Services / Bid/No-Bid Scoring

Know before your team
spends the week.

A 15-dimension weighted scorecard that tells you whether an opportunity is worth pursuing — before proposal resources are committed and the deadline has your attention.

What You Receive

A scored decision, not a gut check.

Every engagement produces a weighted scorecard and a written red-flag matrix — structured so your leadership team can make the call in one meeting, not one week.

I

15-Dimension Scorecard

Each dimension — past performance alignment, technical capability, teaming posture, incumbent risk, and eleven others — scored 1–5 and weighted by strategic importance to your firm.

II

Red-Flag Matrix

Every dimension scoring below threshold gets a plain-language explanation of what the risk is, why it matters, and whether it can be mitigated before RFP release.

III

Recommended Decision

BID, NO-BID, or CONDITIONAL — with a written rationale your BD lead can take into the leadership conversation. Not a number. A position.

How It Works

Opportunity in. Decision out.

Three steps from solicitation submission to a scored, written bid decision your team can act on.

1

Submit the Solicitation

Share the RFP, sources sought, or pre-solicitation notice. Include any incumbent intel, teaming constraints, or internal capacity context that should factor into the score.

2

15-Dimension Scoring

Each dimension is evaluated against your firm's specific posture — not a generic rubric. Past performance, technical alignment, competitive landscape, and risk exposure all factor in.

3

Decision Brief Returned

Scorecard, red-flag matrix, and written recommendation — ready for your BD review meeting within 24–48 hours of intake confirmation.

Why It Matters

The proposal you lost cost
more than you bid.

An unsuccessful proposal costs 200–400 hours of your best people's time. The average small defense subcontractor wins fewer than one in four bids they chase. Scoring before committing is the discipline that changes that ratio.

No-Bid Signal

Incumbent with 7-year continuous performance, no set-aside requirement, and agency preference documented in prior award — competitive position is poor without a significant teaming uplift

Conditional Signal

Technical capability strong, but past performance matrix requires three relevant contracts within 36 months — current portfolio is two; mitigable with a teaming arrangement before RFP drops

Bid Signal

SDVOSB set-aside, agency relationship in place, two direct past performance references, and scope matches core capability — proceed to capture planning

Make the call before the deadline does.

Fixed-scope pricing. Scored decision returned in 24–48 hours.

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