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Supporting Veteran Entrepreneurs: Teaching Proposal Management at VIP AEROSPACE 2026
Last week, Marina Goren, President/CEO of Smart BD Consulting, had the privilege of serving as an instructor for the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) AEROSPACE 2026 program—an intensive three-day training designed to help veteran-owned small businesses grow and succeed in the federal marketplace. The VIP AEROSPACE program brings together veteran entrepreneurs from across the country for hands-on training and expert-led sessions focused on critical areas of business gr
4 days ago
Missed Our OASIS+ Phase II Webinar? Watch the Recording On Demand
GSA has finally released the long awaited final Phase II RFP amendments for OASIS+, formally adding 5 new contract domains and opening on ramp for all of the Phase I domains . To help firms understand what this means, and how to take advantage of it, Marina Goren, Pesident/CEO of Smart BD Consulting, partnered with GrowthLab in hosting a free, live webinar on Friday, January 16, focused specifically on what OASIS+ looks like for marketing communications agencies. A follow on
Jan 16
100% Win Rate: Our Clients Secure MDA SHIELD Contract Awards
We are proud to announce that every client we supported in the MDA SHIELD procurement successfully secured a spot on the contract. Our tailored approach, attention to detail, emphasis on compliance, and hands-on proposal support once again translated into measurable results for our clients. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) SHIELD (Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense) is a major, multi-billion dollar contract vehicle for the MDA to rapidly acquire technologies
Jan 1
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Smart BD Consulting Helps Secure Spots on the $12B DLA JETS 2.0 Contract
We are excited to announce a $12B DLA JETS 2.0 win for not 1, not 2, but 3 clients in one shot! Out of 259 offers received, DLA awarded 85 spots on the 10-year, $11.9B J6 Enterprise Technology Services 2.0 (JETS 2.0) contract. https://www.govconwire.com/2024/09/dla-awards-85-spots-on-12b-jets-2-0-it-services-contract/ Smart BD Consulting supported our long time client, Business Integra, their Protégé, Autonomic Enterprise Inc. and their common Joint Venture, Autonomic Integra
Sep 23, 2024
Smart BD Consulting Client, Crown Consulting, Wins a $121M NASA Ames Bid!
Smart BD Consulting is proud to share that our client, Crown Consulting, Inc., was awarded NASA Academic Mission Services 2 (NAMS-2) contract valued at $121 Million (at NASA Ames). https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nasa-ames-selects-aeronautics-and-exploration-support-contractor-302248069.html Smart BD Consulting provided technical editing, DTP, graphics and color review support on this proposal. “Thank you Marina – and thank you for Rubi, Michelle, and your direct sup
Sep 13, 2024
Smart BD Client, Full Visibility LLC, awarded $8B FBI BPA
Smart BD Consulting congratulates our client, Full Visibility LLC, on the award of $8B FBI Information Technology Supplies and Support Services 2nd Generation (ITSSS-2) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). https://www.fullvisibility.com/current/2024/6/26/full-visibility-named-itsss-2-small-business-awardee Smart BD Consulting provided a proposal manager (Rachael) who also helped them write to help this growing business secure this prestigious award.
Jul 10, 2024
Smart BD Consulting Helps Our Client, VG Systems LLC, Win Agile Transformation Support Services Bid
Smart BD Consulting congratulates our client, VG Systems, LLC, a small growing business, on the PBGC’s Agile Transformation Support services win! One of Smart BD’s top Proposal Managers, Mark D., led this effort to a win. “Special thanks to Mark for working with the team at all times of day and right up to the final hours.” (From a directed email to Smart BD Consulting) – Jefferson M., VP & COO, VG Systems
Jul 1, 2024
Smart BD Client, X-energy, Awarded $148.5 Million Investment Tax Credit for First-of-a-Kind TRISO-X Fuel Fabrication Facility
We congratulate our client, X-energy, on a $148.5 million tax credit award, for the construction by its wholly-owned subsidiary, TRISO-X LLC (“TRISO-X”), of a first-of-a-kind advanced nuclear fuel fabrication facility (“TX-1”) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Funded by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the award is part of the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit (48C) program jointly administered by the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”), the U.S. Department of the Treasu
Apr 23, 2024
Smart BD Consulting Gives Back to Veterans
Smart BD Consulting President/CEO, Marina Goren, had a pleasure of speaking at the annual National Veteran Institute For Procurement (VIP ) AEROSPACE training event on the topic of Developing Winning Proposals. National Veteran Institute For Procurement is such a great resource for veterans and veteran owned businesses. It was a pleasure to have an opportunity to give back a little to those who spent their lives protecting us! “Hi Marina, A heartfelt THANK YOU for your part
Jun 29, 2023
Smart BD Helps Our Client Win a $719M NASA Bid
Our clients’ winning streak continues! Our client, Space & Technology Solutions (Joint Venture between Intuitive Machines and KBRWyle) was recently awarded the Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services (OMES) III contract by NASA Goddard, valued at $719M. This exciting work includes multidiscipline engineering services for the study, design, systems engineering, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification and operations of spaceflight, airborne, and ground
Apr 27, 2023
$1.5 Billion Dollar Win – Game Changing for a Small Business!
A $1.5 Billion small business set-aside is not an easy find in the world of Federal Government contracting. But NASA is the one Agency that makes it happen! Thus, we want to congratulate our client, Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA), who just won a $1.5B NASA Langley Research Center’s research, engineering, and science services (RSES) Contract. What a game-changing win for AMA! https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-contract-supporting-langley-s-research-science-s
Mar 5, 2023
A Small Win for Some – a BIG DEAL Win for a Amall Business (powered by Smart BD Consulting)
Smart BD congratulates our client, Autonomic Integra, who just won a five-year, $21M contract for providing specialized scientific support services to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. Autonomic Integra’s managing partner, Autonomic Enterprise, is a very small business that experienced a significant growth boost as a result of this win! https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/goddard/2023/nasa-selects-scientific-support-for-goddard-institute-of-space-stud
Feb 12, 2023
A client win – $122M DOE Lab Mission Support contract
We are kicking this year off strong with another client win. Our client, KBC Energy Solutions, just secured $122M DOE Lab Mission Support contract: KBC Energy Secures $122M DOE Lab Mission Support Contract Smart BD provided KBC Energy with a proposal manager for this winning bid. “I wanted to let you know that we were notified yesterday that we won the NETL ME bid. It’s exciting news. Thanks for all of your help in the proposal process.” Ken G. Executive VP, KBC Energy Soluti
Jan 15, 2023
Another Smart BD Client Win – $170 Million Systems and Software Assurance Services 2 (SAS2) Contract
Smart BD Consulting is excited to share another client win! Our customer, SAIC, has been awarded $170 Million Systems and Software Assurance Services 2 (SAS2) contract to perform independent verification and validation of space systems and software. https://washingtonexec.com/2022/09/saic-snags-170m-nasa-contract-for-systems-and-software-assurance-services/ SAS2 will support all of NASA’s current human space exploration programs as well as numerous Earth science and planetary
Sep 27, 2022
NASA Awards Artemis Concept Awards for Nuclear Power on Moon (to a Smart BD client)
Smart BD Consulting is excited to announce another historical award/win for our client, IX, a Joint Venture between Intuitive Machines and X-Energy. NASA and DOE are working together on advancing nuclear space technologies. IX was awarded one of three contracts for the development of the initial design concept for a fission power system planned to be stationed in a lunar environment. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-announces-artemis-concept-awards-for-nuclear-power-on
Jun 21, 2022
Smart BD Consulting Helps our Client, Axiom Space, Win $3.5B Next-Gen Spacesuit Contract with NASA
Smart BD Consulting is excited to announce another historical win! Congratulations to Axiom Space for being selected as one of two vendors on a $3.5B IDIQ contract to help NASA design and create their next generation of spacesuits. https://www.space.com/nasa-selects-companies-build-spacesuits-moon-space-station The path to this win was not easy. Almost a year in the making, the proposal totaled over 1,000 pages! The proposal team, from Axiom engineers, to schedulers, to pric
Jun 2, 2022
Office Hours Webinar: The Secret to Winning Incumbent Recompetes
Losing incumbent work is detrimental to successful growth of any business. 360 Program Reviews provide a tangible tool that has proven to identify customer perceptions, wants and needs, develop future enhancements and continuous improvement initiatives and overall fight incumbenitis. This presentation will help you overcome top 3 reasons for losing recompetes: (1) stagnation – inability to innovate or think out of the box; (2) false sense of security – inaccurate assessment o
May 17, 2022
Scribble Talk, Episode 8 – Featuring Marina Goren: Solutioning Magic, no Fluff, only BLUF
Tune into this Scribble Talk Teaching Episode 8 to join Marina Goren as she discusses the topic of Solutioning – Solutioning Magic – No Fluff, Only BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): Understand solutions using everyday examples and find out about my new solutioning approach that will help you move forward with the proposal you are working on and for upcoming projects. Understand how we treat solutioning as an art working with subject matter experts to break down and elaborate ideas
Feb 22, 2022
Smart BD Consulting Helps Win $149M Contract… Third Time in a Row!
Smart BD Consulting helped our clients, Halvik, and their subcontractor, Business Integra, in winning a five-year, $149M Task Order for the SEWP Information Technology Support Services (SITSS) contract under the GSA OASIS vehicle. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-contract-for-information-technology-support-services-0 This is a game-changing contract for Halvik (a growing 8(a) small business) – as it provides them with an entry into the NASA marketplace. Smart BD
Nov 10, 2021
Smart BD Consulting Helped Win a $127M Contract for DOT Volpe Center IT Services
Smart BD Consulting assisted our client, KBR, in winning a $127M contract for DOT Volpe Center IT Services to provide mission-critical information technology support services to the federally owned Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. https://www.govconwire.com/2021/08/kbr-wins-127m-contract-for-dot-volpe-center-it-services/ This was not an easy proposal with written portions and Orals. Smart BD provided two proposal authors to work with t
Sep 8, 2021
Smart BD Consulting Helps Win a $400M NASA JSC Test Evaluation and Support Team 3 (TEST3) Contract
Smart BD Consulting assists our client, Sierra Lobo, Inc. (SLI), in winning $400M NASA JSC Test Evaluation and Support Team 3 (TEST3) contract. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-contract-for-test-evaluation-support-0 Smart BD Consulting was asked to assist with this critical bid for SLI. We brought in a proposal manager to lead this effort along with several technical authors and a management volume lead. And Marina Goren, personally, facilitated solutioning sess
Jul 14, 2021
Smart BD Consulting assists ASRC Federal in Winning a $38.5M Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Base Operations Maintenance Services (JBER BOMS) Contract
The United States Air Force has selected our client, ASRC Federal Field Services, to support the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Base Operations Maintenance Services (JBER BOMS) contract. The contract is valued at approximately $38.5 million and has a base period of one year, followed by four, one-year option periods. https://www.asrcfederal.com/asrc-federal-subsidiary-awarded-the-united-states-air-force-joint-base-elmendorf-richardson-base-operations-maintenance-services-con
Apr 9, 2021
Smart BD Consulting Assists ERT in Winning a 10-Year $699M NOAA NESDIS Operations, Maintenance, and Sustainment (OMS) Contract
Our client, ERT, is a mid-size company has been awarded the NOAA NESDIS Operations, Maintenance, and Sustainment (OMS) 10-year $699M IDIQ contract (single award). ERT Awarded the NOAA NESDIS OMS IDIQ Contract This was a massive capture and proposal undertaking, over a year in the making. A full and open bid, highly coveted by all large company competitors. ERT worked hard on this deal, they brought the best and brightest talent to the table, didn’t cut any corners and made sm
Mar 30, 2021
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