vs. an in-house team

Every option is right for someone. These pages are here to help you find which one is yours — even when the answer isn't us.

One salaried person inside the building — right when steady, year-round volume keeps them busy.

A team that scales up and down with your pipeline: a baseline when it's quiet, more only when you're bidding.

Side by side

In-house proposal hire

Best when

Steady, year-round volume keeps a hire busy

You bid in bursts and a full salary is hard to justify

What you get

One salaried person, inside the building

A team that scales up and down with your pipeline

Cost

$150K+/yr loaded, paid whether you bid or not

$6,000/mo holds your seat; pursuit fees only when you bid

At once

One person, one bid at a time

Several pursuits at once when you need them

The risk

Idle salary between bids; a single point of failure

No recruiting, and no idle salary when you're not bidding

Hire in-house if

you have steady volume and want the function inside the building.

Pick us if

your bidding comes in bursts and a full-time salary is hard to justify yet.

frwrd.team

Tell us what you're bidding and we'll give you an honest first cut — even if the answer is one of the others.