Request for Proposal (RFP)
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Use the QUANTITATIVE analysis tools found in the Automated Product Evaluation System (APES)™ to identify software system requirements more efficiently, and then make software selection decisions better suited to your organization's real world needs. Save time, save money, and reduce the risk of making a wrong product decision during your next project by using APES™ and it's INFORequestor™ series of interactive, web-enabled_RFP™ (Request for Proposal) creation tools - User Needs Surveys, net-RFI™ (Request for Information), net-RFQ™ (Request for Quotation), (net-RFP™) and vendor response evaluation tools!
The requirements planning and product selection tools listed below will save you time and money in many ways! Accurately identify your vendor SHORT LIST, then efficiently collect system configuration details from vendors in a consistent, accurate, and quantitative format using electronic web-based RFP or RFQ preparation techniques! (Go to RFP Templates for a FREE sample of the questions used to create vendor short-lists!) Easily pinpoint inter-dependencies with other departments and procedures! Select the right products with confidence when using the Automated Product Evaluation System!
Eliminate repetitive paperwork and time-wasting, recurring data entry by
using the APES INFORequestor module to AUTOMATICALLY prepare
WEB-BASED Requests for Information (RFI), Proposal (RFP), or Quotes(RFQ). Obtain better, more informative vendor responses faster, and keep all projects on-schedule more easily! Simply click a few buttons to store all vendor responses in an easily accessible central database! And all vendor responses can be compared side-by-side with APES full range
of FEATURE, SUITABILITY and FINANCIAL analysis tools! (see below)
Web-based, Interactive RFPs BOOST Productivity!
RFP Topic Samples
Fully customizable, you can use the pre-configured RFPs shipped with the product, or use easily create your own! Go to standard RFI Questions for a FREE sample of the questions used to create vendor short-lists! Be sure to specify the target application! See APES output samples here! (using EDMS examples)
INFORequestor extends the existing Automated Product Evaluation System RFP printing functions to a new level - that of preparing comprehensive RFI, RFQs, & RFPs for Web distribution, collectively referred to as RFx's. Complete with full input validation and topic-specific help, the fact that these Windows-based Request documents require NO special system settings and NO special training makes them support free!! Just check these functions:
AUTOMATIC WWW RFP/RFI/RFQ (RFx) FILE CREATION - easily create RFX files for distribution to vendors. Each will have a full SETUP routine for Windows installation, and require NO special INI or Registry settings capable of causing conflicts with other applications, i.e., no special support problems.
MULTIPLE RFPs per Client - Multiple projects per client are supported.
FULL RESPONSE VALIDATION - All RFP/RFx question answers are subject to user-defined input validation routines. This ensures fully consistent vendor responses needed to improve response clarity and for automated analysis or export to spreadsheets and other applications.
FULL RFP TOPIC HELP - Completely user defined help or instructions for each RFP Question may be entered. Improve vendor response with detailed instructions regarding how vendors should respond to each RFX question.
AUTOMATIC RFP EVALUATION - Automatically compare vendor responses to Rough Cut and Final Cut criteria with feature-by-feature comparisons using APES.
FINANCIAL COMPARISONS - automatically calculate and compare Present Value, Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, Payback Period for each vendor response in APES.
SUITABILITY ANALYSIS - automatically calculate and compare SUITABILITY of solutions with APES product suitability evaluation.
SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON - Comparisons of up to 3 products can be made side-by-side using APES product feature comparisons (see example comparing EDMS software products).
FULL EXPORT - Export all responses to today's popular database, word processor, and spreadsheet formats.
ACCESS DATABASE STRUCTURE - ALL data, text, and vendor response data will be maintained in the Microsoft Access database structure (MDB files) and be fully compatible with both Access and Visual Basic.
USER DEFINED - All Product Classes (categories), Products (services), and related RFX Questions are user defined, using APES functions.
For current APES/InfoRequestor pricing bundles, or RFP assistance, please E-Mail Infotivity, or call 412-384-5535 (FAX 412-384-0849.
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requests for information, preliminary requests for information, short list creation, request for proposal, request for quotation, and request for information preparation and response processing is made much easier through online, Web based software like this! proposal comparison and analysis are made more accurate!
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