Each engagement is diagnostic and advisory. We assess your draft against public-sector evaluation practices and hand back specific, actionable improvements — never ghostwritten content.
A proposal is scored by an evaluation committee against published criteria, so the review targets how it will be read and scored. An Invitation to Bid awards to the lowest responsive bidder with no criteria at all, so the review targets responsiveness instead. The two sections below cover each.
Scored by an evaluation committee against published criteria. These six reviews target how the proposal is read, scored, and ranked.
A comprehensive assessment of how well your proposal maps to the solicitation's evaluation criteria — where an evaluator would gain or lose points.
Most popularA focused 60-minute working session on positioning, structure, and the decisions that most affect how your submission is received.
60 minutesA section-by-section check against solicitation instructions, formatting, and mandatory requirements to reduce the risk of avoidable disqualification.
Improvements to structure, headings, and flow so evaluators can locate and confirm your responses quickly and confidently.
Guidance on framing strengths, discriminators, and value in language aligned with how public buyers assess competing offers.
A prioritized, plain-language action list — the highest-impact changes to make before you submit, ranked by effort and effect.
An Invitation to Bid awards to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. There are no evaluation criteria and no scoring committee — a strong narrative earns nothing. A single missing form, an unacknowledged addendum, or an altered bid schedule is enough to have the lowest price rejected without consideration.
Our ITB review is therefore a different exercise from a proposal review. We work the bid package against the solicitation’s mandatory submittals and confirm each one is present, current, and in the form the agency asked for.
Every line completed, no substituted or altered pages, alternates and allowances filled where required.
Unit prices, extensions, and totals reconciled. Math errors and inconsistent unit pricing are common grounds for rejection.
Each addendum confirmed and signed. An unacknowledged addendum is one of the most frequent avoidable disqualifications.
Bond or alternative security in the required form, amount, and validity period, with the surety and power of attorney in order.
Signed by someone with authority to bind the firm, notarized where the solicitation requires it.
The certification package the solicitation lists — commonly non-collusion, public entity crimes, scrutinized companies, drug-free workplace, E-Verify, and conflict of interest.
Trade and contractor licensing, state registration, and any agency-specific prequalification current as of the bid date.
Listed subcontractors, participation goals, and supporting documentation where the solicitation requires them at bid time.
Descriptive literature and “or equal” submittals where the specification calls for them.
Format, labelling, copy counts, portal upload requirements, and the deadline itself — read against the solicitation rather than assumed.
The complete ITB with every issued addendum, the bid form package as the agency published it, and your completed bid documents. Send them together — the review is a comparison, and it is only as good as the source documents behind it.
ITB reviews are priced on the same page and volume bands as proposal reviews. Price a review.
Findings are documented from the evaluation committee’s perspective — structured, specific, and ready to act on before you submit.
Mechanical checks are automated. No report is issued without human review.
An overall readiness rating for your submission, from the scoring side of the table.
A careful review of mandatory requirements and submission documents.
How your response positions against the solicitation’s evaluation criteria.
Whether your credentials come through clearly to a reviewer.
How your proposal reads to the people who score it.
Clear, ranked guidance on what to address before you submit.
A straightforward path from first conversation to confident submission.
Book a call to discuss your solicitation, timeline, and goals.
Share your draft securely along with the relevant solicitation documents.
Get a structured, prioritized markup mapped to evaluation criteria.
Apply the recommendations and submit a clearer, stronger response.
Pricing by proposal size and turnaround, including expedited rates.