Responding to a Government Solicitation



Responding to a Government Solicitation

Introduction

This is a response paper to a government solicitation regarding R--Valet Parking Services with a solicitation number: VA24912I0273. This paper provides an analysis of the solicitation in which the required contractor will be responsible for managing, controlling and securing the valet parking concerns for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dogwood Avenue Building 69, Mountain Home.

Business Description

As a contractor, my business is categorized under the Parking Lots and Garages industry. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing parking space for motor vehicles, usually on an hourly, daily, or monthly basis and/or valet parking services. This business provides high quality parking services for a wide range of Businesses and Government Agencies.

Based on the specifications of the opportunity, our contractor holds a wide range of valet parking experience. As well as the ability to ensure proper traffic flow through your parking areas. We take a hand on approach with all of the clients. So government soliciting agencies can always be assured that their respective needs and concerns are being looked at and addressed.

Summary of the opportunity

The name of the opportunity provided by the government is the solicitation of R--Valet Parking Services containing a solicitation number: VA24912I0273. This opportunity is provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs that is located at Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. This solicitation provides an opportunity to propose them our team members who are experienced in providing patients with a valet claim check, securing keys, parking, delivering, and directing certain valet vehicles to and from the valet greeting area. As this opportunity itself states that it requires a contractor will be responsible to ensure its employees providing work on this contract are fully trained and completely competent to perform the required work. Our business exactly matches the specifications of the opportunity as we have trained team members in providing excellent customer service demonstrating courtesy, kindness, and caring.

Steps to Speculate the Decision

The U.S. government is considered the biggest business in the world. The government creates tens of multimillion dollar opportunities for small, medium and large businesses worldwide(Box, 2009). After identifying a government solicitation that fits the defined research parameters, the properly executed bid / no bid evaluation will assess risk and opportunity, ensuring that each bid is based on win likelihood. The goal of the evaluation is to find low risk, high opportunity solicitations. If the bid / no bid evaluation results in a decision to move forward, the proposal development strategy should launch immediately (Woolcock, 2010).

Potential bidders should ask themselves a series of customized questions to determine both the opportunity and risk. This exercise forces a methodical approach to each opportunity, avoiding the gut reaction bids that expend staff resources with little chance of return on that time investment (Carl, 2009). The goal is to prioritize opportunities that are high opportunity and low risk. Yes, that sounds frustratingly obvious. But common sense seems elusive on this topic, with companies giving up on government after spinning their ...