Deltek Sets Bold Vision for the Future of Government Contracting

New GovWin IQ AI-powered capabilities mark the first step toward transforming how contractors bid, draft proposals, and win new business

Herndon, VA – June 25, 2025 – Deltek, the leading global provider of enterprise software and solutions for project-based businesses, today announced new AI-driven capabilities within GovWin IQ that represent the beginning of a bold, multi-phase initiative to redefine how government contractors identify, bid on, and win new opportunities.

Amid growing uncertainty, delays, and shifting priorities in the government contracting industry (GovCon), today’s GovWin IQ enhancements help contractors act faster and smarter—delivering earlier insights, AI-generated proposal outlines, and greater confidence in every pursuit. By combining exclusive intelligence from experienced analysts with AI automation, GovWin IQ helps enable teams to stay aligned, and more quickly qualify and bid on opportunities while removing the need for manual rework.

These capabilities are just the beginning. At Deltek ProjectCon 2025 in November, the company will preview a new, AI-powered proposal solution that will transform the way government contractors engage with opportunities. The solution combines the intelligence of GovWin IQ, the contract and capture management power of Costpoint ERP, and the efficiency of Dela AI into one seamless experience.

“We’re not just improving proposal development, we’re reinventing it by combining deep industry expertise with powerful emerging tech,” said Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President of Information Solutions at Deltek. “This is a significant shift for the industry and our solutions, and we believe this will fundamentally change how our customers compete and grow in the GovCon space.”

The new proposal platform will become fully integrated with GovWin IQ and Costpoint ERP, marking a game-changing evolution in Deltek’s product suite and the market at large.

New Today: AI Tools that Deliver Smarter Pursuit of Opportunities
Contractors can begin realizing the benefits of this transformation today with two new features available immediately in GovWin IQ:

  • Ask Dela Opportunity Chat: Teams can ask questions about government opportunities and receive instant, actionable answers, enabling them to qualify leads faster and allocate resources more effectively.
  • AI-Powered Proposal Outlines: Generate response frameworks from solicitation documents, saving hours of manual work while aligning teams around a unified strategy from the start. This feature arms proposal teams with a basic outline to fill in and an annotated outline to guide them, so they can own their proposal narrative and benefit from the efficiency gains only AI can provide.

These updates are about more than just efficiency. From enabling real-time opportunity chat to qualifying opportunities to generating proposal outlines directly from GovWin IQ, these capabilities turn GovWin IQ into an intelligent research assistant for proposal and business development teams, delivering answers rooted in official government documentation and backed by Deltek’s exclusive insights from expert analysts.

Learn more about Deltek’s innovations for government contractors.

About Deltek

Better software means better projects. Deltek is the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for project-based businesses. More than 30,000 organizations and millions of users in over 80 countries around the world rely on Deltek for superior levels of project intelligence, management, and collaboration. Our industry-focused expertise powers project success by helping firms achieve performance that maximizes productivity and revenue. www.deltek.com

For further information contact:

Deltek Media Relations Team
press@deltek.com

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