VisibleThread Docs 3.0 what’s new NOTE: May 15, 2018 – The VT Docs 3.0 update pack is now available for on-premise customers with up to date subscriptions. Contact support@visiblethread.com for instructions and download links. Our latest VT Docs 3.0 release has many extensions that we think you’ll love. In this post, I’ll give a full overview of …
Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics and VisibleThread present APMP Chesapeake Webinar on Automation Thursday May 25th 2017 at 1:00pm EDT APMP Chesapeake Chapter will conduct a webinar demonstration of Automation Support for the Proposal Development Process. The panel will include Tracy Vitmer (Northrop Grumman), Eric Johnson (GDIT – General Dynamics Information Technology) and Fergal McGovern (VisibleThread). …
Why Poorly Executed RFPs Create a Severe Financial Burden for Agencies Our CEO, Fergal McGovern wrote about ‘Why Poorly Executed RFPs Create a Severe Financial Burden for Agencies’. His article appeared in the December edition of the NCMA (National Contract Management Association) magazine. Government contract procurement documents generally reflect a poor quality of writing, …
VisibleThread for Docs 2.13 now available Eoin here, VisibleThread head of engineering and support. Our new 2.13 release of VisibleThread for Documents is now available and ready for download for on-premise customers. This release is already live for cloud customers. In this blog post, I will provide a quick summary of what’s new in this …
Why MS Word Compare does not work for Contracts Teams We work with a lot of contracts teams. When a new contract revision lands, job one is to identify any material changes between the last version and this one. Contract managers use MS Word and Adobe Pro Compare for this job. But they’re not working. Depending …
Quality Proposals = More Wins This is a blog post by our good friend Mike Parkinson, CPP APMP Fellow. Mike shares some thoughts on the importance of delivering quality proposals. ——— The quality of your proposal is indicative of the quality of your solution. Decision makers and evaluators instinctively choose solution providers, in part, …
How to extract FAR clauses from RFPs in under 3 minutes If you’re a proposal manager, contracts manager or program manager working US federal programs, you’ll know the importance of the FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations) and DFAR (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations).
How to lose a $100m bid – in 3 simple steps Lack of acronym definitions, unreadable language and poor consistency will kill your pursuit. In early November 2015, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied a protest lodged by Federal Acquisition Services Alliant Joint Venture (FASA). It was connected with task order ID05140054; information technology …
VisibleThread Users Conference 2015 – Recordings & Slide Decks We had a really great users’ conference this year in Tysons Corner, Virginia. Bigger and better than last year with more varied use cases. Here are the recordings and slide decks from the main sessions. Session 1: Conference Keynote – Trends in the Federal Contracting …
VisibleThread for Docs 2.12 now available Eoin here, VisibleThread head of engineering and support. Our new 2.12 release of VisibleThread for Documents is now available and ready for download for on-premise customers. This release is already live for cloud customers. In this blog post, I will provide a quick summary of what’s new in this …
