Term: In-house

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Describes personnel within the point-of-reference organization, or services provided by these personnel.

Sometimes we assume that our competitors are far smarter than we are, better informed and harder working.

And sometimes we assume that they’re clueless, lazy and hapless.

Neither is true.

My favourite door-knocking event so far:
Me to 10 yr old who answered: “I’m here to talk about the upcoming mayoral election, are one of your parents home?”
Kid: “My dad doesn’t want to run for mayor.” *closes door*

Sign this kid up for a proposal team. Not.

Source: Tweet by Michael Oshry, who *is* running for Mayor of Edmonton

I have it on good authority that every contract for a ship of any size now contains this phrase: "The ship shall be delivered afloat, upright, and at the dock." You can thank a nameless contractor for each of those specifications: A contractor who failed one or more of those should-go-without-saying tests and who held the client to the letter of the contract to excuse this ridiculousness.

Here's a good overview of procurement, written in a conversational tone.

What is Procurement?

Posted: 2020 Nov 14

Check out these procurement opportunities and related organizations:

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"There are only two things: contracts and conversations.
If you don't have the one, all you have is the other."
- An American Colonel whose name is lost in the mists of time

This site focuses on RFP responses, but in 25 years in Proposal Land, I've learned some things about RFPs. If you're responsible for issuing an RFP, there's help here for you, too.

For more help -- on either side of the contracting divide -- check out my manual.

"... a brilliant articulation of everything you ever needed to know about proposals." Carla Dawes, Founder: Rising into Resilience; former Business Development Manager & Proposal Consultant