Bid & Proposal Support
Key Solutions
Metre
Shipley Associates
24 Hour Company
Cella
Dragonfly
Summit Strategy

A Full-Service Proposal Development Firm
Key Solutions, Inc. (KSI) is a consulting firm that helps companies win government contracts across the federal, state, and local opportunity lifecycles.
How We Help Government Contractors
We assist you in preparing competitive, persuasive, and timely proposals. For every client engagement, KSI implements industry best practices, including our KSI Advantage™ Approach, a set of comprehensive capture and proposal practices, tools, and agile methods that have helped our clients win billions in government contracts.
Services
- Proposal Development
- Capture Support
- Market Assessment
- Orals Coaching
- Business Development
- Design, DTP, and Production

Metre is a sales and proposal development firm for healthcare companies. We leverage our extensive knowledge and experience in healthcare, sales, and RFPs to help you win business. We support sales across all lines of business—B2B, local and state government, Medicare, and Medicaid. Our proposal professionals guide you through the process, quickly gain a deep understanding of you and your customer, identify what makes you unique, and then clearly articulate your value to the customer in a way that matters to them. It’s not rocket science, but it is a lot of work. Let Metre do a lot of that work for you. Primary services include live RFP management and writing, staff augmentation, database development and management, and training and people development.
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Shipley Associates - We help companies win business.
Shipley is a trusted global professional services leader providing qualified personnel, consulting, tools, and training across the business development lifecycle. Clients have relied on Shipley for more than 50 years to execute sales and capture strategies and develop winning proposals using industry-tested best practices. Shipley is a globally Approved Training Organization with the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) and offers professional certification in business-winning best practices.
Clients benefit from Shipley’s global presence with operations in over 12 countries serving client organizations in the public sector, international business, and private sector.

24 Hour Company Graphics Assessment
Retail Price: $2,400
APMP Member Price: $1,900
Are your proposal graphics helping you win or lose? Get a proposal assessment now to find your strengths and weaknesses. Up to 50 graphics are reviewed in 10 key areas (using 33 success criteria). The results are shared during a post-assessment meeting and through the completed evaluation matrix.

Proposal Staff Resources - Surge and Permanent Hire Staffing Support
Cella is an award-winning staffing firm with deep expertise and a proven track record in sourcing, vetting and placing business development, capture, proposal and production professionals. Our range of services allows us to serve as a virtual extension of your recruiting function and internal proposal team, with:
- Flexible, cost-effective support via pre-vetted, “on demand” hourly consultants.
- Dedicated search services to source candidates on a temp-to-hire or permanent hire basis.

Proposal Writing, Editing, and Design Support
Dragonfly is your outsourced content partner, helping you with writing, editing, and design. We’re an extension of your proposal team, easing your workload and reducing your stress. We create clear, compelling content that meets your business needs and helps you shine.

Integrated Marketing + Proposal Development Services
Led by APMP-certified thought leaders, Summit Strategy helps B2B + B2G organizations win more business through strategic planning, proposal development, traditional and digital marketing, branding, and training.
We are not your traditional proposal management consulting firm. Instead, we bring a game-changing approach that differentiates us (and our clients!) from the competition – integrating marketing + pursuits into a holistic strategy. Say goodbye to siloed marketing, sales, and proposal teams. Working with Summit Strategy provides you with direct access to a team of collaborative, creative specialists – proposal managers, marketing strategists, writers, editors, graphic designers, digital marketing specialists, and social media managers – all focused on helping you win more business.
Our team members are more than just great at their craft – they are also strategic thinkers, business drivers, consensus-builders, planners, trendsetters, industry leaders, mentors, and advocates. By integrating your marketing + proposal efforts, Summit Strategy can lead your organization to new heights through the development and implementation of powerful growth strategies to win more business.