Evaluator Edge Call (30 min)
$250
A 30-minute call where we review your proposal the way a Source Selection Board will, subfactor by subfactor, so you know exactly where you stand before you submit.
Federal Proposal Consulting
Know if your proposal satisfies Section M before the board decides it doesn’t.
Every requirement in Section M has a standard. We review your proposal against that standard, before the board does. Most proposals don’t lose on capability; they lose because the written record doesn’t satisfy the criteria the evaluators are evaluating against.
- PMP Certified
- Former SSB Evaluator
- Proprietary SSB Evaluation Framework
- Zero Data Retention
Who this is for
FixYourBid works with teams that are serious about winning, not just submitting.
Proposal Managers
You own the written record. The rating lives or dies with you.
Your Red Team tells you the proposal reads well. That is not the same as telling you it will be evaluated well. We review every Section M subfactor against your narrative and flag exactly where an evaluator would hesitate, deduct, or document a weakness. You get an evaluated assessment you can brief to leadership before the deadline.
Capture Managers
You built the win strategy. The proposal has to prove it.
You spent months shaping the solution, positioning the team, and building the discriminators. A Section M review confirms whether the proposal actually reflects that strategy in language an evaluator can evaluate. If the written record does not support the rating your capture work deserves, you find out before submission, not after.
Business Development
You own the relationship. The proposal has to close it.
You positioned the company, built the agency relationship, and set the conditions to win. The last variable is whether the proposal can convert that work into a rating the board can defend. A Section M evaluation tells you whether it can, before the source selection board makes that determination for you.
Volume Leads
You own the section. The subfactor evaluation is yours to earn.
You wrote the technical approach, the management plan, or the past performance volume. A Section M review tells you whether what you wrote actually satisfies each subfactor the evaluator will evaluate. You find out what is missing, what is unverifiable, and what probing questions you need to answer before it goes to the Proposal Manager for final review.
Why proposals lose
Compliant on paper, unevaluable in practice. The evaluator can't map your narrative to a Section M subfactor.
Capability described instead of demonstrated against a stated standard, so nothing rises above "acceptable."
Risk left unaddressed, which the board reads as risk transferred to the government.
What we fix
Every Section M subfactor mapped to language an evaluator can point to during consensus.
Past performance and approach rewritten to earn strengths, not just avoid weaknesses.
Risk, refresh, and transition addressed against the Section M standard, before the board has to ask.
“Mike has a knack for working under pressure to deliver results on time and within budget. He is adept at risk management, issue resolution, and issue management. He has been a valuable asset to my team and a proactive and effective project manager. He's a great resource!!”
Chelsea Roberts (Meggitt)
Federal Contracting SME
On Michael's work supporting a federal program recompete.
Services
Four ways to see your proposal the way the board will
Engage one, or build them into a pursuit from capture through submission.
Single Section M Review
$750 to $1,500
We evaluate your technical proposal against every Section M subfactor and deliver a scored readiness report with specific language to fix each gap.
Red Team Support
$5,000 to $15,000
We challenge your proposal before the government does. Priced per pursuit based on scope and page count.
Pursuit Retainer
$2,500 to $5,000 a month
Ongoing pursuit support for active BD pipelines.
Includes
- Fix Your Bid app access (5 seats, included)
- Unlimited Section M evaluations on active pursuits
- Async working copy review within 48 business hours
- Monthly Evaluator Edge Call (included)
- Red Team Support on one pursuit per month
From the blog
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The Simulation Shift: Why Your 2026 Red Team Needs to Act Like a Selection Board
It is April 2026, and if your Red Team is still sitting around a conference room table with red pens, arguing over whether a sentence sounds
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