Use Case · Statement of Qualifications
The SOQ that gets you shortlisted.
An SOQ is your firm's highlight reel. A curated look at the team, projects, and capabilities that match the work. Tighten it up and you get invited back. Phone it in and you do not.
What it is
Statement of Qualifications (SOQ), explained.
A Statement of Qualifications presents the team, projects, and capabilities that make your firm the right fit for a specific opportunity. Evaluators use it to build the shortlist, so it lives or dies on relevance: the right five project sheets, current resumes, and the awards and certifications that match the scope. The hard part is that this content keeps changing, and every agency wants it in a different shape, from the federal SF330 to a template of their own.
At a glance
- Length
- 10 to 40 pages
- Window
- 1 to 3 weeks
- Decides
- Who makes the shortlist
- Outputs
- Project sheets, resumes, capabilities, awards
Why it's hard
Where SOQs go wrong.
Living content. Resumes, projects, and certifications change constantly and have to stay in sync.
Relevance ranking. The best five projects for this RFQ are not always the five you shipped last time.
Owner templates. Every agency wants the same content in a different shape, from SF330 to bespoke.
The Stepscale Way
How Stepscale handles the SOQ.
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01
Assemble
Project sheets, resumes, and capability content in one library.
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Rank
Past work scored by fit so your strongest examples lead.
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Maintain
Awards, licenses, and certifications kept current in a single source.
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04
Reformat
The same content output to SF330, the owner's template, or yours.
FAQ
SOQ questions, answered.
What is a Statement of Qualifications?
An SOQ is a curated package of your firm's team, relevant projects, and capabilities that shows you are qualified for a given scope. Owners usually use it to build a shortlist before they ask anyone for a priced proposal.
What is the difference between an SOQ and an RFQ response?
An RFQ is the owner's request, and the SOQ is often the document you submit in reply. In practice the two overlap, since both are about proving qualifications and relevant experience rather than pricing a specific scope.
How do I keep an SOQ library current?
Resumes, project sheets, and certifications drift out of date between pursuits. Stepscale keeps them in one source of truth, ranks past work by fit to the opportunity, and reformats to SF330 or any owner template on demand.
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