide the proposal expertise and brain power needed to develop and deliver your proposal on-time, on-budget, all in a compliant, compelling way.
Our proposal support services can be a comprehensive package of proposal development resources, or you can purchase the a la carte resources you need to complement your in-house team. The proposal services Scherff Consulting provides include:
Proposal Management: Proposal Management is leadership. A Scherff Consulting proposal manager turns your staff into a team and leads them through the proposal effort.
Based on where in the process our services are engaged, we work with your capture and business development teams to oversee the proposal response from proposal strategy and writing, through preparation, delivery, and proposal close-out activities.
We create the schedules and matrices, task resources, and maintain team communications to pull the best solution from your experts and keep the proposal on track until submission.
Once submitted, all proposal files and supporting materials are provided to you—so they can be used to support future efforts. We also facilitate a “lessons learned” meeting and prepare a summary to for continuous improvement.
Scherff Consulting PMs have superior analytical skills, attention to detail, and an ability to perform in a team-based, fast-paced, quick reaction environment—and we teach your team to do the same.
Proposal Writing: Strong written and oral communications skills and exceptional problem-solving/decision-making skills make for outstanding proposal writers and editors. Scherff Consulting proposal writers draft and write proposal response sections based on written information and/or interviews (virtually or in-person) with subject matter experts. These sections create a compelling, convincing narrative to your prospective customer using your win themes and discriminators to give your company the competitive edge in the selection process.
Our technical writers are also available to support writing and editing reports, manuals, plans, and contract deliverables.
Volume Leads: Our experienced volume leads provide the expertise necessary to coordinate all sections of a proposal volume to ensure consistency, accuracy, and compliance across all sections and with the rest of the proposal.
Proposal Editing: Scherff Consulting editors proofread, edit, organize, and adjust proposal bids to ensure content is clearly stated, easy to understand, and geared to the government customer and their criteria. Technical edits include recommendations for consistency and industry best practices; correction of errors and inconsistencies in grammar, syntax, capitalization, style, punctuation, abbreviations, font and spacing; and changing content from passive to active voice.
This service is also offered for marketing and communication materials, such as capability briefings and presentation decks.
Color Reviews: When a team works as closely to a document as the proposal process requires, it is essential to have a fresh set of eyes review the draft and completed document(s) for compliance prior to submission. Scherff Consulting facilitates virtual or in-person color reviews to accomplish this task. We guide reviewers through a process of scoring a proposal draft and cull substantive and actionable comments from them to improve and upgrade the quality of the document. Color reviews include preparation and recovery of review documents and all related scheduling and communication.
This service can be provided as a stand-alone service.
Proposal Coordination: Our experienced proposal coordinators specialize in administrative and logistics support. They are also the liaison between the proposal team and production resources; all while managing version control and virtual proposal resources. This administrative system assumes the burden of day-to-day operational tasks so the proposal team can focus on developing a winning proposal.
Proposal Skill Workshops: Do you already have a terrific proposal team that you want to develop? Scherff Consulting offers proposal skills training to take your existing employees to the next skill level. Whether they need to learn the proposal process, need a primer in good proposal writing, or want to get into a topic of your choosing to make your next proposal shine, we can deliver an on-site workshop to teach them what they need to know and build some essential proposal team camaraderie in the process.
Want to learn more, or don’t see exactly what you need? Give us a call. We will work with you to provide a support solution tailored to what your company needs.