PROPOSALSJun 18, 202610:22
What Aspiring GovCon Consultants Can Learn From This AI Proposal Workflow
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Your host
Eric Coffie
Eric Coffie built a construction company from zero to $20M+ in federal sales, then founded GovCon Giants to teach everyday people how to win government contracts.
About this episode
If you're searching for how to find government contract opportunities and actually keep up with them, this episode is a real-time, screen-share walkthrough of exactly how it's done. Ryan Atencio shows the entire process of spotting an opportunity, evaluating it, and moving it through a pipeline, no theory, just the actual workflow. Whether you're already bidding or just trying to understand how serious contractors stay organized, this episode breaks down a system you can copy today.
In this episode, you'll learn:
In this episode, you'll learn
- How to email subcontractors using the solicitation's exact naming convention so they can give a fast yes-or-no decision without extra back-and-forth A simple Google Drive folder system for organizing solicitation documents and proposal documents so nothing gets lost over a long weekend
- How a color-coded pipeline tracker (with linked solicitation folders and SAM.gov references) helps contractors stay on top of SDVOSB opportunities like a Tinker Air Force Base sand repair and roof repair project
Show notes & timestamps
- 0:00Welcome to the Federal Help Center podcast
- 0:30Building a custom AI gem to shred solicitations
- 1:13Breaking down the San Antonio restroom renovation
- 2:01Hidden costs of national park preservation projects
- 3:04Emailing subcontractors using exact solicitation naming
- 4:24Organizing solicitation documents inside Google Drive
- 6:24Building a color-coded opportunity pipeline tracker
- 8:01Linking SAM.gov solicitations to your pipeline sheet
- 10:03Closing thoughts and community recap
