Archive for December, 2009

Can you help with my RFP?

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

HAve you been asked to write an RFP for your organization’s website?  Maybe you’re feeling a little helpless because you’re not qualified to find a company that’s qualified to design a website.  Afterall, if you were, you’d be designing the site yourself.  So, if you’re thinking, “I need help with my RFP” then you’ve come to the right place.

The folks at the IBCC are skilled programmers, designers and search engineers who are dedicated to helping people just like you to find qualified vendors.  If you’re looking for an unbiased source to serve as your advocate and hold your hand through a confusing and often costly experience, we can help.

To discover more call one of our professionals at 970-674-0079.

I Need Help With My RFP!

Monday, December 14th, 2009

If you’re about to scream, “I need help with my RFP,” you’ve come to the right spot.  Creating an RFP is usually a daunting task because you probably don’t know what you don’t know.  Here’s  likely scenario.  Your boss shouted, “Peterson.  Come here.  I need you to write an RFP for our new website.”  You say you’ll get right on it and then you head back to your desk wondering what an RFP is. After finding out that it’s a request for a proposal, you realize that you’re supposed to get a few proposals from website design companies so they can bid on your company’s new website design.

Then it hits you.  You don’t know anything about how to create a good website.  You’ve just been tasked with something tht you know nothing about.  Now what?   If you don’t find a great company that does a great job, your butt is on the line.  But you don’t even know which questions to ask.  If you knew anything about website design, they’d probably have asked you to design the site.

It’s a real quandary.  If you don’t know enough to design the site, then how are you supposed to know enough to hire the right person to do it.

That’s where the RFP consulting services come in.  Recently, we got a call from the government.  It was one of the branches of the military.  I can’t say which one.  They needed RFP assistance.  They wanted help writing their website RFP and help reviewing the proposals once they were submitted.  I just kept hearing from them that they had no idea that should be asking questions like this or like that.  Ignorance is a scary thing, especially when your job is on the line.

To discover more about our consulting services, visit our RFP Assistance sections.

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