CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
SLED RFP Client Reviews and Results
These are the words of service-based businesses that brought in The RFP Success® Company as their Win Strategist and went on to win. Named clients, real government-contract outcomes, organized by the Win Strategist service that produced them. Across 30+ SLED industries, our in-house team has helped clients reach a 76%+ win rate and $500M+ in contract wins. Filter the testimonials below by service or industry to find proof from a business like yours.
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NAMED CLIENT RESULTS
The RFP Success® Company’s testimonials come from service-based businesses that pursued state, local, and education contracts and brought in a Win Strategist to help them win. Every testimonial on this page is a named client, not an anonymous initial, and every one ties to a real outcome: a contract won, a finalist rate that climbed, a win rate that turned around, or writing time the team got back.
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One proven foundation: the 4×4 Framework™ and the D.A.R.E. Method, applied by our in-house team to the client’s own proposals. We no longer write proposals for clients and submit on their behalf. We strengthen how their expertise reads to the people scoring it. Browse the testimonials below, or explore the Win Strategist services and the named client case studies behind them. Two of the testimonials here open into full stories: the A.C.T. Security case study and the BRiNET case study.
REVIEWS
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
CONTENT REFINEMENT
"RFP Success has been an amazing partner and critical part of our proposal team. They supported us through a highly competitive statewide RFP that ultimately resulted in a major contract award. Their team is extremely professional, meticulously organized and incredibly knowledgeable on our very complicated product. Their ability to help us tell our story clearly and in a way that resonated perfectly with our audience, was something we could have never achieved on our own. We wouldn’t submit a bid without them and view them as a trusted extension of our team."
Joel Darby
GoValidate · Technology & IT
CONTENT REFINEMENT
"We hired The RFP Success Company because it was my first time writing an RFP response completely on my own with no internal training. I knew the agency had the experience, education, and fundamentals to run the program with great success, but I wasn't sure how to put all that we do into words. The RFP Success Company not only guided us step by step in the writing process but taught us many new skills that we can now utilize in the future. And we won that big contract! Much appreciation and such a pleasure working with all the members of the RFP Team, great laughs were had... AND WE WON the MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT!"
Jenna Decker
United Activities Unlimited · Professional & Consulting Services
TRAINING
"Lisa developed a training program for Myers and Stauffer’s proposal and marketing team that far exceeded any other training we have attended. She worked specifically with our proposal writers and provided excellent suggestions on how to take our proposals to the next level. For example, we worked on rewriting boilerplate language to appeal to all types of proposal evaluators and discussed how to weave in key differentiators throughout the response. From our most seasoned proposal veterans to the newest members of our team, we all learned something new! She is by far the expert in the industry with many years of real-world proposal experience. I highly recommend her and her team, and will definitely engage her again."
Amy Schuman
Myers & Stauffer · Healthcare Consulting
CONTENT REFINEMENT
"Since our work with RSC, we have seen a drastic improvement in our RFPs since working with your firm, and it's a big reason we are winning."
Amy Prevosto · Highstreet IT · Technology & IT
CONTENT REFINEMENT
"The RFP Success Company worked with me and the Griaule Corp. team to build the award-winning proposal for the Automated Biometric Identification System RFP for the State of Arizona Department of Administration. Their responsiveness, attention to details, and thoroughness on duties are just the part above the water on the iceberg of good qualities. I recommend The RFP Success Company work because winner should be their middle name."
Germano Ferreira
Griaule Biometrics · Technology & IT
RFP SUCCESS® MASTERY AUDIT
"After implementing recommendations from your audit, our finalist rate is through the roof currently (maybe as high as 80%) and we are being selected at least twice as often this year as we were last year. We're on pace to double if not triple our total new revenue from RFPs."
Kevin Burdick
RTA Fleet · Transportation & Fleet
PLAY TO WIN CONSULT
"Participating in a Play To Win consult with RFP Success provided us with valuable, tailored feedback after reviewing our RFPs, processes, and services. We received actionable suggestions to improve our submissions and greatly appreciated their thoughtful follow-up after the training. Their support has had a positive impact on our RFP submissions and overall processes."
Brittany Conway
Lincoln Learning Solutions · Education
MASTERY AUDIT & TRAINING
"One of the best decisions our company made this year was hiring the RFP Success team. Just top notch!!!"
Carolyn Crummey
UberStrategist · Professional & Consulting Services
CONTENT REFINEMENT
"If you've been creating proposals yourself and are looking for a fresh perspective, I would highly recommend using Lisa and her team at RFP Success Company. Their experience in understanding the review process and the buyer side is invaluable when responding to an RFP. I couldn't recommend them more highly!"
Dana Arnett
Wicked Bionic · Professional & Consulting Services
CONTENT REFINEMENT
"When faced with a critical RFP, we knew we needed the best in the business to help us craft a winning response. Lisa Rehurek and The RFP Success Company delivered beyond expectations. Their expertise, strategy, and attention to detail helped us secure a major win for El Sol Travel. Lisa's team truly understands what it takes to stand out, and their partnership was instrumental in our success!"
Leslie Bramlett
El Sol Travel · Travel Management
CONTENT REFINEMENT
"RFP Success has succeeded in partnering with our executive team and played a crucial role in customizing a critical RFP. After a half century in business, we faced a dire situation where the sustainability of our company was at risk. We interviewed multiple companies and made a very wise decision in choosing The RFP Success Company to represent us and customize our proposal. Their team of consultants were sharp, competent, exhibited the utmost professionalism and without their leadership and guidance, we doubt we would have secured the desired result as our proposal was accepted. A huge win for our company and a huge win for RFP Success."
Marc Barrile
Anita Dee Yacht Charters · Hospitality & Entertainment
MULTIPLE WIN STRATEGIST SERVICES
"Working with RFP Success changed the entire game. They helped me identify our major areas of support need, evaluated our fit for RFPs that are out there, and how to establish our content library. We've now won big contracts with RFP Success!"
Melissa Emler · Modern Learners · Education
PLAY TO WIN CONSULT
"It is very enlightening to get the perspective of someone who isn't in the weeds and who understands the nuanced perspective of a reviewer."
Confidential Healthcare Data Client · Healthcare Data
CONTENT REFINEMENT
"The RFP Success Team totally dialed in our strategy, our structure, and our narrative to really highlight our strengths for that particular client’s needs. They were an absolute differentiator in our winning 6 of 7 proposals last year and deserves massive kudos. They are our RFP whisperers."
Steve Schramm · Optumas · Healthcare Consulting
CONTENT REFINEMENT
"Your professionalism and expertise made all the difference, and I truly believe that hiring your company was one of the best business decisions I've ever made."
Healthcare CEO · Company withheld by request
RFP SUCCESS® MASTERY AUDIT
"At the point of 5 RFPs that we had written, we missed it by “inches” every time; we always went for feedback and found out that we were the next in line but didn’t quite make it, or we were within a few points and just didn’t have that extra special touch. Lisa and her team reviewed 3 of our past RFPs and gave us feedback within a very timely manner, and we were able to take that feedback as well as some tools that they provided where we would speak to current clients as well as employees about what makes us special and what our differentiators are. So we were able to dig in and really take the time to do that and then infuse that into the RFPs moving forward. Would you believe the very next RFP that we did we actually won? I don’t believe without The RFP Success Team reviewing it and telling us what we couldn’t see right in front of us, we would still be in the game of not winning these RFPs."
Karie Cowden
Connect the Dots · Professional & Consulting Services
CONTENT REFINEMENT
"I had a really big opportunity coming up, my first municipality contract that I was responding to. I was nervous and I didn’t know what to do with it. I had just lost a contract that I really wanted, I was really bummed, and then I met Lisa. She provided information on how to be able to respond to an RFP, what to put in there, how to brand yourself, how do you talk about your company and what you do. I took just a few of the things that she said, rolled it into my RFP and I WON my first 5-year municipality contract!"
Sarah Hope
Vertical Identity · Professional & Consulting Services
PLAY TO WIN CONSULT
"Thank you for the advice and direction you provided me. This is the 4th RFP I have been awarded. YOU ARE MY ROCKSTARS!!!"
Paul Kelly
Drannek Consulting · Professional & Consulting Services
CONTENT REFINEMENT
"The work you did on our proposal has helped us secure several other deals. Business executives have been impressed with the content, formatting, and thoroughness."
James Hall · Owner · BRiNET · Technology & IT
CONTENT REFINEMENT
"I strongly recommend RFP Success for your RFP Response. I am completely satisfied with the expertise, efficiency, and knowledge of this company. Their fee for the response was one of the lowest in the state. Their services will be used for my next response."
Marty Berry · A.C.T. Security · Security Services
WIN STRATEGY REVIEW
"It is with great pleasure that I am writing this to let you know that the NYS RFO awards came out today and we were one of 68 FIs chosen out of 390 applicants! Thank you again for your help with this process, you and your team definitely helped us to shape a compelling proposal and we will be forever grateful for that!"
Corey Balcerzak
Burd Home Health · Healthcare Consulting
THE SHORT ANSWER
COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESULTS.
These answers explain what the testimonials represent, how outcomes are verified, and what happens when a client needs to stay private.
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Are The RFP Success® Company's testimonials real?
Yes. Every testimonial we publish comes from a named client who has given permission for public use. Each one ties to a documented outcome, such as a contract won or a finalist rate that improved. Many client engagements stay private at the client's request, and one healthcare client shares a result here while keeping the company name confidential. We do not publish anonymous or invented quotes.
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What results do clients get with The RFP Success® Company?
Across 30+ SLED industries, our clients reach a 76%+ win rate and $500M+ in contract wins. Individual outcomes on this page include an $8.5M technology contract, a transportation finalist rate that climbed from 50% to 80%, and a 60% reduction in proposal writing time. Results vary by engagement, and we do not guarantee wins. We help clients submit the strongest proposal they have ever submitted.
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What kinds of organizations are represented here?
These results come from service-based businesses pursuing state, local, and education contracts. The examples span technology, healthcare consulting, transportation, education, security, and other SLED-focused industries.
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76%+
AVG WIN RATE
$500M+
CLIENT WINS
30+
YEARS · LISA REHUREK
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"Anyone can help you submit a proposal. Very few can help you win one. We don't measure success by submission. We measure it by win rate."
Founder, The RFP Success® Company · 30+ years in SLED RFPs