Promecha LLC helps small and medium businesses win federal contracts through precision proposal writing, innovation management, and targeted training.
30%+Average Win Rate
300+Winning SBIR Proposals
20+Years of Experience
2×Program Average Win Rate
What We Do
END-TO-END PROPOSAL SUPPORT
Proposal Services
Full-service SBIR proposals, proposal management, and marketing strategy for federal contractors of any size.
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Innovation Management
Resource-constrained innovation strategies, teaming guidance, and pitch development for small businesses.
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Training
Proven courses including "How to Win SBIRs" that multiply your team's effectiveness and proposal win rates.
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Why Promecha LLC
THE EDGE THAT WINS CONTRACTS
✓ Average win rate exceeding 30% — double the SBIR program average
✓ Process developed working for BAE Systems, aligned with APMP standards
✓ Members of ISPIM and NDIA with deep federal ecosystem connections
✓ Lean-startup methodologies proven from 2-person teams to TRL-9 products
✓ Compelling concept art and graphics that tell your product's story
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Services
PROPOSAL SERVICES
Full-spectrum proposal support from writing to final submission — for businesses of every size.
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Full-Service SBIR Proposals for Small Business
Promecha LLC can work with your technical staff to develop a compliant, compelling, and competitive SBIR proposal. Our customers have an average win rate in excess of 30% — double the program average for SBIR agencies. Our expertise in innovation management helps your team avoid the usual pitfalls of inexperienced proposal teams.
Compelling product use case
Realistic development program with achievable stages
Compliant budget and commercialization plans
Editing, review, and polishing services
Concept art and graphics that tell your product's story
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Proposal Management for Your Team
Whether on-site, distributed, or hybrid, Promecha LLC proposal managers can lead your teams and keep them on track for on-schedule submissions. Our motto: "We have a long way to go and a short time to get there."
We can lead a team from low-OPTEMPO pre-RFP stage through the intensive writing and review to final submission. Our process, developed working for large companies like BAE Systems, comports with the APMP proposal management process — scaled appropriately for small businesses with limited budgets.
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Marketing and Promotion Strategies
Promecha LLC can help you market your innovation and coach your team on strategies to compete successfully in a tight Federal marketplace. Knowing the right Prime partner to endorse your proposal — and how to get that endorsement — is often the key to success. It demonstrates to the customer that you have the savvy to align with the right transition team and the connections to bring it to a close.
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Services
INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
Resource-constrained innovation is Promecha LLC's stock in trade. We help you grow from a small team to a TRL-9 product.
Federal contractors — of any size — do not enjoy the seemingly unlimited budgets of the commercial sector. We help you grow your team through proven strategies of staged growth, non-traditional structures, and bootstrapping by winning R&D funding. We have successfully grown innovation teams from two people to TRL-9 products using lean-startup methodologies.
We are members of the International Society of Professional Innovation Managers (ISPIM) and National Defense Industry Association (NDIA), and we have worked with regional and state innovation hubs, incubators, and accelerators to help companies achieve technology transition to programs of record.
Innovation, Ideation & Brainstorming Workshops
The Promecha LLC team can guide you through the process of product germination via techniques like Jobs To Be Done and Design Thinking. Group synergy often unlocks paths forward that individual innovators have not seen or considered.
Teaming Strategies for Small Innovation Companies
Small Businesses almost always must team with a large Prime Contractor which controls the platform or system that will integrate the innovation being offered. Promecha LLC can help you navigate the teaming landscape by working with technology providers, Primes, incubators, and accelerators.
Perfecting Your Pitch
From a three-sentence elevator speech to a 10-minute investor pitch, communicating your value proposition, needs, and expected return is a key skill. Let Promecha LLC work with you to give your pitch proper impact at every stage.
Marketing Campaign Strategy
Small businesses often do not have a budget for big media campaigns, so we will help you find reach and impact within your budget. We advise on strategies for marketing your innovation in ways that will connect meaningfully with your customers.
READY TO ACCELERATE YOUR INNOVATION?
Services
PROPOSAL TRAINING
A force multiplier that saves cost in the long term by enabling your team with the tools for bidding success.
Promecha LLC delivers multiple proposal training offerings, including our signature How to Win SBIRs course which has a proven track record of increasing win rates for small businesses. Using simple, clear-cut strategies to write better proposals will save time and ultimately money by reducing manpower expended on losing bids.
Signature Course
How to Win SBIRs
This class covers SBIR basics with updates for the new reauthorization, and takes a multi-agency approach to learning the Small Business bidding process.
Long-Form Course
Students will produce a submittable SBIR proposal from topics in the current solicitation.
1-Day Course
Covers the process of selecting a topic, gathering background information, and how to achieve an Excellent evaluation in each evaluation criteria.
Storytelling for Proposal Writers
A cornerstone of the Promecha LLC process is that the story sells the innovation.
In this course, we cover the basics of telling the story of your product in a way which communicates a low-risk path to success that will resonate with your customer.
Combine this course with customized consulting services to develop your current proposal and tell the story that sells your bid.
INVEST IN YOUR TEAM'S BIDDING CAPABILITY
People
OUR TEAM
Experienced professionals bringing decades of federal contracting expertise to every engagement.
Michael McComas, MBA
President · Proposal Management Lead
With over 20 years' experience in managing proposals of all sizes, Michael has worked on over 300 winning SBIR proposals, as well as RFPs for various agencies, IDIQ and MAC proposals, and grant proposals from NIH, NOAA, and DOE.
He started the External Innovation initiative at BAE Systems Electronic Systems and shepherded multiple SBIR transitions to operational Defense systems. In the non-Defense industry, he has led innovation teams developing B2B robotics and sensing projects for the construction sector, with projects as diverse as 3D printed batteries to author-assistance tools for veterans.
He is a graduate of MIT with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Creative Writing. His MBA focused on startups and innovation management.
Angela Bodkin, MBA
Chief Operations Officer
Angela brings a wealth of teaching and management experience to the Promecha LLC team. As a licensed teacher, she has been key in developing and delivering Promecha LLC's training offerings as well as managing the staff.
Her previous work in property management and advising HOA boards has honed her skills in negotiation, leading diverse teams, and bringing attention to detail to the proposal process. As a proposal coordinator, Angela brings together writing teams to deliver polished product on deadline.
She is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University. Her MBA capstone project helped launch an online legal services subscription site.
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Whether you're ready to start a proposal or just want to learn more about how Promecha LLC can help, we'd love to hear from you.
