Federal Opportunities & Proposal Specialist

Avid Core; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision, dental, disability

401K with employer match

Paid holidays

Flexible paid time off

Bonus program

Inclusive, growth-focused environment

Job summary

Avid Core is seeking a Business Development Specialist to advance our federal government consulting practice in Washington, D.C. You will identify opportunities, coordinate proposals from review to submission, and craft compelling content while supporting contract administration.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years in federal contracting with strong writing and analytical abilities. The role offers hybrid work, a clear progression path, and a chance to impact firm strategy and client outcomes.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in federal contracting, business development, proposal development, capture support, contract administration, or related role.
• Strong professional writing, editing, research, and proofreading skills.
• Ability to interpret solicitations and translate complex requirements into clear action items.
• Experience with SAM.gov, FAR, agency portals, and federal contract vehicles preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor SAM.gov, GSA, Oasis+, and other agency forecasts, contract vehicles, procurement portals, and market intelligence sources for relevant federal opportunities.
• Identify solicitations, requests for information, sources-sought notices, and subcontracting opportunities aligned with Avid Core's capabilities and growth strategy.
• Review opportunity documents and summarize scope, eligibility, evaluation criteria, submission requirements, deadlines, and potential risks.
• Maintain the company's business development pipeline, opportunity calendar, capture documentation, and related reporting.
• Research agencies, incumbent contractors, competitors, contract vehicles, and potential teaming partners.
• Research and monitor industry events for the management team to attend or participate in that support business development directives.
• Support bid/no-bid evaluations and capture-planning activities.
• Manage proposals from initial solicitation review through final submission.
• Develop proposal schedules, compliance matrices, outlines, writing assignments, and review plans.
• Coordinate inputs from company leadership, subject-matter experts, consultants, subcontractors, and teaming partners.
• Track assignments and deadlines to ensure proposals are complete, compliant, and submitted on time.
• Draft and edit technical, management, staffing, past-performance, corporate-experience, and executive-summary content.
• Tailor proposal responses to customer requirements, evaluation criteria, and stated agency priorities.
• Review proposal materials for clarity, consistency, accuracy, responsiveness, and compliance.
• Coordinate resumes, past-performance references, representations and certifications, pricing inputs, and required attachments.
• Maintain reusable proposal content, templates, resumes, project descriptions, and other business development resources.
• Support color-team reviews, final production, quality control, and electronic submission.
• Review solicitations, awards, modifications, teaming agreements, nondisclosure agreements, and subcontract documents for key requirements and deadlines.
• Maintain organized records of contracts, modifications, deliverables, reporting obligations, periods of performance, option periods, renewal dates, and required submissions.
• Assist with representations and certifications, vendor registrations, and government contracting profiles.
• Support communications with contracting officers, prime contractors, subcontractors, and teaming partners.
• Help improve internal business development, proposal, and contract-management processes.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Federal contracting

Proposal writing

Project management

Research skills

Microsoft Office

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, communications, English, public administration, government contracting, or related field

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Document management tools

Job description

Avid Core is seeking a Business Development Specialist to advance our federal government consulting practice in Washington, D.C. You will identify opportunities, coordinate proposals from review to submission, and craft compelling content while supporting contract administration.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years in federal contracting with strong writing and analytical abilities. The role offers hybrid work, a clear progression path, and a chance to impact firm strategy and client outcomes.