Case Study: How Cutting Edge Communications Achieved 90% Time Savings with Procurement Sciences

When Paul Bishop joined Cutting Edge Communications as Head of Proposal Solutions, he turned Procurement Sciences into an indispensable daily tool that has transformed how the team works in government contracting alongside his expertise.

A Proposal Consultancy Unlocking AI

Cutting Edge Communications provides proposal services and surge support to companies responding to government RFPs—primarily in aerospace and defense. They needed to deliver fast, high-quality proposal work for multiple clients simultaneously. That’s where Procurement Sciences came in.

The manual work in proposals can take up valuable time. Without Procurement Sciences, RFP shredding took hours. Compliance matrices were laborious. Volume outlines and kickoff packages consumed valuable time that could have been spent on strategy and persuasive writing.

Unlocking Daily Value

Once Bishop became comfortable with Procurement Sciences, adoption was immediate. "I use it every day in almost every part of my job," he explains. The tool now stays open on his desktop throughout the workday, ready for everything from quick AI searches to complex proposal tasks.

"Procurement Sciences shreds save 90% of my time. That’s a very manual process that can take hours that now only takes seconds."

Transforming Proposal Operations

The impact on core proposal tasks has been dramatic. Bishop estimates a 90% time savings on RFP shredding—converting a laborious process of a couple of hours into mere seconds of automated work followed by a few minutes of review. Compliance matrices, volume outlines, and kickoff slide packages are all significantly expedited.

But Procurement Sciences goes beyond rote tasks. Bishop has expanded its use to marketing plans, capture strategies, and sales planning. "It acts more like a colleague in brainstorming," he notes. "It can generate awe-inspiring insights and ideas that I would not have created on my own."

By using the government contracting specializations, the platform derives strategic insights that help position proposals more effectively. The AI growth platform has evolved from time-saver to co-creator.

"It acts more like a colleague in brainstorming. It can generate awe-inspiring insights and ideas that I would not have created on my own."

Beyond Proposals: Personnel Matching

Bishop also uses Procurement Sciences to match experts from their network to specific client requests for skill sets and headcount. The tool synthesizes information from their database, narrowing hundreds of candidates down to five or six for final review—turning hours of work into minutes.

AI as Co-Creator, Not Replacement

"There’s a place for me to fine-tune everything and be the decision maker." Bishop says. While Procurement Sciences handles busy work and generates ideas, human expertise remains essential for persuasive writing and strategic decisions. The efficiency gains allow Bishop to focus on what truly matters—strategy, persuasion, and optimization.

The Bottom Line: Growth Unleashed

90% time savings on RFP shredding. Compliance matrices in seconds instead of hours. Daily use across all proposal operations. Strategic insights that wouldn't have emerged otherwise.

For Cutting Edge Communications, Procurement Sciences has become essential to serving their clients and staying competitive in government proposal consulting.