CONSULTING SERVICE

Proposal Review

Working on a perfect RFP and want to submit your best possible proposal? Receive detailed feedback from an RFP expert in as little as three business days.

 The first people to provide feedback on your proposal shouldn’t be the evaluation committee.

WE’LL UNCOVER YOUR PROPOSAL GAPS

before the RFP deadline.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Proposal Review Process

Discovery

  • Use the link below to schedule a 30 minute discovery meeting where we’ll ask a few questions about your proposal and schedule your review

Kickoff

  • A 1-hour virtual meeting where you share details about the opportunity, your unique selling points, and any concerns you have about your current draft

Comprehensive Review

  • Annotate your proposal with comments that provide insights and suggestions on language, formatting, graphics, structural updates, and more

  • Assess your proposal’s strategy and create recommendations on how to refine it

  • Provide tips on how to build trust within your proposal to score higher on evaluation and show the buyer why your solution is the best choice

Conclusion

  • Receive a one page summary of feedback and an annotated copy of the proposal

  • Advice on next steps for establishing a competitive position and specific content to develop

  • Final one hour meeting to address any questions

Meet the Expert

Demi Utley, Founder & CEO at Utley Strategies

MBA, APMP-Certified Proposal Expert

After years in the trenches winning RFPs totaling over $2 billion in revenue, I set out to help small- and mid-sized businesses yield the same results. I currently run Utley Strategies, a consultancy dedicated to refining the unique value of our clients so they can win more contracts.

I’ve helped clients:

  • Outcompete companies two and three times their size,

  • Rewin contracts despite aggressive (and venture-backed) competitors, and

  • Shift from winning less than a third of RFPs to maintaining a 50% win rate (with just an 8 week project).

FAQs

  • First, schedule a discovery meeting where we'll discuss your goals, concerns, and timeline for the proposal. Once you decide to proceed, you'll receive a formal quote for the project and your assigned kickoff date. A 50% non-refundable deposit is required to begin the project. We'll schedule the kickoff to learn about your strategy and proposal in more detail. You'll receive your summary report and an annotated copy of the proposal 24 hours prior to the debrief meeting where you can ask any final questions.

  • We will begin with a single proposal review. Once you've gone through the process, we can discuss a plan for reviewing multiple proposals moving forward.

  • This project is strictly review and does not include writing or design support.

    However, most feedback includes examples of how to improve. For example, if we recommend you tweak the language, we may provide examples that you can use to update your content. Or if there are design recommendations, there will be details on how you can implement the change.

  • We need one week for a proposal review project, and you will most likely need a few days to incorporate the feedback.

  • Proposal Review projects start at $1,750.

TESTIMONIALS

 From Past Clients

“I was unsure how we could improve our proposals beyond what we had already done. I wanted to work with an expert, someone outside our organization who could give an honest opinion on our proposals and provide feedback on how to improve. After the project, we have a better idea of what evaluators are looking for and how to see things from their point of view.

Demi provided invaluable tips on how to improve. We have been receiving excellent feedback on our proposals since this project. This was a straightforward project with practical suggestions on how to improve.”

Cindy G. | Analyst, Spot Solutions, Software Development

“We wanted to work with someone who had experience writing winning proposals. We also were looking for someone who was a writer as many of our content experts were not confident in their writing abilities. Utley Strategies guided us through the process of making sure we were staying focused on answering the questions at hand in a way that was thorough and really made us shine!”

Natalia V. | Business Development Manager, Healthcare SaaS

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