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Category: <span>RFPs</span>
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Category: RFPs

Improve government and corporate RFPs by applying the experience of RFP-response experts.

The Second Costs More

29 January 2021 29 January 2021  Managing bid documents 2

Thinking again about What versus How as a contracting officer.

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Really?

20 November 2020 20 November 2020  Managing bid documents, Managing risk

How’s about we think about what we actually need at this stage?

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Advice to Procurement Professionals: Keep It Simple

21 October 2020 22 October 2020  Managing bid documents 2

If your head explodes when you refer out loud to proposal sections your numbering is too complicated.

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Term: Para-by-Para Response

21 September 2020 21 September 2020  Terms starting with P 2

When the simple fix is not used, it sorta makes you wonder.

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You Can’t Always Git What You Want

27 August 2020 17 August 2020  Managing compliance and mandatories, Managing for low price

Just ask the Stones.

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Just Build the Damn Ships

Sad/great article on Canadian government procurement: the latest oxymoron.

Matt Gurney, National Post

Good overview of shipbuilding strategy (sic).

John Ivison, National Post

Good detail on the frigate fiasco.

David Pugliese, National Post

 

Quality & Quantity

“You cannot increase the quality of an argument by simply increasing the quantity of your argument.”

Source: How to Make Your Arguments Stronger

Substitute "proposal" for "argument" and it's still true. But, boy, we keep trying.

Death to Jargon!

"...unreadable claptrap about building back better resilient green gender prudent fiscal stimulus affordable jumpstarted racial equality childcare climate solutions COVID-19 employee stock option decisive dynamic Indigenous inclusive net-zero cross-border digital tax cut increases." - Terence Corcoran writing about Canada's Fiscal Update (emphasis added so everyone would get it the first time don't make me say it again)

Source: Financial Times, 01 Dec 2020

Sell to Canada

Check out the event calendar for free webinars on how to sell to the Government of Canada.

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FNIGC

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First Nations Information Governance Centre - LinkedIn

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