Solicited Proposals
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL(RFP)
- Solicited by the customer when end products are not well defined.
- Research
- Studies
- Developments
- Large high tech system acquisition
- Listing of government business opportunities
- Commerce Business Daily (CBD)
- RFPs generally consist of :
- Statement of work
- Major milestones
- List of deliverable items
- List of customer Furnished items (CFI)
- Documentation requirements
- Proposal preparation requirement and guidelines
- Sample contracts
- Proposal content responsive to the provisions of the RFP
- The proposals ability to define an effective project to provide the items needed is a major element of the selection criteria.