Advice to Procurement Professionals: Use the Power of One
Three practical suggestions for improving bid documents and, by extension, the bids received: say it once, ask just once, and use one word for one concept.
Term: Colour/Color Palette
The sum of the decisions made about how to use colour/color in the proposal. Affects headers, footers, headings, tables, graphics, and binder covers.
How to Foster Teamwork: Rule #11
One of a series on fostering proposal teamwork, this one focuses on the paramount importance of the ability to work well with others: a more important attribute than domain expertise.
Term: Contract Term
The period of time for which the contractor will provide the Work under the contract. Sometimes defined as a base period plus one or more option periods. Note that the choice to exercise said option is the client’s unilateral one.
How to Foster Teamwork: Rule #10
Reconnecting proposal teams with the great outdoors (or even just the space outside their proposal room) enhances their “professional health” – productivity, innovativeness, stability, and teamwork.