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Secret #7 - A Single, Responsible Person Needs to be In-Charge Hear what the President of NIGP says about this book . . . “I have found the Request for Proposal Handbook by Michael Asner to be a great training tool for my buyer staff. Although I have an experienced staff, they have had limited exposure in their careers to RFPs. The best practices information, examples and checklists all have proven to be wonderful tools. Thank you Michael.” Ron Watkins CPPO, Purchasing Manager This snapshot is taken from our new 400-page reference text, The Request For Proposal Handbook (Third Edition). This book focuses on best RFP practices that will help you be successful. Chapter 5 of The Request For Proposal Handbook (Third Edition) identifies five excellent RFP manuals. Here’s one of their gems. A great list of procurement manager tasks: Secret #7 - A Single, Responsible Person Needs to be In-Charge The underlying principle of the procurement process is that a single responsible individual, the Procurement Manager, with the responsibility, authority and resources to conduct the procurement will produce the most successful result. This single point of contact and control approach has proven to be very successful. The book also contains their DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES CHECKLIST The following is a checklist outlining the duties and responsibilities of the Procurement Manager. • Get latest copy of model RFP on diskette and example RFP's from Purchasing Division electronic and document library. • Prepare Concept Memorandum • Conduct pre-procurement data gathering • Update the Concept Memorandum • Obtain agency management's approval to conduct the procurement • Obtain Chief Information Officer approval, technology procurements only • Issue a procurement initiation memorandum • Organize the Evaluation Committee (plus 50 other items) Learn how you can reduce the risks by developing a more effective RFP and a better process. Learn about this RFP Guide and four others. Learn about the best practices from more than sixty jurisdictions based on Michael Asner’s 20-years of experience. Chapter 5 of The Request For Proposal Handbook (Third Edition) focuses on excellent manuals. Those few publications which are easy to read and convey solid advice in terms of ‘best practices’. Chapter 5 features publications from The entire 400-page book focuses on how to create effective, low-risk RFPs. You will learn about best practices that will help you be successful.
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