APEX Accelerators help businesses
Today, APEX Accelerators are placing an emphasis on helping underserved businesses that are eligible for certain government solicitations designed for the promotion of diversity, inclusion, and equity, and guiding them throughout the entire process. APEX Accelerators will continue increasing the number of Defense Industrial Base (DIB)-ready and Government Industrial Base (GIB, including local and state governments)-ready businesses including:
The Association of Proposal Management Professionals
The trusted leader that serves a global community of bid and proposal development life cycle professionals. This association has a list of APMP-certified companies that provide bid proposal support services.
B2G Victory
B2G Victory specializes in winning government contracts for women, minority, and veteran-owned businesses. B2G Victory is the ecosystem for Texas businesses seeking to grow, build their capacity, and succeed in government contracting. Our trilateral relationship enables businesses, Prime Contractors, and Government Agencies to collaborate, drive innovation, and succeed together.
DeepRFP.com is a kit of AI tools and agents that help bidding professionals prepare better proposals faster. It is mostly used by small and mid-sized businesses across industries and bidding consultants to respond to RFPs. It was founded by Javier Escartin, a Proposal Professional who has been over 13 years in the field and shares his insights in his personal newsletter at jescartin.com
EdGate Standards Repository
At EdGate, we’ve spent more than 25 years helping publishers and edtech innovators turn complex standards into clear, actionable results. From a single resource to an entire library, we make education alignment faster, smarter, and more accurate. Backed by our groundbreaking ExACT Standards Alignment Platform and a team of dedicated experts, we bring clarity to the alignment process so education can reach its full potential.
Jill Rafter Consulting, LLC,
Jill Rafter is the founder of Jill Rafter Consulting, LLC, where she partners with K-12 EdTech companies on RFP strategy, proposal development, and professional learning. She brings 15+ years of experience across teaching, curriculum implementation, customer success, and operations — including seven years leading professional development and operations at the Museum of Science, Boston. Jill works with education organizations of all sizes to help them grow district and state business, deliver more consistent professional development, and build stronger internal systems.
Outcomes Based Contracting (OBC)
OBC is a model of contracting for academic products and services in which at least 40 percent of the overall payment to a provider is contingent on meeting agreed-upon outcomes, fostering a culture of mutual accountability and collaboration and ensuring that dollars spent deliver academic impact.
The Center for OBC helps districts and providers implement OBC with innovation, mutual accountability, focused collaboration, and continuous improvement at the core. This ensures districts can make strategic decisions under increasingly complex resource constraints while staying focused on what matters most: student learning. The Center provides direct support, research insights, public resources, technical assistance, and cohort experiences that help districts build knowledge and implement services that achieve measurable, long-term student outcomes through the OBC model.
Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
Small Business Development Centers provide counseling and training to small businesses including working with the SBA to develop and provide informational tools to support business start-ups and existing business expansion.
SBDC is a great resource in helping with bid proposals. They will guide you through the process!
SPB Consulting
Stephanie Black is a proposal strategist and founder of SPB Consulting, specializing in K-12 education RFP's and nonprofit grants. With over a decade of experience and more than $20 million secured for education organizations, she helps edtech companies, education service providers, and mission-driven nonprofits win competitive grants, state procurements, and school district RFPs. Stephanie holds her APMP Foundation certification and brings deep expertise in proposal writing, RFP strategy, and operations consulting to every engagement.
