Dea Z.
Durham, NC
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Top Rated
Specializing in RFP RFI RFQ Grant Proposal Writing and Preparation
$95.00/hr
"Dea was truly brilliant. She is so knowledgeable and provided fantastic insight into the RFP process. Definitely our go-to for any future RFP projects, would highly recommend working with her if you get the chance!" Private client
As a business owner, you require persuasive, professional writing and design to support your products and services and grow your business. Every document you produce is a business development tool. The more professional it is, the more seriously your clients and funding agencies will take you, and the faster your business will expand.
Suppose you need an experienced proposal manager and writer to help you build your business. I bring a wealth of specialized skills, over 40 years of technical writing experience, and more than 20 years of proposal development experience. With this, I can confidently move your business into the future. My expertise includes responses to government and commercial procurement RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs and the development of grant applications, including SBIR and STTR grants. I know the FAR and I have written many successful fully compliant proposals for federal, state, and local government contracts and grants. I also provide editorial and compliance services in finalizing submission documents, which are critical to the success of government applications.
If you have a manuscript, book-in-progress, white paper, or journal article, I provide developmental editing services that ensure your document is well-organized, clear, and engaging. Services provided by a developmental editor range from copy editing to complete reorganization and clarification.
Suppose your business needs a technical writer to develop content that describes your products or services. In that case, I have the technical background to understand and document your services and products accurately and professionally.
What I offer:
• Broad education and experience in science, technology (IT), and the humanities
• Excellent writing and editing skills
• Knowledge and use of business products, such as Ms. Office products (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), Google products, and Adobe Acrobat
• Strategic business consulting
• Meticulous research skills
• 40 years of technical writing, including how-to manuals, white papers, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Up-to-date knowledge of cloud computing, open-source applications, data management software, AI and machine learning, natural language processing, and agile development
• I have more than 20 years of proposal development experience (government and commercial) working with small businesses and major corporations. I am fully credentialed in the Shipley proposal process, the industry standard for government procurements.
Examples of my experience include the technical documentation of:
o Open-source and proprietary data management systems for various organizations
o Major operating systems for IBM
o Semiconductor manufacturing for Mitsubishi
o Robotics development and use in the nuclear fuel industry for GE
o Network technology for FiberLAN, a subsidiary of Siemens Corning
o SAS software products in the US and Europe, including core (base) stat software (full product lifecycle); vertical products, such as financial, pharma, and natural language processing; website development for iBiomatics (a pharma spin-off); software localization/globalization; executive briefings; and white papers.
All phases of Proposal (RFP, RFQ, RFI), grant preparation, and Business Development for:
o RTI (not-for-profit global contract research organization), including federal, state, and local proposals, RFI responses, executive briefings, and presentations, focused primarily (but not entirely) on health research topics. Agencies included many institutes at NIH, CDC, CMS, DOT, DOD, military branches, Dept. of State, and others.
o SciMetrika (public health research organization), including federal proposals, RFIs, executive briefings, presentations, and capture management
o Numerous small and large public and private organizations while working as a freelance consultant, including long-term contracts on Upwork for multiple proposals.
Work history
Technical Proposal Writing
Apr 29, 2022
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Feb 20, 2024
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Experienced Software RFP Proposal Consultant
Aug 2, 2023
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Aug 15, 2023
"Dea was truly brilliant. She is so knowledgeable and provided fantastic insight into the RFP process. Definitely our go-to for any future RFP projects, would highly recommend working with her…
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Proposal Writer for Government RFPs
Feb 6, 2022
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Feb 24, 2023
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GSA Contract relatedresearch and outline
Aug 12, 2022
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Oct 29, 2022
No feedback given
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Deep edit of part 4 - China tech v2
Dec 26, 2021
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Sep 7, 2022
"I re-hired Dea to help me with other parts of my book manuscript. She was fantastic yet again. The book is now published and has been featured on WSJ, BBC…
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Healthcare RFP writer needed
Jun 24, 2022
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Jul 20, 2022
"Dea was excellent to work with. She was attentive and made herself available for us. We really enjoyed working with her. We had a tight deadline to submit our proposal…
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Help Prepare and Review A Government Procurement Application
Jun 6, 2022
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Jun 15, 2022
"Dea was an absolute pleasure to work with, and she was instrumental in completing my grant application on time. I could not have done it without her. She has an…
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Comprehensive edit of manuscript section on China tech
Sep 27, 2021
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Nov 26, 2021
"Dea saved my manuscript. She tackled my monstrous heaving mess of a manuscript and reframed it into something much more manageable and elegant. She did most of this independently and…
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IT Technical Writer for Federal RFP Response (NIH)
Jun 12, 2021
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Jun 18, 2021
"Dea is very knowledgeable and a great fit for federal contract proposal writing. Unfortunately, our Contract had to be cancelled for other reasons. She was very understanding and I would…
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MACC Joint Base Andrews and Joint Base Anacostia Bolling
Sep 26, 2020
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Nov 6, 2020
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RFP for NIH
May 14, 2024
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Present
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Write proposal documents in response to tenders, RFP, RFQ
Apr 26, 2024
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Present
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Federal government proposal writer needed
Feb 16, 2024
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Present
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RFP Writer & Project Manager for Education Technology Company
Dec 12, 2023
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Present
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RFP Proposal Response | Proposal Writing
Jul 26, 2023
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Present
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Proposal Support
Sep 18, 2022
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Present
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RFP
Mar 27, 2022
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Present
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RFP Writer - Group Purchasing Contract
Mar 25, 2022
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Present
Job in progress
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Research and writing
Mar 13, 2022
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Present
Job in progress
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Proposal Writer to support responses to Federal Government RFQs
Feb 8, 2022
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Present
Job in progress
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Skills
- Project Proposal
- Federal Acquisition Regulations
- Government Procurement