Effective Proposal Preparation

A strategic training experience designed to elevate your readiness.

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Effective proposals require proper planning. This course focuses on the importance of preliminary work. The content is broken down into 15 lessons that address everything from the contractor's market assessment to cost estimating, profit analysis, and proposal reviews.

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Course Curriculum

Lessons Include:

1. Introduction to Effective Proposal Preparation
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1. Lesson 1: Getting Ready for the RFP
2. Lesson 1 Quiz
1. Lesson 2: Reviewing the RFP
2. Lesson 2 Quiz
1. Lesson 3: Steps Toward Success
2. Supplement to Lesson 3: How to Create a Compliance Matrix
3. Lesson 3 Quiz
1. Lesson 4: The Technical Volume
2. Lesson #4 Quiz
1. Lesson 5: Storyboarding the Technical Proposal
2. Lesson 5 Quiz
3. Supplement to Lesson 5: Storyboard Template
1. Lesson 6: Understanding the Work Breakdown Structure
2. Lesson 6 Quiz
1. Lesson 7: Addressing the Management of Technical Risk
2. Lesson 7 Quiz
1. Lesson 8: The Cost Volume
2. Lesson 8 Quiz
1. Lesson 9: Estimating Techniques
2. Lesson 9 Quiz
1. Lesson 10: Estimating Resource Requirements
2. Lesson 10 Quiz
1. Lesson 11: Cost Estimate
1. Lesson 12: Cost Estimating Systems
2. Lesson 12 Quiz
1. Lesson 13: Critical Estimating Considerations
2. Lesson 13 Quiz
1. Lesson 14: Packaging the Cost Proposal
2. Lesson 14 Quiz
1. Lesson 15: The Management Volume
2. Lesson 15 Quiz

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$175.00

Bonus Material

We're including three valuable tools for effective proposal preparation: a Compliance Matrix, a Storyboard Template, and a Proposal Checklist.

Bonus Material
$50 value
The Compliance Matrix is a tool used to identify, track, and meet each requirement in an RFP. We provide a template and show you how to create a matrix for a specific RFP. The Storyboard Template is a guide for the pre-writing process. It captures all of the strategies and points that the assigned writers should include when crafting the proposal's technical approach. And the Proposal Checklist is a form to make sure that you have completed all of the steps that are covered in this course when preparing your proposal.