Whether you’re requesting bids for

Whether you’re requesting bids for a one-time project oran ongoing outsource relationship, you must be able to describe your objectives and budget clearly so that vendors will provide an accurate and appropriate proposal. As part of the needs-assessment process, a client may conduct informal pre-proposal meetings with possible vendors. This is particularly useful when the client has little direct experience with the project or wants to learn more about the product or service in order to describe it more clearly in the RFP. This is sometimes known as scoping the project and can become a more formal process with the use of a scoping document that solicits information from a variety of possible vendors before the RFP is written.