AI-Powered Proposal Management Software for Government Contractors

Market Intel • Capture • Proposal Management

NextStage is an AI-enabled growth platform built to help drive your success in today's competitive landscape. Features include:

  • Accelerated Proposal Development – Craft winning proposals and get to Pink Team faster with our AI Proposal Suite for GovCon
  • One-Stop-Shop for GovCon – Discover RFPs and critical intel from SAM.gov, FPDS, GSA eBuy, GovWin, BPAs, IDIQs, and more—all in one centralized platform
  • Actionable Market Insights – Uncover buying patterns, contract vehicle activity, forecasts, and competitive intelligence to inform strategic decisions
  • Smart Pipeline Management – Save time with Shipley-ready pipeline tools that automatically update opportunities and minimize manual input

Schedule a demo and see how NextStage simplifies RFP identification and tracking, capture management, CRM, and proposal management—all in one unified platform purpose-built for GovCon success.

GovCon Proposal Management, Capture, and Market Intel

Integrate siloed processes and data sources to create a seamless business development workflow with the NextStage platform, including government proposal management software equipped with an AI compliance matrix. Explore the features and functionality built to help your team find more opportunities, reduce manual data entry, and win more contracts.

AI Proposal Management Software with GovCon Compliance Matrix

AI-Powered Proposal Management Software

Simplify the process of proposal writing and management while ensuring your proposals are compliant with an RFP compliance matrix. Using AI for government contractor proposal writing, you can craft winning proposals faster, smarter, and with less effort.
  • AI Proposal Compliance Matrix
  • Live document editing
  • Dedicated proposal board
  • Direct Sharepoint integration to create personalized AI content

Integrated CRM & Pipeline Management

Manage your pipeline seamlessly and reduce manual data entry with Shipley-ready processes that update opportunities automatically.
  • Market intelligence auto-sync
  • One-click add to Pipeline from Market Intelligence
  • SharePoint, Google Drive, and Outlook integrations
  • No-code tailorable and scalable Workflows, Fields, and Reports
CRM and pipeline tracking for government contractors
NextStage Market Intelligence and Opportunity Search

Comprehensive Market Intelligence

Manage all your opportunity sources in one place, utilize AI-powered recommendations to reduce manual search, and get auto-synced updates in the CRM any time the opportunity source is updated.
  • Saved Searches
  • Previous award information
  • Detailed contract vehicle analysis
  • Competitors and teaming partner info
RFP Search, CRM with Proposals, and Compliance Matrix

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See what our customers are saying

Don't take our word for it, hear from NextStage customers.

It is so much easier to manage our pipeline and visualize our progress towards business goals with NextStage. The links to external sources of GovCon opportunity information saves a lot of time entering and updating critical fields.

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Pat Mercado
VP, Proposal Operations
Metronome

As a small business that relies on limited resource availability at times, we really needed a CRM that would automate and streamline opportunities and NextStage has exceeded our expectations.

 

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Adam Byer
Chief Delivery Officer
iTech AG

We found the NextStage platform intuitive and easy to use, with the added benefit of an excellent search feature that seamlessly ties into external systems such as GovWin, GSA eBuy, and SAM.gov.

 

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Karen Harris
VP, Business Development
Boston Government Services

NextStage is an efficiency and force multiplier for my BD analysts. The platform enables them to get to an 80% solution really quickly, where it used to take me a team of 15.

 

Dave Oathout
Dave Oathout
VP, Business Development
RSC2, Inc.

NextStage is the most badass tracking system ever. It is game changing for small business defense contractors. I can communicate with my executive team with more accuracy, the reporting is so customizable, and we have financial accountability for our pipeline.

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Margot Blackard
Chief Strategy Officer
SRC Technologies

This integration has significantly reduced the time and effort required to switch between multiple tools, allowing our team to focus more on strategy and execution.

 

Brian Tessier
Brian Tessier
Business Development Manager
First Division Consulting