Writing Quality · Clarity

Write proposals that evaluators can read.

Readability Analysis gives every paragraph a color-coded clarity score — from Very Easy to Very Confusing — so your team knows exactly where to improve before an evaluator struggles through a dense, passive-voice-heavy section.

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What It Measures

Five factors that affect clarity

PQS assesses readability using a combination of industry-standard and customizable metrics — giving you actionable, paragraph-level data instead of a useless document-wide score.

Sentence length — flag paragraphs with overly long sentences
Complex words — identify unnecessarily difficult vocabulary
Passive voice usage — surface weakened, ambiguous constructions
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level — standard reading-level benchmark
Custom word ignore lists — exclude jargon and proper nouns

Fully Adjustable: Change the standard reading level, sentence length thresholds, and passive voice limits to match your agency's writing standards or the evaluator's expected audience.

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Color-Coded by Paragraph
Every paragraph gets a readability category visible in the second Excel column — no hunting for problems, they're instantly visible.
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Customizable Standards
Adjust reading level, sentence length, and passive voice thresholds. All ranges update automatically when you change the baseline.
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Excel Output
Results delivered in Excel for easy sharing, filtering, and assigning specific paragraphs to writers for revision.
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Immediate Value
Run it on any proposal draft in seconds. No setup, no configuration. Just load the document and click.

When to Run It

Every time before a review

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Pink Team Review

Give writers a readability baseline before Pink Team so reviewers focus on content, not clarity.

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Red Team Prep

Ensure evaluators are judging your ideas, not fighting through confusing prose.

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Final Polish Pass

The last QC step before submission to ensure your proposal reads at the appropriate level throughout.

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RFP Comprehension

Analyze the RFP itself to understand which sections require the most careful reading and interpretation.

Write proposals that evaluators can read.

Five factors that affect clarity

Every time before a review

Clear writing wins contracts.

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