How much do proposal writers charge?

Federal proposal consultants commonly charge $3,000 to $10,000 or more per bid, or $75 to $200 an hour, depending on the size of the submission and how much of the volume they own.

Will this replace my consultant?

For routine bids, often. For a must-win recompete against a strong incumbent, no — and we would rather say so than sell you the idea that software argues strategy better than a person who has sat on a source-selection board.

A human consultant · $3,000–$10,000 a bid

The real alternative most small contractors are choosing between.

Not software: a person. A good proposal consultant reads the solicitation, argues with you about whether to bid, writes better than any model, and knows the evaluator. They also cost a few thousand dollars per bid, need lead time, and are not available at 6am on the day an amendment drops.

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Side by side

What each one is actually for.

a proposal consultant

What it is good at, and where it stops.

Strategy and win themesbetter than software

Knows the evaluatoroften

Writes with real judgmentyes

Cost per bid$3,000–$10,000

Available instantly, every dayno

Reads 41 notices before breakfastno

GovDealAI

What we do, and what we do not.

Cost per month$350

Every solicitation read in fullyes

Bid/no-bid before you commityes

First draft from your own materialyes

Human judgment about strategyno

Which one you should actually buy

We will talk you out of it if it is not us.

Hire the consultant if

It is a must-win, the value justifies a few thousand dollars of expert time, and you have the lead time to use them properly.

Use us if

You want to bid more often than you can afford a consultant, and you want the 40 to 60 hours of reading and drafting off your desk.

Both, honestly

The strongest small-business pattern we see: the agent runs everything and finds the two bids a quarter worth paying a consultant to sharpen. That is what the price difference is for.

Questions

a proposal consultant, answered plainly.

Competitor detail is compiled from public pages and practitioner reports where no price is published, and it goes stale. If anything here is wrong, tell us and we will correct and date it.

7 days · no card · no call

See what it does with a solicitation a proposal consultant would hand you.

$350/month, 10 proposal generations. The trial reads, scores and drafts everything — submitting and exporting are the paid part.

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