Books
The Request for Proposal Handbook
Neglected (But Important) RFP Practices
A Guide to Public Procurement for Elected Officials and Public Sector Managers
A Guide for Procuring Complex Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software (COTS) for Public Agencies
Training CDs
RFPs and the Evaluation Process: Getting it Right!!
How to Develop an Effective Statement of Work:
Public Sector Procurement Demystified (Public Purchasing 101)
A Six-Pack of Avoidable, Seemingly Difficult, Major RFP Problems and Their Simple Solutions
Ethical Public Procurement (or How to Avoid the 6 p.m. News): A Guide for Elected Officials and Senior Management
Purchasers
Some of the 4,000 organizations that have purchased our reference publications:
USA
City of Riviera Beach (FL), State Regents for Higher Education (OK), Operational Services Div. (MA), City of San Jose (CA), Osceola County (FL), Highline School District (WA), Walla Walla College (WA), Wichita Public Schools (KS), Lakeshore Technical College (WI), Spokane County (WA), Richmond (VA), State Purchasing Bureau (NE), City of Appleton (WI), Portsmouth Housing Authority (VA), County of Franklin (VA), Supreme Court of Virginia (VA), City of Palm Bay (FL), County of Washtenaw (MI), Dept. of the Treasury (NJ), Beaverton School District 48 (OR), Dept. of Revenue (LA), Oklahoma County (OK), Unified School District 501 (KS), Dept. of Justice (NU), Nassau County Attorneys Office (NY), Whittier College (CA)
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Canada
* Partnering and Procurement Inc. * Telxon Canada Corp. * Ontario Lottery Corp. * STM Systems * Westbridge Systems * East York Hydro * Ernst & Young * Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce * Sun Moon Star * Intermec Systems * Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency * Coopers & Lybrand * B.C. Telephone Company * Ortech International * Scotiabank * Datapro Research *
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Products
Over the last 20 years, I have written extensively about public procurement and the RFP process. Listed below are our current reference books and training CDs.
| New Fourth Edition, Completely Updated, Released June 2010 |
 The Request for Proposal Handbook
By Michael Asner
The Fourth Edition of the leading RFP best practices handbook shows you how to construct RFPs that work! Being used by more than 4,000 public bodies.
370 pages of best RFP practices and examples of excellence. More Information
| NEW – AVAILABLE Sept. 2010 |
Neglected (But Important) RFP Practices:
Building Flexibility and Risk Reduction into Your Next RFP
By Michael Asner
 170 pages discussing 24 neglected best practices.
Learn the details of the best practices not ordinarily found in RFP texts:
- Making RFPs more flexible
- Issuing a Draft RFP
- Avoiding Scandals
- Using Risk as an Evaluation Factor
Plus 125 web references for related articles.
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A Guide to Public Procurement for Elected Officials and Public Sector Managers, by Michael Asner
 "Elected Officials will appreciate the unbiased perspective on the procurement process. I Purchased copies for all my elected officials and senior management. They are very useful as supplemental material when I talk to my council members about the procurement process."
Jim O'Neill
Past President, NIGP
Director of Purchasing, Ft. Collins, CO
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A Guide for Procuring Complex Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software (COTS) for Public Agencies, by Michael Asner
 At last! Help for the Procurement Officer facing IT, a complex software package, and the RFP process. Not just a report but the collected experiences of people who have already traveled this road – made mistakes, discovered truths and completed the work successfully.
Selecting complex software in a public agency is risky! Many agencies bear scars from failed projects because they didn’t learn from others who have made mistakes and others who have done it successfully. Read this report, based on real-life experience and best project, contracting, and RFP practices to avoid major problems.
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Our training CDs (can run on your laptop or network) and provide your staff the needed training 'on demand'.
 1. RFPs and the Evaluation Process: Getting it Right!!
By Michael Asner More Information
2. How to Develop an Effective Statement of Work:
By Terry Davenport More Information
3. Public Sector Procurement Demystified (Public Purchasing 101)
By Jim O’Neill More Information
4. A Six-Pack of Avoidable, Seemingly Difficult, Major RFP Problems and Their Simple Solutions
By Michael Asner More Information
5. Ethical Public Procurement (or How to Avoid the 6 p.m. News): A Guide for Elected Officials and Senior Management
By Michael Asner More Information
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