How to Write a Military Construction Proposal
In civilian construction jobs, different contractors submit construction proposals, or bids, to the organization for which the construction job is being completed. That organization then has the ability to choose the proposal that best suits its needs, whether it is a certain construction plan, cost effectiveness or some other deciding factor. In military construction jobs, contractors also submit construction proposals or bids. The selection process, however, does not depend solely on which contractor's bid is the best in the group. Instead, when the military selects construction proposals, it relies, in part, on an ordering system that depends on when specific contractors last completed a job for the military. Further, since the military uses a limited number of non-military contractors, an additional factor in construction proposals is an individual contractor's prior experience working with or for the military.
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Identify your contracting firm or company in the introduction. Include the names of individual contractors who will participate in the construction job, as well as prior projects completed by your firm or company for the military.
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Indicate the starting and ending time and date of the last job you completed for the military in the final lines of your introduction.
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Provide a general overview of your proposal following the introduction. Include brief mentions of the schedule and cost of materials and labor. If possible, use your prior experience working with the military to highlight or emphasize elements of your overview. For example, you might write, "As with our last bridge construction job, we plan on operating with a fluid six to eight-week schedule for this upcoming barracks assignment."
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List all of the anticipated prices for the construction job, including materials, cost of labor and a "cushion" or "slush" fund, in case unexpected problems arise. This will be your proposal's budget section.
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Detail a thorough schedule of the construction job, including anticipated start, end and inspection dates. Explain any flexible deadlines and dates you might include in the schedule.
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Conclude with a recap of your proposal following this format: Summary of schedule, summary of budget, name of firm and prior experience working with or for the military that ties into the future job. For example, in this final line, you might write, "The firm of Dewey, Cheatum and Howe looks forward to once again working with the military, as we did three summers ago in the completion of the mess hall at Lackland Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas."
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