Your proposal team is maxed out.
Your pipeline isn't.

It means Shipley owns the performance of the team, not just the staffing. We hire, train, manage, and continuously improve the people and processes operating inside your environment. If someone leaves, we backfill. If quality drifts, we correct it. The client gets consistent, measurable output without carrying the management overhead. That is what makes it performance-based rather than body-based.

Both. The model is flexible. Our Fortune 50 engagement operates as a global virtual proposal center, and we have teams operating across the US, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, India, and the Middle East. Whether the team is on-site, remote, or hybrid depends on what the engagement requires. We configure it during discovery.

We track the metrics that matter to the client. Win rate, capture ratio, proposal volume, cycle time, and seller time recovered are common measures. Our Fortune 50 client's global virtual proposal center delivers more than $11B in wins annually with a 64% win rate and 88% capture ratio. Those numbers exist because measurement is built into how we operate, not bolted on after the fact.

Shipley handles backfill. Because we manage the full talent lifecycle, we can bring someone up to speed faster than a client could recruit and onboard externally. Knowledge transfer is built into how we operate, not left to chance. Continuity is our responsibility, not yours.

Shipley works within existing client tools or alongside whatever is already in place. Whether AI tools are fully deployed, under evaluation, or not yet on the roadmap, the engagement is configured accordingly. In many cases, getting the process and team right first is what makes any AI investment pay off, and Shipley can advise on tooling as part of that conversation.

Shipley operates across defense, civilian, intelligence, and commercial sectors, with deep experience supporting large technology companies and systems integrators. Managed teams support the full range of competitive bid types including full proposals, task orders, IDIQs, oral presentations, and competitive assessments. The model scales across contract types because the fundamentals of capture discipline and differentiation are consistent.

Shipley operates across the US, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, India, and the Middle East. Our global network supports engagements in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, and Hindi, with the ability to adapt to local needs and cultures. Language availability depends on the engagement and region — we'll confirm what's possible during discovery.

Managed services engagements require a 12-month minimum and are typically structured as multi-year commitments. The value builds over time as the team develops institutional knowledge, and the operating rhythm matures.

Most clients do. Shipley Managed Services integrates directly into existing operations, working alongside internal teams rather than replacing them. The model absorbs volume, maintains quality, and builds institutional knowledge as a sustained partner in the client's BD and proposal operations.