Many common proposal-writing problems stem from simple errors and deficiencies, and they can significantly lower your chances of winning. Luckily, they also are easy to correct before you submit your proposal. Here is my list of evaluators' most frequent complaints about proposals. This proposal is neither compliant nor responsive. It's vaporware, not reality.
Compliant proposals are easy to evaluate.
When your proposal is compliant, you have followed the RFP's instructions explicitly. You've provided an answer to each and every question, even those you consider unimportant. Responsive proposals provide evaluators with your insights into their problem and your solution. A compliant proposal provides all the prescribed information in the prescribed format. What's more, responsive proposals may contain an unsolicited risk analysis or a chapter, rather than a page, describing the project-management process.