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The RFP Report Issue #49  Issue 52:

  A COMPLETE INDEX BY ISSUE AND BY TOPIC

  OF ALL 51 ISSUES

     MORE THAN 700 PAGES OF BEST RFP PRACTICES

     FROM MORE THAN 60 DIFFERENT AGENCIES

Review the Table of Contents or Subject Index. Identify the specific Issue of The RFP Report that you are most interested in. Then simply click on the hotlink to obtain your copy of this valuable report. These 51 issues contain more than 700 pages of RFP best practices.

 


 Click here to download a complete index by issue and by subject.

Subject Index - Main Topics

* Access to Information * Best Value * Checklists * Contracts * Ethics * E-Procurement * The Evaluation Committee * The Evaluation Process * Excellence * Fair and Open Competition * Great Handbooks and Guidelines * Green Procurement * Justice Systems * Management Issues * Negotiated Procurement * Outsourcing  Problems and Pitfalls * Procurement Library * Procurement Reform * Public-Private Partnerships * Risk Management * Great RFPs to Learn From * Good Short Examples * Sole Sourcing * Sources of Information * Statement of Work (SOW) * Supplier Complaints and Protests * Training * Unanticipated Tasks * Unsolicited Proposals *

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The RFP Report Issue #49

       Issue 54:

 1. Encylopedia of Ethical Failure

 2. The Great Cake Procurement Fiasco

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  The RFP Report Issue #49

       Issue 53: 

Risk Management - Valuable but still neglected by procurement people. This issue highlights five articles  about risk management and RFPs:

  1. The Contract Manager as Risk Manager

  2. Focus on Risk Management

                                         3. Chances are . . .

                                         4. Project Risk Management

                                         5. California Best Practices

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The RFP Report Issue #49       Issue 51: Scandals Promote Procurement Reform

  a short newspaper article describing a major scandal (how $50 million turned into $100 million)
  the judicial inquiry's research report that identifies the most common and most signficant procuremen risks in the public sector

  information about our latest publication, A Guide to Public Procurement for Elected Officials and Public Sector Managers

Click Here to download this PDF documentClick here to download Issue 51                                                 

 

 Click here for  a speech on Scandals and Procurement Reform

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 The RFP Report Issue #49                              Issue 50: The Statement of Work (SOW) -

A Brief Review of Resources from the Web

  6 sources of instructor-led training and one training CD
  4 different SOW templates  5 different 'how to' manuals

  5 other items: books, documents, kits and web sites

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 The RFP Report Issue #49                                Issue 49:

Two Great RFP Manuals
Getting what You Need on the Way to the Win-Win! Leveraging the RFP in State Technology Procurements
Green RFPs
Information Technology Outsourcing
    Click here to download an IT Outsourcing RFP

 

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 IT Outsourcing RFP

The RFP Report Issue #48       Issue 48:

The Five Best RFP Manuals
(16 pages)

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       Click here to download 5-minute speech about New Mexico's RFP Manual - one of the best.

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The RFP Report Issue #48       Issue 47:

  Scandals Promote Procurement Reform (and the services of fairness consultants)
  The City of Toronto's Report on the Use of Fairness Consultants
  Excellence and Innovation in California: Strategic Procurement at Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) includes the use of a Fairness Consultant

 

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The RFP Report Issue #48

       Issue #45

  A trail of great documents intimidates their lawyers!!!
  (References 10 web sites)
A discussion of the 22-step RFP process followed in Montana

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45-1: Follow an RFP road-map

45-2: Specify the activities of the Evaluation Committee Some best practices including those of Arizona and Alaska

45-3: Develop a fairness plan A discussion of the best practices of Victoria State in Australia

45-4: Publish an Evaluation Guide A review of a great guide from the Atlantic Lottery Corp.

45-5: Publicize an effective debriefing procedure A discussion of best practices with 3 examples.

45-6: Document the protest procedure A discussion of best practices.

45-7: Federal Transit Administration Guide for Procurement System Reviews A summary of the contents and key features of this 100-page guide.

Issue 45 discusses the Evaluation Guide produced by Orange County Sanitation District as an example of excellence. Click here to download a Real-Life Actual Evaluation Guide.

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The RFP Report Issue #41       Issue 41:

  Improve Every RFP: Demand Risk Management Information
  (16 pages)

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 The RFP Report Issue #41

Click Here to download this PDF documentClick here to download Issue 32 

 

       Issue 32: Four Critical Elements


 

32-1: How to come in last: Evaluators’ Advice for Writing Losing Proposals - This article, targeted to vendors who generate woefully inadequate proposals, is a tongue-in-cheek take on how not to succeed.

 32-2: Best and Final Offers - A discussion of this valuable technique with examples from Montana, New Mexico, British Columbia (Canada), and Massachusetts. (References 4 web sites.)

 

32-3: Revised Model Procurement Code - In 1979, the American Bar Association published the Model Procurement Code which did, in fact, become the model for hundreds of jurisdictions. It has been recently revised and re-issued. An excellent document dealing with all aspects of public policy and procurement. Unfortunately, only available in hard-copy. (References 1 web site.)

 

32-4: Bullet-Proofing Your RFP Process - This workshop by Michael Asner has been presented all over North America. This article contains the slides from the workshop which deal with the RFP process. (References 1 web site.)

 

32.5: A good idea - use of a procurement library by potential offerors in New Mexico. (References 1 web site.)

 

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The RFP Report Issue #49Issue 52:

A COMPLETE INDEX BY ISSUE AND BY SUBJECT OF ALL 51 ISSUES

MORE THAN 700 PAGES OF BEST RFP PRACTICES

     FROM MORE THAN 60 DIFFERENT AGENCIES

Review the Table of Contents or Subject Index. Identify the specific Issue of The RFP Report that you are most interested in. Then simply click on the hotlink to obtain your copy of this valuable report. These 51 issues contain more than 700 pages of RFP best practices.

 

 Click here to download a complete index by issue and by subject.


Subject Index - Main Topics

* Access to Information * Best Value * Checklists * Contracts * Ethics * E-Procurement * The Evaluation Committee * The Evaluation Process * Excellence * Fair and Open Competition * Great Handbooks and Guidelines * Green Procurement * Justice Systems * Management Issues * Negotiated Procurement * Outsourcing  Problems and Pitfalls * Procurement Library * Procurement Reform * Public-Private Partnerships * Risk Management * Great RFPs to Learn From * Good Short Examples * Sole Sourcing * Sources of Information * Statement of Work (SOW) * Supplier Complaints and Protests * Training * Unanticipated Tasks * Unsolicited Proposals *



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