About
Equa
Solutions.
We started where many of our clients are now: building a business, pursuing government work, and learning how much a strong proposal can shape.
Today, Equa Solutions helps government contractors tell clearer stories, compete with greater confidence, and pursue the opportunities that move their businesses forward.
Our story has always been about growth: adapting when the path changed, focusing on the work we love most, and helping our clients pursue bigger opportunities with greater confidence.
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who we are.
Follow our journey.
Before Equa focused on proposal consulting, we were a government contractor ourselves. We know what it feels like to chase the next opportunity while managing the work on hand.
Our approach is built from that experience. We speak the same government contracting language that you and your customers to, and we know how to help you tell your story in a way that is clear, credible, and compelling.
The start
Equa was established in 2009, building on the owner’s experience supporting prime contractors and learning what it takes to compete for government work.
First Government Contracts
Our first prime contracts with the GSA, Army, and other agencies consisted of small repair, renovation, and upgrade projects that gave us firsthand experience managing government work.
Government Contracting Growth
Equa used those early wins to pursue larger and more complex opportunities, including IDIQ contracts, MACCs, MATOCs, SABERs, JOCs, and other contract vehicles with multiple agencies.
Our Shift Into Proposal Writing
Over time, we realized the proposal process was where we could make the greatest impact. We loved shaping the strategy, telling the story, and helping our partners compete for work that could move their businesses forward.
Who We are Today
Today, Equa uses our experience as a prime contractor to help other companies grow in government contracting, whether they are pursuing their first public-sector opportunity or their 100th.
all this history leads to
The Equa difference.
(ea-kwa)
Cherokee word
adjective: great or large in scope, especially for living things.
Meet the people
behind the metrics.
The metrics matter, but so do the people behind them. We’d love to meet you!
Dennis Hood
Proposal Consultant
Dennis Hood is the founder of Equa Solutions and a proposal consultant with more than two decades of experience helping companies compete for complex federal, state, local, and commercial contracts. He specializes in proposal strategy, management, and writing, with particular expertise in construction and other technical industries. Dennis also managed more than 200 government contracts with a combined value exceeding $250 million.
Qualifications
- MA, International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
- MS, Measurement and Evaluation, American University
- BA, History/Political Science, University of Utah
- 20+ years of proposal-management experience
Favorite things
History, LEGO sets, anything sci-fi and traveling to the next destination
fun fact
Dennis is a sucker for an interested scope of work and loves seeing what his clients build. Give him a complicated set of requirements, and he’ll happily figure out how to make them clear, persuasive, and easy to understand.
Kelly LaDue
Proposal Consultant
Kelly LaDue is a proposal consultant with more than 30 years of experience managing complex federal, state, local, and international pursuits. She has successfully managed more than 1,000 proposals for contracts and privatization efforts with a combined value exceeding $25 billion.
Her experience spans construction, engineering, environmental services, life support, training, and security, giving her a broad technical perspective and a proven ability to manage demanding proposals from strategy through submission.
Qualifications
- BS, Environmental Management
- 30+ years of proposal-management experience
