Contracts and Procurement Assignment 2

Assignment2
 
 
Writinga Request for Proposal (RFP)
 

            Use ofrequests for proposals (RFPs) is a common approach to soliciting proposals frompotential contractors.  The length anddepth of the RFP will be tied to the size and complexity of the proposedeffort.  Small, routine efforts can behandled with short RFPs of one or two pages length, while large, complexundertakings (e.g., building a weapons system) might require RFPs that are halfa foot thick.
            Whenpotential contractors submit proposals in response to the RFP, there is plentyof room to negotiate things like details of the work to be done, promise datesfor critical deliverables, and project price. Once these items have been agreed to, a contract can be writtencapturing the agreement.
            Invitationfor bids (IFBs) entail soliciting proposals that are submitted as sealed bidsand opened publicly at a bid-opening session. In contrast to RFPs, the proposal contained in the sealed bid representsthe contractors best and final offer. In such circumstances, the contract is typically awarded to the low bidder.
 
Assignment

            Using theStatement of Work created for the office relocation project (Assignment 1),write a brief RFP, soliciting proposals from potential contractors.  For guidance on what a basic RFP shouldcontain, look at the outline of an RFP contained in the Chen/Frame text (Principles of Contracting for ProjectManagement), pp 46-49. A shorter outline appears in Module 3, p 23. To seea real world example of an RFP, review the reading titled NIDA RFP.
            Your RFPshould be no longer than five pages long. On your RFP, please include a coverpage and table of contents these two pages are not included in the page countmentioned above.

            Describehow you would need to adjust your RFP to convert it into an IFB (it is not necessaryto rewrite it as an IFB).  Why are theseadjustments necessary?
            Youranswer to this part of the assignment should be no longer than one page.