# A GovCon bid/no-bid decision before you spend a week on a proposal

Check delivery capacity, contract access and the evidence evaluators need before committing your team to the next proposal.

Canonical article: https://g2x.com/blog/govcon-bid-no-bid-decision-fy2027

Complete article, source links and data tables: https://g2x.com/blog/govcon-bid-no-bid-decision-fy2027/article.md

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A GovCon bid/no-bid decision before you spend a week on a proposal

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1. **Establish the actual competition** Obtain the original solicitation and latest amendments. Identify requirement, deadline, submission instructions, eligibility, vehicle and evaluation criteria. Use standard G2X federal search as the starting point; do not infer bid access from technical capability alone. [Open in G2X](https://g2x.com/app/opportunities/sam)

2. **Ask for delivery and business constraints** Request authorized information about staffing, current customer commitments, mobilization, partner commitments, pricing assumptions and proposal resources. Mark absent facts as unknown. Do not invent hiring capacity, partner agreement, finances or win probabilities. [Open in G2X](https://g2x.com/docs/decide-to-bid/check-vehicle-access)

3. **Map evidence to evaluation** Compare the proposed delivery approach and actual experience with the solicitation's criteria. Research relevant companies in the Directory where it resolves a partner or competitive question. Use the actual rules for treatment of past performance and partner experience; do not automatically disqualify a newer firm. [Open in G2X](https://g2x.com/docs/understand-market/research-a-company)

4. **Ask Lumen to test the decision** With the user's authorization, add the relevant outside solicitation or supporting documents in Lumen and confirm the attached files. Include authorized company context. Suggested Lumen prompt: Using this solicitation and our authorized delivery inputs, prepare a bid/no-bid brief. Identify hard access constraints, unsupported delivery assumptions, evaluator evidence and proposal resource conflicts. Recommend proceed, resolve a named question first or decline. Cite sources and explain what could change the decision. Follow up by asking for the first stop condition and its accountable owner. [Open in G2X](https://g2x.com/docs/lumen/ask-a-good-question)

5. **Record the commitment accurately** Return the recommendation, unresolved facts, decision owner, resource commitment and deadline for any conditional decision. The free workflow uses search, Directory and CRM research, not an assumed free automated qualification feature. Create notes or change records only on instruction; do not submit a bid or contact others. [Open in G2X](https://g2x.com/app/crm)

Expected result: A concise bid/no-bid brief with source-linked evidence, explicit assumptions, decision owner and a practical next action or stop condition.

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