About Michael Asner

Michael Asner helps government people (usually auditors or procurement executives) and lawyers deal with procurement and RFP issues. (He also helps private sector companies understand the RFP process and how to create effective proposals).

For the last 20 years, Michael has provided consulting services, published books and articles, and offered workshops to governments and government agencies throughout North America and the Caribbean.

As a consultant, he has dealt with all aspects of the RFP process:

Analyzed protests and complaints.
Participated in policy reviews of procurement and RFP processes.
Most recently, he has acted as a Fairness Officer to ensure that highly visible RFPs can survive public scrutiny.

During the last few years, Michael has been acting as an expert witness, assisting lawyers and
sometimes testifying, on issues related to public procurement and best practices.

As an author, he is North America’s largest publisher of RFP information:

Written dozens of articles for magazines and journals.
Written 8 text books including Supplier Complaints and Protests, Best RFP Practices from More Than Sixty Jurisdictions, and The Request For Proposal Handbook.
Since 1995, he has written and published The RFP Report, a newsletter of ideas, checklists and best practices.

To view his current publications, go to: http://www.rfpmentor.com/products.html

Michael is a frequent speaker at conferences. He has spoken at conferences and professional development events such as the National Institute of Governmental Purchasers’ (NIGP) annual conferences, many NIGP chapter events, National Association of Educational Buyers (NAEB) conferences, Western States Contracting Alliance, and Government Technology conferences. To view his current

To view his current speaking activities, go to: http://www.rfpmentor.com/speaker.html

He also helps private sector firms improve their proposal writing capabilities.

He provides consulting services, offer training and workshops, and publish articles all related to
proposal writing and how to sell to governments. More information about my activities in these areas can
be found at my web site dealing with Proposal Evaluation: Getting inside the Evaluator's Head:
http://www.fedmarket.com/proposalCentral/proposal_evaluation.shtml

His complete CV can be found at: www.rfpmentor.com/MichaelAsnerCV.html

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Michael directly:

michael@rfpmentor.com 604/530-7881

Thank you.

Some information about Michael Asner as a speaker at your next conference or professional development event:

Topics

I have a variety of topics and my presentations vary from one hour to two full days. Current topics include:

1. Using a fairness commissioner

2. Scandals promote procurement reform

3. Six major RFP problems and their solutions

4. Designing an effective evaluation process for RFPs

5. Six great documents (used during the RFP process) that intimidate their lawyers and

prevent complaints

6. Risk Management in the RFP process.

7. The best web sites for RFP information

8. Evaluating Commercially Available Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Software

9. Bullet-Proofing Your RFPs

9. Trends in Public Procurement (hot topics)

10. Best and Final Offers

11. Ethics and Public Procurement

Handout material

In addition to the standard handout material, you can, if you wish, make copies of one of my training CDs (such as the one on Designing an Evaluation Process which sells for $195) for distribution to each attendee. This is a great value-added item for your members and you can put your logo on the CD. (Details of my training CDs can be found at www.rfpmentor.com.)

Some details about my longer presentations

Bullet-Proofing Your RFPs: A Survival Guide for Public Sector Buyers

http://www.rfpmentor.com/rfpworkshop.html

Getting it right – The Best RFP Practices from more than 60 jurisdictions

http://www.rfpmentor.com/rfpworkshop2.html

Two Day RFP Workshop

http://www.rfpmentor.com/cms_pdfs/Two-dayRFPWorkshop.pdf

Announcing a NEW WORKSHOP

On

Ethics and Public Procurement

Avoiding Procurement Scandals:

Making Ethical Issues Part of Your Procurement Process and Your Culture

At last, a workshop dealing with the real issues related to public procurement. What should elected officials do? How should the Evaluators behave?

What are the expectations? What does the law require from public bodies?

To see the important issues that this workshop covers, go to:

http://www.rfpmentor.com/cms_pdfs/EthicsCoursesOct2009.doc

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"Scandals Promote Procurement Reform. Includes a report that identifies the most common and most significant procurement risks"

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