Score your draft before your red team does.

See how ProposalPulse scores a draft.

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1. Problem Clarity

Is the agency's mission problem stated first and specific enough to pass the "so what" test? Evaluators eliminate proposals that open with company history instead of the agency's pain.

2. Mission Relevance

Does your solution connect to the agency's stated mission? A technically great product that ignores mission language gets downgraded fast.

3. Solution Clarity

Is the technical approach clear, feasible, and described in language the target agency uses? Vague architectures lose points every time.

4. Vehicle & Acquisition Fit

Does the proposed solution map to the right vehicle type — IDIQ, OTA, GSA MAS — and is the scope calibrated to the acquisition ceiling and period of performance? Commercial TAM numbers mean nothing here.

5. Team and Credibility

Are federal credentials, clearances, and relevant experience front-loaded? This call gets made in the first 30 seconds of reading.

6. Traction

Real pilots, contracts, or FedRAMP status? Or just "in conversations with"? The difference is obvious on the page.

7. Cost / Price Credibility

Do the cost projections add up? Are labor categories mapped to realistic rates? Are indirect cost structures defensible? Inconsistent pricing is the fastest way to fail a cost realism review.

8. Competitive Position

Is the competitive landscape acknowledged? Is your differentiation specific? Ignoring incumbents signals you have not done your homework.

9. Funding Ask & Scope

Is the requested funding amount or contract value clearly stated and tied to deliverables? Are milestone payments mapped to mission outcomes rather than calendar dates? A vague scope signals a vague plan.

Works great for

• -Pitch decks
• -White papers and technical volumes
• -Capability statements
• -RFP responses
• -Cost and pricing volumes
• -Executive summaries

Not ideal for

• -Incomplete or partial scans
• -Giant appendices without a main document
• -Image-only files (no extractable text)
• -Final legal review (we score content, not compliance)

Why a SOW or PWS changes the scorecard.

Without a SOW, ProposalPulse scores your draft against the standard evaluator-style criteria for your document type. Useful, but generic. Upload the SOW/PWS and the scorer pulls evaluation factors directly from the solicitation — the actual language Section L uses, the actual subfactors in Section M — and scores against those instead.

• ✓Evaluation factors pulled from the SOW, not guessed from the document type
• ✓Section L compliance matrix mapped to Section M scoring criteria
• ✓Risk flags keyed to the actual acquisition, not a boilerplate rubric