You’re a technology manager in charge of hiring an installer to implement new technology into your organization’s workflow.
The first thing you’re going to need to do is creating a request for proposal. An RFP is a document that outlines just what you’re looking for in a new technology. The RFP is sent out to prospective technology integrators, and they offer various designs and bids to win your project.
It seems like a simple process, but that’s often not the case. Without the right information in the RFP, you won’t get the right responses in return. Integrators often need specific information – anything from current systems you utilize, to the amount of square footage in a given space, and sometimes they even need I information on what’s above the ceiling and below the floor in order to create a system that will fit your space.
Even after selecting an integrator, the RFP may not have given the right information to your new partner. The next several weeks could be spent exchanging information that could have been explained in the RFP. Or worse – mistakes occur which could have been avoided if the RFP held the right information.
Not only will that set the project back, but it could cost you more than the budget you were allotted.
Click here to download the Ultimate Guide to RFPs!
It’s not your fault. The reason we hire technology integrators is because they have expertise in installing certain technology that you simply don’t have. How could you know all of the information to share before even having a discussion with a future partner?
We wanted to solve that problem for technology managers. That’s why we created the Ultimate Guide to RFPs.
The Ultimate Guide to RFPs gives technology managers looking to have installers implement new technology in their organization everything needed to write a clear request for proposal.
We spoke to dozens of AV integrators, IT managed service providers, and security technology installers to learn the essentials necessary in an RFP for them to hit the ground running. We’re now giving that information to you.
19 technology topics are covered in the Ultimate Guide to RFPs. Each topic features an explanation of what the technology can do for an organization, as well as a list of template questions specific to each technology to be answered when creating an RFP.
Once you’ve answered these questions, you’ll have given your future installation partner everything they need to design a system that is unique to your organization.
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