Business Proposal Sample

Below is an actual Table of Contents from a successful business proposal that I wrote for a client a couple of years ago.

This particular business proposal was written on behalf of a consortium of major international consulting firms that was bidding on the first phase of a multi-million dollas airport development project. It covered the final planning phase, just prior to the full construction phase. My clients thought the proposal was excellent, and it was pivotal to the consortium being chosen as the successful bidder for that phase of the work.

Although the above sample is indeed the structure of a business proposal, I should note that this one was for a large and complex project. The proposal development process involved gathering inputs from numerous parties over a week to ten days. Structuring and writing the proposal took about 70 hours of my time as the primary author. There can be a lot of work involved in developing a large business proposal like this, especially if you are starting from a completely blank page.

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