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Procurement 'How to' PublicationsEach year, public and private sector organizations spend millions of dollars developing Requests For Proposals. Unfortunately, many of these RFPs have serious deficiencies. They fail to structure the process; they often provide ambiguous selection criteria; they don't identify major requirements or contractual terms. These organizations fail to take advantage of the vast body of knowledge of other, more successful developers of RFPs. We have many products, including a free newsletter, that can help you reduce procurement crises and bullet-proof your RFPs. One of our products explains the rules of public procurement to elected officials. (If you are looking for help with proposal writing, responding to RFPs, go to: http://www.fedmarket.com/proposalCentral/proposal_evaluation.shtml)
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2. See no evil, hear no evil, do no evil… Elected Officials, Senior Managers and Public Procurement
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From Michael Asner...
The story is always the same. RFPs are difficult and risky. Many organizations are searching for “best practices” that work. Some have found them.
More than 3500 public bodies have used The Request For Proposal Handbook as a valuable source of ideas and best practices. Since the First Edition in 1995, I've continued to discuss best practices with hundreds of procurement people and have learned about their “secrets” for success.
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