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U.S. Government proposal templates

05 Sep 2013 | proposals, latex

Recently, we released an open-source latex proposal template for writing responses to federal solicitations. Hopefully, this is one less thing that a new small business will need to worry about before going after that illusive first opportunity.

There are numerous helper pages created via macros, each can be useful different documents. As we analyize RFP/BAA requirements, we will add relevant required pages to help ease the burden of bidding on new work.

Helper Pages

If you are planning on writing a proposal, use the \proposalcover macro. This macro will create a cover page appropriate for a DOD BAA response. Various fields at the top of proposal.tex will be included in the cover page table when the fields are defined.

If you plan on building a whitepaper, use the following macros:

\whitepapercover: This macro generates a standard document cover page, including your company logo and document title.
\docinfo: This macro generates a document information page, including copyright, and release restriction information.

Fields

The following fields should be filed out if you intend on using proposalcover or whitepapercover:

\projectname: NOTE, whatever you name your project, add \xspace to the end of the definition, as to make use in future macros work out correctly
\company: Your Company Name
\companyref: Your Company reference (big companies need this)
\companytype: OTHER SMALL BUSINESS
\team: Companies you are teaming with (N/A if you are on your own)
\restrictions: Proprietary Information
\biline: Short phrase describing the project
\author: Your Name
\email: your-email@example.com
\phone: your phone number
\address: your company address

The following fields should be filed out if you intend on using proposalcover:

\baa: BAA-2013-001
\techarea: Technical Area 1 (Your mom’s tech area)
\doctitle: Volume I (Technical and Management Proposal)
\cost: $1,000,000
\duns: 111111111
\cagecode: 222222
\tin: 33-3333333
\awardtype: Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF)
\pop: January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2020 (3 days)
\submitdate: January 1, 2020

Document Controls

If you have to restrict release of the document, uncomment the fields from proposal.tex

\exportcontrol: this includes a blurb about the fact that it is ITAR restricted
\proposalcontrol: this includes a blurb about the proposal is restricted release for .gov proposal review purposes only

On pages that have restricted information, set the page style to restricted (via \pagestyle{restricted}, which will add appropriate messages to the header and footer. Note, if the document is classified, change Proprietary Information in the restrictions definition to appropriate classification marker