Hi... My experience as both a long-term small business owner & as an experienced writer of government & similarly structured proposals spans 25+ years in Australia, USA & other countries.
As an Aussie /International business consultant I have successfully written & submitted many proposals for government tenders & grants at Federal, State and local levels in areas such as Recruitment services (Universities and Governments in USA and with the Department of Defence in Australia, health services (community health, dementia care, program assessment, General Practice), and as preferred suppliers of ICT & career counseling, outplacement, manufacturing services.
Some of these were for my own businesses and others for clients in various countries - including the USA, Australia, UK, Ireland, The Philippines and Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Singapore, India...
Clients span the retail, services, manufacturing, recruitment services, agriculture, aquaculture, lubricant manufacture, funeral, ICT, App/Web developers, consulting sectors... and others
In addition I have worked on maybe hundreds of proposals (a sometimes associated Business Plans) of various structures for many commercial clients.
I understand the structured documentation that government agencies and similar organizations require for their proposals or tenders. This includes appreciating the complexities that small business owners face in meeting the detailed& challenging requirements...
Cheers, John