Best Informed Wins Volume 2: Collected Articles of Bob Lohfeld from Washington Technology 2013 - 2015

Bob Lohfeld shares his capture management and proposal management thoughts and best practices—along with business development advice for the government contracting industry. Topics include: -5 questions to derail an LPTA procurement -4 strategies that can kill your recompete -Can you hire an effective capture manager? -Why some companies embrace LPTA contracts -Can you afford to chase premium price? Maybe. -5 steps to winning proposals -Realities force companies to change tactics -How crazy subcontractors can kill your bid -How to balance your growth strategy -Contractors reshape growth strategies for 2014 -What makes your bid a winner or a loser? -Six tips for building your new business pipeline -How good are your chances of winning a bid protest? -How and when to talk to your customer -Take your proposal from good to great in 30 minutes -Let's stop bashing LPTA and find an alternative -Should we have procurement reform or just improvement? -Is price reasonableness really unreasonable? -Killing bad capture and proposal habits -Three strategies for growing in adjacent markets

Bob Lohfeld, APMP Fellow and Board Member, serves as CEO and general manager of Lohfeld Consulting Group. He has more than 30 years' experience winning contracts in the government market and is recognized consistently for leadership in business development, capture management, and winning proposals development. He teaches Capture Management, and he writes the Capture Management column in Washington Technology magazine. Prior to forming Lohfeld Consulting Group, Bob served as Division President at Lockheed Martin, Vice President of Lockheed Martin Information Technology, Senior Vice President at OAO Corp., Systems Engineering Manager at Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), and Program Manager at Fairchild Industries. He also taught at the graduate level at George Washington University School of Engineering Administration. Bob has served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Proposal Management Professional National Capital Area Chapter (APMP-NCA) and as Chairman of the American Council on Technology Industry Advisory Council (ACT/IAC), Vice Chairman of the Technology Council of Maryland (TCM), and Board Member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), Government Electronics and Information Association (GEIA), and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF Capital Region). He is a three-time winner of Federal Computer Week's Federal 100.