RE: Response to RFP help

["Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>]

The directions in the RFP are not that precise.  I have a copy and the RFP
states the primary issues that need to be addressed, but there is not a
precise list of requirements.  There are precise requirements for the
appendices, but not for the proposal itself.  From what I have heard,
proposals come in different formats and there is no consistency.  What I am
not told is if the "approved" proposals have a consistent format.  I will
mock up my outline for my friend according to what is in the RFP, which is
vague, but does includes a couple of requirements.

Lauren
 

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> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 1:32 PM
> To: Karen L. Zorn; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Response to RFP help
> 
> To amplify what others have said, use the precise
> formatting instructions from the RFP. But if you have
> additional information that doesn't fit into the
> matrix they provide, it's usually okay to include it
> as an appendix. This is helpful sometimes when, for
> example, you need to explain the details of how your
> solution will become compliant with the requirement of
> section 5.3.8 or whatever in the next release.
> 
> Steve
> --- "Karen L. Zorn" <k -dot- zorn -at- zorntech -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> > State agencies vary widely. If you do not present
> > the proposal the way the
> > agency specified, SOL! Give them what they ask for,
> > the way they ask for it,
> > right down to the font.
> > 
> > Karen L. Zorn
> > Zorn Technologies, Inc.
> > Mesa, AZ
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> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+k -dot- zorn=zorntech -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com]
> > On Behalf
> > Of Dori Green
> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:59 AM
> > To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > Subject: RE: Response to RFP help
> > 
> > I've been writing govt & private-sector proposals
> > for 25 years or so.
> > 
> > Every RFP I've ever dealt with included their
> > preferred format (template).
> > The big expensive training program from Shipley
> > Associates _strongly_
> > recommended not deviating from the customer's
> > designated preference when it
> > comes to format (as in, they'll use nonconformance
> > to can your beautiful
> > work without looking at it).
> > 
> > Dori Green
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