Services

What you receive — and what it costs

Every engagement produces a structured written audit. Not a list of notes — a formal Proposal Evaluation Report your team can act on before the deadline.

The deliverable

A structured written audit — not a list of notes

Every engagement produces a Proposal Evaluation Report: an executive scorecard across six dimensions, detailed findings with severity ratings, identified strengths from the evaluator's perspective, risks and weaknesses, and a prioritized action list to act on before submission.

Findings are rated Critical, Important, or Advisory — so your team knows exactly what must be fixed before you submit, and what is worth addressing if time allows.

  • Evaluator Readiness Assessment — how your proposal reads across all scored criteria
  • Requirements Gap Analysis — what is missing or inadequately addressed
  • Strengths from the Client's Perspective — what is working and should be made more prominent
  • Risks and Weaknesses — what will cost you points or raise evaluator doubts
  • Clarity and Ambiguity Findings — where evaluators will have questions or concerns
  • Editorial and Presentation Review — consistency, tone, formatting, professionalism
  • Executive Scorecard — six-dimension summary with overall readiness rating
  • Prioritized Action List — the top items to address before submission
Sample findings — Digital Marketing Firm · RFP NWDA-2026-014
Digital strategy framework — scored requirement with no response in proposal Critical
Pricing presented as lump sum — no line-item breakdown for evaluation Critical
Project management methodology not disclosed — scored requirement Critical
Client references incomplete — two of three required provided Important
Crisis communications — 10% weighted criterion not addressed Important
Workforce case study buried on p.11 — strongest differentiator not visible on first read Important
Scope and pricing schedule inconsistent across two sections Advisory
Client organization name used in four different forms throughout Advisory

Sample findings are illustrative. Report format and depth reflects actual engagement deliverables.

Services & Investment

Past Proposal Audit

$5,000

A structured review of a previously submitted proposal. Understand precisely how it was likely evaluated — and what to do differently before the next opportunity closes.

Core engagement

Live Pre-Submission Audit

$7,500 – $15,000

Before you submit — a complete assessment of how your proposal will be read, scored, and evaluated, with specific prioritized recommendations to strengthen it before the deadline. Priced by contract value.

Annual Retainer

$25,000 / yr

Priority access for three audits per year. For firms actively pursuing multiple RFPs annually who want consistent advisory support across every major submission.

Live Pre-Submission Audit — pricing by contract value
Contract value up to $1M $7,500
Contract value $1M – $5M $10,000
Contract value $5M+ $15,000
Expedited turnaround (72 hours) + $2,500

$10,000 on a $2M pursuit is 0.5% of the contract value at stake — paid once, before the decision is made.

Scope of engagement

What every audit includes

  • Evaluator readiness assessment across all scored criteria
  • Strengths and risks from the client's perspective
  • Clarity and ambiguity findings — where evaluators will have doubts
  • Compliance and completeness gap analysis
  • Editorial and presentation review
  • Executive scorecard across six dimensions
  • Prioritized action list — Critical, Important, and Advisory findings

What we do not do

  • We do not evaluate marketing strategy, creative concepts, or subject matter expertise
  • We do not rewrite your proposal or serve as a proposal manager or writer
  • We do not work with vendors competing in an active RFP cycle where a conflict exists
  • We do not provide legal or procurement advice
Our expertise is the evaluator's perspective — compliance, completeness, clarity, and risk — applied to your proposal before it counts.
Before you submit

There is one moment when an independent audit changes everything — before the proposal is submitted. Once it is in the evaluator's hands, the opportunity to act is gone. Our engagement happens at exactly that moment, and at a fraction of the cost of the contract you are competing for.

All engagements are conducted independently and in strict confidence. Every inquiry is subject to a conflict-of-interest review before commencement — we do not work both sides of the same RFP process.
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