Submitted your first proposal ✅ - Registered in SAM ✅ - Completed your capability statement ✅ - Made your first teaming connection ✅ - Earned a certification ✅ - Started your business ✅ - Won a contract ✅ The purpose of the Wins category is to celebrate progress, not just awards. For many members, submitting their first proposal is a huge milestone. Yesterday, CFS submitted another government contract proposal! 🇺🇸 That brings us to two active proposals currently awaiting award, and yesterday we also received pricing on another opportunity that we're now preparing to submit. One of the biggest lessons I've learned is that success in government contracting isn't just about winning contracts—it's about building a consistent pipeline of opportunities. Over the past several weeks, we've been leveraging AI to help us research opportunities, organize information, analyze solicitations, develop proposal strategies, and improve efficiency throughout our bidding process. It's allowing us to focus more time on strategy and less time on repetitive tasks. Our goal isn't simply to submit more bids—it's to submit better, more competitive proposals while continuing to build relationships and expand our capabilities. If you're just getting started, remember this: Every contract you win begins with the decision to submit a proposal. Don't wait until everything is perfect. Learn, improve, and keep moving forward. I'm looking forward to sharing our journey with this community and celebrating your milestones as well! What's one business or government contracting win you've had recently? I'd love to celebrate it with you! 🎉

Big congratulations to Silas 😊 Today we officially received the PO for a $900,000 conversion contract for 50 vans. What makes this win even more meaningful is the story behind it. Silas first won this contract back in 2024, and we successfully completed it. In 2025, the same contract came back around, we bid again, and lost by approximately $300,000. Most people would have walked away at that point. Instead, Silas stayed with it, kept watching for the opportunity, reached back out to our subcontractor, bid the project again, and this time won the contract as the agency expanded and requested additional vans. Honestly, it taught me something about persistence, consistency, and not giving up on opportunities. My daughter and I laughed because he’s been this way since he was little — once he set his mind on something, he stayed on his dad until he got it done 😊 Proud moment for our team and excited for what’s ahead. It’s never too late to keep growing, rebuilding, and pushing forward. Keep up the great work Silas!