The First Bid Blueprint

Local Agency Edition

Your practical 30-day starter kit for navigating local government contracting — plus live training with a former Chief Procurement Officer.

Your Blueprint Includes:
  • ✓ 30-Day Starter Kit — 2-part playbook + 9 editable appendices
  • ✓ Agency Map — purchasing thresholds and lobbyist rules for 5 South Florida agencies
  • ✓ AI Agency Threshold Finder for researching additional local agencies
  • ✓ Capability Statement Builder + Informal Quote Playbook
  • ✓ Quote / No-Quote Scorecard + Compliance Checklist
  • ✓ Buyer Conversation Scripts + cone-of-silence guidance
Also Included
Live Training with Melody Thelwell

Up to 3.5 hours of live instruction, 4 modules, 3 hands-on activities + the session slide deck. Choose your live session at checkout:

Oct. 14 · 7 PM ET Oct. 28 · 7 PM ET
THE FIRST BID BLUEPRINT — EARLY ACCESS

$297 $197

You save $118 as an Early Access enrollee.

Early Access enrollees lock in this price. The booklet downloads the moment you enroll; your join link arrives the week of your session.

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✓ Live-only enrollees may transfer between the two dates up to 48 hours before their session

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I EVALUATED GOVERNMENT BIDS FOR 20 YEARS

Here is where first-time vendors actually win.

For more than 20 years I sat on the other side of the table at counties, school districts and universities. I watched small businesses chase one big RFP for months while the everyday quotes went to the same few vendors who simply showed up. In South Florida, informal quotes at the counties and school districts alone add up to tens of millions of dollars a year, before you count the cities, public hospitals and colleges. You don't need to win the big one first. You need to be on the list when the buyer sends out a quote request.

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THE MISTAKES I WATCHED EVERY YEAR

Small businesses chase one big RFP for months.

Meanwhile, the everyday quotes go to the same few vendors who simply showed up. 

This Is Where the First Aid Blue Print Comes In

A 30-day starter kit for winning informal quotes with local government agencies: cities, counties, K-12 public school districts, public hospitals, and public colleges and universities

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INFORMAL QUOTES: YOUR TARGET

No proposal. Short forms. Fast turnaround.

Agency A (county)
$10,000 to $150,000
Agency B (county)
$25,000 to $250,000
Agency C (school district)
$5,000 to $50,000
Agency D (school district)
$2,500 to $49,999

Informal quote bands at four South Florida agencies, checked September 2026. Names and policy citations are inside the kit.

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WHAT'S INSIDE THE KIT

A 30-day starter kit, written from the buyer's side.

Your enrollment includes:


✓ 
The Agency Map: verified thresholds and lobbyist rules for 5 agencies


✓ AI Threshold Finder Prompt: research any agency


✓ 30-Day Contract-Ready Roadmap


✓ Capability Statement Builder


✓ Informal Quote Playbook and response template


✓ Quote / No-Quote Scorecard


✓ Pre-Submission Compliance Checklist


✓ Buyer Conversation Scripts


✓ Your Next 90 Days plan and Win Tracker


9 editable tools, plus a live training session with Melody.
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The First Bid Blueprint

LOCAL AGENDY EDITION

The booklet plus a live training session: Oct. 14 or Oct. 28, 7:00 PM ET.

$297 $197

$179 for the first 50 enrollees. Then $297.

VIP option adds 30-day access to the recording.

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