vendor evaluation

Jun 25 2009   3:37PM GMT

Tips for negotiating a managed services contract - the vendor selection process

Posted by: Troy Tate
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You have now received back the proposals from the vendors based on the RFP that you built according to the RFP anatomy described previously.

Maybe you forgot the steps before the RFP. You can go back and review:

The first post in this series covered two questions: Where are you? and Where do you want to go?

The second article in the series described the calendar of events or how many shopping days do we have?

This third article in the series covered the actual RFP (request for proposal) anatomy and contents.

This final posting will discuss the vendor selection process - planning for the wedding (or engagement).

Let’s get talking about vendor selection and awarding the contract! Continued »