Proposals
Build compliant, compelling proposals faster.
NextStage brings your solicitation requirements, proposal strategy, and organizational context together in an AI-powered workflow that carries your team from kickoff through proposal development.
Proposals
Build compliant, compelling proposals faster.
NextStage brings your solicitation requirements, proposal strategy, and organizational context together in an AI-powered workflow that carries your team from kickoff through proposal development.
Proposals
Build compliant, compelling proposals faster.
NextStage brings your solicitation requirements, proposal strategy, and organizational context together in an AI-powered workflow that carries your team from kickoff through proposal development.
Proposals
Build compliant, compelling proposals faster.
NextStage brings your solicitation requirements, proposal strategy, and organizational context together in an AI-powered workflow that carries your team from kickoff through proposal development.
Trusted by hundreds of government contractors
Trusted by hundreds of government contractors
Trusted by hundreds of government contractors
Trusted by hundreds of government contractors
Simplify the process from kickoff to draft.
Automate manual proposal work
Let AI process solicitation documents, extract requirements, and build the foundation for your proposal.
Build from your strongest inputs
Bring your strategy, past performance, key personnel, and company context into every proposal from the start.
Carry context into every proposal
Bring market research and capture intelligence forward so your team and AI build from work already done.
Simplify the process from kickoff to draft.
Automate manual proposal work
Let AI process solicitation documents, extract requirements, and build the foundation for your proposal.
Build from your strongest inputs
Bring your strategy, past performance, key personnel, and company context into every proposal from the start.
Carry context into every proposal
Bring market research and capture intelligence forward so your team and AI build from work already done.
Simplify the process from kickoff to draft.
Automate manual proposal work
Let AI process solicitation documents, extract requirements, and build the foundation for your proposal.
Build from your strongest inputs
Bring your strategy, past performance, key personnel, and company context into every proposal from the start.
Carry context into every proposal
Bring market research and capture intelligence forward so your team and AI build from work already done.
Simplify the process from kickoff to draft.
Automate manual proposal work
Let AI process solicitation documents, extract requirements, and build the foundation for your proposal.
Build from your strongest inputs
Bring your strategy, past performance, key personnel, and company context into every proposal from the start.
Carry context into every proposal
Bring market research and capture intelligence forward so your team and AI build from work already done.
Kickoff & Compliance
Turn solicitation requirements into a clear path forward.
NextStage AI processes your solicitation package, identifies and validates requirements, and organizes the compliance work your team needs to move into proposal development.
Automatic document classification for RFPs, amendments, Q&A, and more
AI-validated requirement extraction from solicitation documents
Source-level traceability for every requirement
Automatic requirement mapping into your annotated outline
Kickoff & Compliance
Turn solicitation requirements into a clear path forward.
NextStage AI processes your solicitation package, identifies and validates requirements, and organizes the compliance work your team needs to move into proposal development.
Automatic document classification for RFPs, amendments, Q&A, and more
AI-validated requirement extraction from solicitation documents
Source-level traceability for every requirement
Automatic requirement mapping into your annotated outline
Kickoff & Compliance
Turn solicitation requirements into a clear path forward.
NextStage AI processes your solicitation package, identifies and validates requirements, and organizes the compliance work your team needs to move into proposal development.
Automatic document classification for RFPs, amendments, Q&A, and more
AI-validated requirement extraction from solicitation documents
Source-level traceability for every requirement
Automatic requirement mapping into your annotated outline
Kickoff & Compliance
Turn solicitation requirements into a clear path forward.
NextStage AI processes your solicitation package, identifies and validates requirements, and organizes the compliance work your team needs to move into proposal development.
Automatic document classification for RFPs, amendments, Q&A, and more
AI-validated requirement extraction from solicitation documents
Source-level traceability for every requirement
Automatic requirement mapping into your annotated outline
Strategy & Recommendations
Build your response around what gives you an advantage.
NextStage AI brings forward the context your team has already built through market research and capture, then combines it with solicitation requirements to develop the strategic inputs behind your response.
AI-generated win themes grounded in your strengths and the solicitation
Past performance and key personnel recommendations based on fit
Requirement-based gap identification for past performance
Technical solution development around PWS and SOW task areas
Strategy & Recommendations
Build your response around what gives you an advantage.
NextStage AI brings forward the context your team has already built through market research and capture, then combines it with solicitation requirements to develop the strategic inputs behind your response.
AI-generated win themes grounded in your strengths and the solicitation
Past performance and key personnel recommendations based on fit
Requirement-based gap identification for past performance
Technical solution development around PWS and SOW task areas
Strategy & Recommendations
Build your response around what gives you an advantage.
NextStage AI brings forward the context your team has already built through market research and capture, then combines it with solicitation requirements to develop the strategic inputs behind your response.
AI-generated win themes grounded in your strengths and the solicitation
Past performance and key personnel recommendations based on fit
Requirement-based gap identification for past performance
Technical solution development around PWS and SOW task areas
Strategy & Recommendations
Build your response around what gives you an advantage.
NextStage AI brings forward the context your team has already built through market research and capture, then combines it with solicitation requirements to develop the strategic inputs behind your response.
AI-generated win themes grounded in your strengths and the solicitation
Past performance and key personnel recommendations based on fit
Requirement-based gap identification for past performance
Technical solution development around PWS and SOW task areas
Outline & Draft
Turn your annotated outline into a proposal draft.
NextStage AI carries your requirements, strategy, and reviewed inputs into a structured outline and generates proposal content your team can review, refine, and finalize.
Annotated outlines mapped to solicitation requirements
Writer guidance and page targets carried into the response
AI-generated content grounded in reviewed proposal inputs
Formatted proposal drafts ready for Microsoft Word
Outline & Draft
Turn your annotated outline into a proposal draft.
NextStage AI carries your requirements, strategy, and reviewed inputs into a structured outline and generates proposal content your team can review, refine, and finalize.
Annotated outlines mapped to solicitation requirements
Writer guidance and page targets carried into the response
AI-generated content grounded in reviewed proposal inputs
Formatted proposal drafts ready for Microsoft Word
Outline & Draft
Turn your annotated outline into a proposal draft.
NextStage AI carries your requirements, strategy, and reviewed inputs into a structured outline and generates proposal content your team can review, refine, and finalize.
Annotated outlines mapped to solicitation requirements
Writer guidance and page targets carried into the response
AI-generated content grounded in reviewed proposal inputs
Formatted proposal drafts ready for Microsoft Word
Outline & Draft
Turn your annotated outline into a proposal draft.
NextStage AI carries your requirements, strategy, and reviewed inputs into a structured outline and generates proposal content your team can review, refine, and finalize.
Annotated outlines mapped to solicitation requirements
Writer guidance and page targets carried into the response
AI-generated content grounded in reviewed proposal inputs
Formatted proposal drafts ready for Microsoft Word
Reviews
See what our customers are saying
“NextStage is an efficiency and force multiplier for my BD analysts. The platform enables them to get to an 80% solution really quickly, where it used to take me a team of 15.”
Dave Oathout
VP, Business Development
RSC2, Inc.
“We found the NextStage platform intuitive and easy to use, with the added benefit of an excellent search feature that seamlessly ties into external systems such as GovWin, GSA eBuy, and SAM.gov.”
Karen Harris
VP, Business Development
Boston Government Services
“This integration has significantly reduced the time and effort required to switch between multiple tools, allowing our team to focus more on strategy and execution.”
Brian Tessier
Business Development Manager
First Division Consulting
“NextStage is the most badass tracking system ever. It is game changing for small business defense contractors. I can communicate with my executive team with more accuracy, the reporting is so customizable, and we have financial accountability for our pipeline.”
Margot Blackard
Chief Strategy Officer
SRC Technologies
“As a small business that relies on limited resource availability at times, we really needed a CRM that would automate and streamline opportunities and NextStage has exceeded our expectations.”
Adam Byer
Chief Delivery Officer
iTech AG
“It is so much easier to manage our pipeline and visualize our progress towards business goals with NextStage. The links to external sources of GovCon opportunity information saves a lot of time entering and updating critical fields.”
Pat Mercado
VP, Proposal Operations
Metronome
Reviews
See what our customers are saying
“NextStage is an efficiency and force multiplier for my BD analysts. The platform enables them to get to an 80% solution really quickly, where it used to take me a team of 15.”
Dave Oathout
VP, Business Development
RSC2, Inc.
“We found the NextStage platform intuitive and easy to use, with the added benefit of an excellent search feature that seamlessly ties into external systems such as GovWin, GSA eBuy, and SAM.gov.”
Karen Harris
VP, Business Development
Boston Government Services
“This integration has significantly reduced the time and effort required to switch between multiple tools, allowing our team to focus more on strategy and execution.”
Brian Tessier
Business Development Manager
First Division Consulting
“NextStage is the most badass tracking system ever. It is game changing for small business defense contractors. I can communicate with my executive team with more accuracy, the reporting is so customizable, and we have financial accountability for our pipeline.”
Margot Blackard
Chief Strategy Officer
SRC Technologies
“As a small business that relies on limited resource availability at times, we really needed a CRM that would automate and streamline opportunities and NextStage has exceeded our expectations.”
Adam Byer
Chief Delivery Officer
iTech AG
“It is so much easier to manage our pipeline and visualize our progress towards business goals with NextStage. The links to external sources of GovCon opportunity information saves a lot of time entering and updating critical fields.”
Pat Mercado
VP, Proposal Operations
Metronome
Reviews
See what our customers are saying
“NextStage is an efficiency and force multiplier for my BD analysts. The platform enables them to get to an 80% solution really quickly, where it used to take me a team of 15.”
Dave Oathout
VP, Business Development
RSC2, Inc.
Reviews
See what our customers are saying
“NextStage is an efficiency and force multiplier for my BD analysts. The platform enables them to get to an 80% solution really quickly, where it used to take me a team of 15.”
Dave Oathout
VP, Business Development
RSC2, Inc.
“We found the NextStage platform intuitive and easy to use, with the added benefit of an excellent search feature that seamlessly ties into external systems such as GovWin, GSA eBuy, and SAM.gov.”
Karen Harris
VP, Business Development
Boston Government Services
“This integration has significantly reduced the time and effort required to switch between multiple tools, allowing our team to focus more on strategy and execution.”
Brian Tessier
Business Development Manager
First Division Consulting
“NextStage is the most badass tracking system ever. It is game changing for small business defense contractors. I can communicate with my executive team with more accuracy, the reporting is so customizable, and we have financial accountability for our pipeline.”
Margot Blackard
Chief Strategy Officer
SRC Technologies
“As a small business that relies on limited resource availability at times, we really needed a CRM that would automate and streamline opportunities and NextStage has exceeded our expectations.”
Adam Byer
Chief Delivery Officer
iTech AG
“It is so much easier to manage our pipeline and visualize our progress towards business goals with NextStage. The links to external sources of GovCon opportunity information saves a lot of time entering and updating critical fields.”
Pat Mercado
VP, Proposal Operations
Metronome
Integrations
Works with the sources and tools your team already uses
Integration with GovWin requires an active GovWin subscription.
Opportunity Sources
SAM.gov
USAspending.gov
GSA eBuy
GovWin
APFS
Other Contract Vehicles
AI Platforms
Microsoft Copilot
Claude
ChatGPT
Other MCP-Compatible Tools
Identity Providers
Entra
Okta
Microsoft SSO
Google SSO
Other Identity Providers
Core Tools
Sharepoint
Google Drive
Outlook
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Word
Integrations
Works with the sources and tools your team already uses
Integration with GovWin requires an active GovWin subscription.
Opportunity Sources
SAM.gov
USAspending.gov
GSA eBuy
GovWin
APFS
Other Contract Vehicles
AI Platforms
Microsoft Copilot
Claude
ChatGPT
Other MCP-Compatible Tools
Identity Providers
Entra
Okta
Microsoft SSO
Google SSO
Other Identity Providers
Core Tools
Sharepoint
Google Drive
Outlook
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Word
Integrations
Works with the sources and tools your team already uses
Integration with GovWin requires an active GovWin subscription.
Opportunity Sources
SAM.gov
USAspending.gov
GSA eBuy
GovWin
APFS
Other Contract Vehicles
AI Platforms
Microsoft Copilot
Claude
ChatGPT
Other MCP-Compatible Tools
Identity Providers
Entra
Okta
Microsoft SSO
Google SSO
Other Identity Providers
Core Tools
Sharepoint
Google Drive
Outlook
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Word
Integrations
Works with the sources and tools your team already uses
Integration with GovWin requires an active GovWin subscription.
Opportunity Sources
SAM.gov
USAspending.gov
GSA eBuy
GovWin
APFS
Other Contract Vehicles
AI Platforms
Microsoft Copilot
Claude
ChatGPT
Other MCP-Compatible Tools
Identity Providers
Entra
Okta
Microsoft SSO
Google SSO
Other Identity Providers
Core Tools
Sharepoint
Google Drive
Outlook
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Word
Build, review, and refine in one place.
Review against requirements
Use AI to assess your response against solicitation requirements and evaluation criteria and identify gaps.
Start with relevant content
Surface relevant content with the native SharePoint integration to build on work your team has already done.
Match the right experience
AI evaluates past performance and key personnel against the solicitation to recommend the strongest fits.
Develop proposals together
Collaborate across capture, proposal, SMEs, reviewers, and more throughout proposal development.
Work with NextStage in Word
Continue developing your proposal in Microsoft Word with NextStage context and AI capabilities available.
Put Nexus to work
Work with global, agentic AI that understands your context and takes action across your proposal workflow.
Build, review, and refine in one place.
Review against requirements
Use AI to assess your response against solicitation requirements and evaluation criteria and identify gaps.
Start with relevant content
Surface relevant content with the native SharePoint integration to build on work your team has already done.
Match the right experience
AI evaluates past performance and key personnel against the solicitation to recommend the strongest fits.
Develop proposals together
Collaborate across capture, proposal, SMEs, reviewers, and more throughout proposal development.
Work with NextStage in Word
Continue developing your proposal in Microsoft Word with NextStage context and AI capabilities available.
Put Nexus to work
Work with global, agentic AI that understands your context and takes action across your proposal workflow.
Build, review, and refine in one place.
Review against requirements
Use AI to assess your response against solicitation requirements and evaluation criteria and identify gaps.
Start with relevant content
Surface relevant content with the native SharePoint integration to build on work your team has already done.
Match the right experience
AI evaluates past performance and key personnel against the solicitation to recommend the strongest fits.
Develop proposals together
Collaborate across capture, proposal, SMEs, reviewers, and more throughout proposal development.
Work with NextStage in Word
Continue developing your proposal in Microsoft Word with NextStage context and AI capabilities available.
Put Nexus to work
Work with global, agentic AI that understands your context and takes action across your proposal workflow.
Build, review, and refine in one place.
Review against requirements
Use AI to assess your response against solicitation requirements and evaluation criteria and identify gaps.
Start with relevant content
Surface relevant content with the native SharePoint integration to build on work your team has already done.
Match the right experience
AI evaluates past performance and key personnel against the solicitation to recommend the strongest fits.
Develop proposals together
Collaborate across capture, proposal, SMEs, reviewers, and more throughout proposal development.
Work with NextStage in Word
Continue developing your proposal in Microsoft Word with NextStage context and AI capabilities available.
Put Nexus to work
Work with global, agentic AI that understands your context and takes action across your proposal workflow.
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NextStage is FedRAMP Moderate Equivalent so you can confidently store, process, and transmit Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in one secure environment.
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Built to meet federal security requirements.
NextStage is FedRAMP Moderate Equivalent so you can confidently store, process, and transmit Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in one secure environment.
Learn more
Built to meet federal security requirements.
NextStage is FedRAMP Moderate Equivalent so you can confidently store, process, and transmit Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in one secure environment.
Learn more
Built to meet federal security requirements.
NextStage is FedRAMP Moderate Equivalent so you can confidently store, process, and transmit Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in one secure environment.
Learn more
FAQ’s
How does NextStage use AI throughout the proposal process?
NextStage uses AI throughout proposal development, not just for drafting. It processes solicitation documents, identifies requirements, develops strategic inputs, recommends past performance and key personnel, supports technical solutioning, builds the proposal outline, generates content, and reviews the response against requirements. Your team reviews and refines the work throughout the process.
Does NextStage automatically build a compliance matrix?
Yes. NextStage extracts requirements from solicitation documents and organizes them into a compliance matrix with information such as requirement type, action, evaluation requirements, and proposal section. Requirements remain traceable to their source and can be mapped into the annotated outline.
Can NextStage use the work we’ve already done during capture?
Yes. Context developed earlier in NextStage can carry forward into proposal development, giving AI more information about the opportunity and your strategy instead of starting from the solicitation alone. Nexus carries capture strategy, win themes, and pursuit context into proposal development.
How does NextStage recommend past performance and key personnel?
NextStage evaluates your past performance and key personnel against the opportunity and recommends the strongest matches. Past performance can be imported from SAM.gov or synced with SharePoint, and NextStage can flag when selected experience does not meet solicitation requirements.
Can my proposal team still work in Microsoft Word?
Yes. NextStage generates a formatted proposal draft that can be exported to Microsoft Word, and the Word Add-in keeps NextStage capabilities available as your team continues developing the response.
Does NextStage replace proposal writers or proposal managers?
No. The workflow is designed around human review and control. AI does more of the work involved in processing requirements, developing inputs, generating content, and reviewing the response, while your team controls the strategy, reviews the outputs, and determines what goes into the final proposal.
FAQ’s
How does NextStage use AI throughout the proposal process?
NextStage uses AI throughout proposal development, not just for drafting. It processes solicitation documents, identifies requirements, develops strategic inputs, recommends past performance and key personnel, supports technical solutioning, builds the proposal outline, generates content, and reviews the response against requirements. Your team reviews and refines the work throughout the process.
Does NextStage automatically build a compliance matrix?
Yes. NextStage extracts requirements from solicitation documents and organizes them into a compliance matrix with information such as requirement type, action, evaluation requirements, and proposal section. Requirements remain traceable to their source and can be mapped into the annotated outline.
Can NextStage use the work we’ve already done during capture?
Yes. Context developed earlier in NextStage can carry forward into proposal development, giving AI more information about the opportunity and your strategy instead of starting from the solicitation alone. Nexus carries capture strategy, win themes, and pursuit context into proposal development.
How does NextStage recommend past performance and key personnel?
NextStage evaluates your past performance and key personnel against the opportunity and recommends the strongest matches. Past performance can be imported from SAM.gov or synced with SharePoint, and NextStage can flag when selected experience does not meet solicitation requirements.
Can my proposal team still work in Microsoft Word?
Yes. NextStage generates a formatted proposal draft that can be exported to Microsoft Word, and the Word Add-in keeps NextStage capabilities available as your team continues developing the response.
Does NextStage replace proposal writers or proposal managers?
No. The workflow is designed around human review and control. AI does more of the work involved in processing requirements, developing inputs, generating content, and reviewing the response, while your team controls the strategy, reviews the outputs, and determines what goes into the final proposal.
FAQ’s
How does NextStage use AI throughout the proposal process?
NextStage uses AI throughout proposal development, not just for drafting. It processes solicitation documents, identifies requirements, develops strategic inputs, recommends past performance and key personnel, supports technical solutioning, builds the proposal outline, generates content, and reviews the response against requirements. Your team reviews and refines the work throughout the process.
Does NextStage automatically build a compliance matrix?
Yes. NextStage extracts requirements from solicitation documents and organizes them into a compliance matrix with information such as requirement type, action, evaluation requirements, and proposal section. Requirements remain traceable to their source and can be mapped into the annotated outline.
Can NextStage use the work we’ve already done during capture?
Yes. Context developed earlier in NextStage can carry forward into proposal development, giving AI more information about the opportunity and your strategy instead of starting from the solicitation alone. Nexus carries capture strategy, win themes, and pursuit context into proposal development.
How does NextStage recommend past performance and key personnel?
NextStage evaluates your past performance and key personnel against the opportunity and recommends the strongest matches. Past performance can be imported from SAM.gov or synced with SharePoint, and NextStage can flag when selected experience does not meet solicitation requirements.
Can my proposal team still work in Microsoft Word?
Yes. NextStage generates a formatted proposal draft that can be exported to Microsoft Word, and the Word Add-in keeps NextStage capabilities available as your team continues developing the response.
Does NextStage replace proposal writers or proposal managers?
No. The workflow is designed around human review and control. AI does more of the work involved in processing requirements, developing inputs, generating content, and reviewing the response, while your team controls the strategy, reviews the outputs, and determines what goes into the final proposal.
FAQ’s
How does NextStage use AI throughout the proposal process?
NextStage uses AI throughout proposal development, not just for drafting. It processes solicitation documents, identifies requirements, develops strategic inputs, recommends past performance and key personnel, supports technical solutioning, builds the proposal outline, generates content, and reviews the response against requirements. Your team reviews and refines the work throughout the process.
Does NextStage automatically build a compliance matrix?
Yes. NextStage extracts requirements from solicitation documents and organizes them into a compliance matrix with information such as requirement type, action, evaluation requirements, and proposal section. Requirements remain traceable to their source and can be mapped into the annotated outline.
Can NextStage use the work we’ve already done during capture?
Yes. Context developed earlier in NextStage can carry forward into proposal development, giving AI more information about the opportunity and your strategy instead of starting from the solicitation alone. Nexus carries capture strategy, win themes, and pursuit context into proposal development.
How does NextStage recommend past performance and key personnel?
NextStage evaluates your past performance and key personnel against the opportunity and recommends the strongest matches. Past performance can be imported from SAM.gov or synced with SharePoint, and NextStage can flag when selected experience does not meet solicitation requirements.
Can my proposal team still work in Microsoft Word?
Yes. NextStage generates a formatted proposal draft that can be exported to Microsoft Word, and the Word Add-in keeps NextStage capabilities available as your team continues developing the response.
Does NextStage replace proposal writers or proposal managers?
No. The workflow is designed around human review and control. AI does more of the work involved in processing requirements, developing inputs, generating content, and reviewing the response, while your team controls the strategy, reviews the outputs, and determines what goes into the final proposal.
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