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Intelligent Automation and Support

Where does Artificial Intelligence (AI) come into this process? At step 1, AI can automate the searching for you. It can process your solicitations and make sense of your capabilities and how they match with the requirements of the solicitation. This will reduce the time investment in finding that initial set of contracts that are worthy of your brainstorming step.

The AI system can also help with creating a first draft of the proposal. There are always sections that require a human to review. The hardest part of any proposal will be the L and M sections, which detail your technical response to the requirements. This part of the response can be augmented with the AI's support.

Step 1

The first step in the government contracting process is finding the web site where you can search for contract solicitations (SAM.Gov). The search takes time to refine and optimize to make sense for your expertise. You have to repeatedly search, download, review, several times. It can take weeks to find a solicitation that matches your business' capabilities.

Use our keyword search with saved-searches so that you can quickly refresh the results and stay on top of new opportunities. This is a free service we provide that integrates with the SAM.GOV search API.

Step 2

The second step in the government contracting process is brainstorming with your team to determine if your staff can fulfill the requirements of the solicitation. Most often the company will have to augment the team by adding new personnel or teaming up with another contractor.

Let the AI make a quick match and ranking of your capabilities narrative against the requirements of the opportunity. A low rank could mean you don't waste time on something you are not qualified for, or it will identify a gap that you can fill with a strategic teaming engagement.

Step 3

The third step in the government contracting process is writing the proposal. This part can take months of work, negotiating rates and responsibilities with trade partners who team with you on the opportunity. Writing a successful proposal takes talent and experience. In fact, many proposals are rejected upon submission because they were written by people who didn't exactly follow the rules.

The AI will help you with the proposal writing process. You can have it start a template, and then as you evolve the response, you can Ask Uncle Sam more questions that are specific to the solicitation. The AI can give you many key tools, such as the shall matrix, or a bill of materials, with just a simple question written in plain language.