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Firm-Fixed-Price Becomes the Default: What the New Executive Order Means for Your Pricing Strategy
On April 30, 2026, the White House issued a sweeping new directive—Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting—that is poised to significantly reshape how federal contractors approach pricing, risk, and delivery. At its core, the Executive Order (EO) establishes firm-fixed-price (FFP) contracting as the government’s preferred default, signaling a decisive shift away from cost-reimbursement and time-and-materials structures. This is not just a
May 5
The Color Review Reality Check: Are You Helping—or Hurting Your Proposal?
Have you ever tried to scrub out a stain so aggressively that you ended up making a hole? That’s exactly what can happen to your proposal when color reviews are overused or misused. What is meant to strengthen your submission can ultimately weaken it, reducing quality, slowing progress, and frustrating your team. Color reviews are powerful but only when done right. Common Color Review Faux Pas Even experienced proposal teams fall into these traps: 1. Too Many Reviews, Not Eno
Apr 16
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
Mar 11
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 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
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