Successful Proposal Strategies for Small Businesses (Artech House Professional Development and Technology Managem)

Now, in its 3rd edition, this popular book helps more than ever to ensure that small and medium sized business operators win those prized government and private sector contracts. The book, and its companion CD-ROM, provide the management team with focused, practical assistance in achieving effective, efficient, and disciplined business development, proposal development, and knowledge management (KM) processes.

Robert S. Frey, M.A., serves as the vice president of knowledge management & proposal development for RS Information Systems, Inc. (RSIS). During the past 2 years, RSIS has become one of the premier small businesses in the country as measured by its national ranking in Inc. magazine and #62 standing in Washington Technology’s Top 100 Federal Prime Contracting Firms, as well as the dozens of quality, performance, and leadership awards the company has received. In 2000, RSIS was selected as NASA’s Minority Contractor of the Year. As a highly successful prime contractor with projected CY01 revenues of $140 million and a funded contract backlog of $800 million, the company’s 1,150 professional staff support 80 prime contracts and 125,000 users spanning defense, civilian, intelligence, and law enforcement federal agencies. With a sustained proposal win rate of 75%--40% above industry average—RSIS is clearly an example of a successful small business destined to become! a stable, long-term Fortune 1000 company. Robert S. Frey has leveraged knowledge management processes to perform rapid proposal prototyping for RSIS. In addition, he serves as an Instructor in technology management at UCLA in Westwood, California.