All the fuss

At the beginning of the month, I said come back in the few weeks for an explaination. But then deadlines were extended. And extended. And extended again. But today was the day. The final due date. So I can divulge some details (though not all).

Well, back on the first, the government released an "RFP", meaning they were asking for contractors to bid on new work. I convinced my company to make a go at it (after much teeth pulling), and was put in charge of some of the proposal technical content. I ended up putting in 10-20 hours a week the last few weeks on the proposal, and today it was finally turned in to the government. We'll find out in 14 days if we've won or not. I think we have a good shot at winning the work, though it's not a gimmie by any means.

What does this all mean to me? Well, it's a multi-million dollar contract, and since I pushed the company so hard to dive in, there's a little bit of corporate visibility in it for me, win or lose, good or bad. If we do win, my team will grow by a couple of people (the contract is for many more people, but I will get two of them), and the impact of our work will be more far reaching than it is now. The work we do will have a real opportunity, if we do it right, to make (our part of) the government more efficient, and save it money.

So, come back in a couple more weeks and see if we won. See if my life will get even more complicated yet again.