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6 posts in this archive.
Procurement budget forecasts for 2026
An early read on federal, state, and enterprise procurement budgets for 2026. Where the RFP dollars are moving, what categories are expanding, and what that implies for the proposal teams covering them.
The DDQ wave: what the inbox looks like this week
Mid-November volume snapshot across our own fleet. Volume, topic distribution, and the two categories growing fastest this week compared to the baseline.
The annual security-questionnaire cycle, four industries
SaaS, healthcare, defense, finance. How the timing, volume, and question distribution differ across four regulated B2B industries, and why the cycle shape matters for staffing.
Security-questionnaire volume in 2025, the data
Safe Security's 500+/year claim, tested against the volume we see across our own fleet. Category breakdowns, seasonal spikes, and the questions that are growing fastest.
Proposal win rates by sector, Q1 2025
A public-data synthesis of proposal win rates across healthcare, SaaS, defense, and state/local procurement for Q1 2025 — what's measurable, what isn't, and where the sector cuts diverge.
Win rates by RFP format: government, commercial, DDQ
Public data on win rates is sparse and inconsistent. Here's what the GAO bid-protest record, APMP benchmarks, and vendor-published numbers actually let you say — and where the data gaps are big enough to matter.
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