One Good Bid
Three days. By Thursday you'll have one real opportunity in your own region — qualified, deadline calendared, decision made.
Tuesday, September 8 through Thursday, September 10. Free.
Want a direct sign-up page to send someone? Send the sign-up link.
What actually happens
Tuesday — Find them
The public agencies buying within reach of you, and what they have open right now. Cities, counties, school districts, airport authorities, transit agencies, housing authorities, port districts. You'll leave with a list of buyers and five live solicitations. Most people find at least one agency they didn't know existed.
Wednesday — Qualify them
Five questions that tell you whether to bid or walk, run against all five of your opportunities. You'll get down to one or two. You will probably have to walk away from the one you liked best on Tuesday, and that's the day doing its job.
Thursday — Commit (live together, 11am PT)
Pick one. Put the deadline on your calendar. Then write down honestly what you're missing in order to submit it. That list is the most useful thing you'll take out of the three days.
What it costs you
About twenty minutes Tuesday and Wednesday, plus a 45-minute call Thursday at 11am Pacific.
Short lesson each morning, one thing to actually do. The doing is the part that matters — this does not work if you watch it.
Who this isn't for
- Don't sign up if you're not going to do the work. I'd rather have thirty people who finish than three hundred who don't.
- Don't sign up if you're looking for federal. This is built around state, local, and agency contracting — cities, counties, districts, authorities. Some of it transfers. Most of the specifics don't.
- Don't sign up if you're already bidding regularly and winning. You're past this.
Who's running it
I'm Christina Howard. I've spent more than a decade on the government side of contracting, reviewing submissions and seeing firsthand why capable companies get eliminated before their approach is ever fully considered.
Today, I own a government contracting company and have successfully competed for and won multimillion-dollar government contracts. I know this process from both sides of the table — how agencies evaluate opportunities and what businesses need to do to position themselves to win.
This is the first time I'm running One Good Bid, which means I'm intentionally keeping this cohort small. You'll get more direct access, guidance, and support from me than will likely be possible in future cohorts.
That's the advantage of going first.
One Good Bid · Christina Howard