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Incumbent Research

Lesson 9 of 13

The incumbent often has customer knowledge, staff, pricing history, workload data, and transition advantage. Research incumbents before bidding and consider them as teaming/sub targets.

Key Takeaways

  • Incumbents matter but are not unbeatable.
  • Compare old and new scope.

Common Mistakes

  • Ignoring incumbent.
  • Assuming incumbent always wins.

Related Course Templates

Market Lane DefinitionAward History Research TableIncumbent ProfileRecompete TrackerPrime Target ListMarket MapPipeline Tracker

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