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The article doesn't care to mention what RFP even means. So I'll be the guy in the comments asking: "WTF does RFP stand for?"
by MauranKilom 5y ago
The article doesn't care to mention what RFP even means. So I'll be the guy in the comments asking: "WTF does RFP stand for?"
- toyg 5y agohttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/request-for-proposal.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/request-for-proposal.as... "A request for proposal (RFP) is a business document that announces a project, describes it, and solicits bids from qualified contractors to complete it." Basically, it's a long laundry list of requirements for things you want to buy (e.g. software), with some vague justification attached. It's a thing in big companies and public institutions, which are supposed to have a high degree of oversight on any move they make. In practice, it's just another source of Bullshit Jobs, since the company publishing an RFP has likely already decided what they are going to buy and just have to go through the motions - a bit like those companies publishing job ads because they have to, when they already know who they are going to hire.
- bombcar 5y agoRequest for proposal. Basically a list of requirements for something, and then someone will reply to it with a quote.
- rav 5y agoApparently, "Request for proposal", which is a private-sector equivalent of a tender process (speaking from my point of view of doing a lot of consulting projects for the public sector). A tender process usually requires the agency to pick the quantitatively best bid (by some predetermined ranking scale, usually price or some price-quality combination), whereas an RFP has no such requirement and just lets the agency pick whatever seems subjectively/qualitatively the best choice.