Winning the Big Ones: How Teams Capture Large Contracts

Download or read book Winning the Big Ones: How Teams Capture Large Contracts written by Michael O'Guin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors, using the techniques in Winning the Big Ones, have helped their clients win over $286 Billion in contract awards with an 86%% win rate. This book describes how capture teams pursue and win large contracts. Learn how top performing capture teams pursue and win large contracts: - Structure your business acquisition process like the top performers - Select the best few opportunities - Develop a win strategy that differentiates your solution on those attributes most important to the customer - Establish the Price-to-Win to bid the highest price possible and win - Collect intelligence and conduct competitive analysis - Influence the customer to shape the acquisition to improve your position - Pre-sell your solution - Organize and staff the capture team - Craft persuasive win themes and proofs of benefits - Close the sale with effective negotiation strategies. All of these techniques are illustrated with a hundreds of real world examples.