This could have been executed by the process "Wired RFP". just look for the this term and you will see references where government RFPs are wired to specific ve

This could have been executed by the process "Wired RFP". just look for the this term and you will see references where government RFPs are wired to specific vendor. In other sense, no other vendor may qualify to bid based on the RFP requirement. For e.g RFP bidding/winning criteria is based on point system. 1. Price accounts for 25% 2. Referrals from similar orgs 40% and so on you see, when the price in the RFP accounts less then it is an indication that the RFP is wired to a specific vendor. A small business who is just starting may or may not have 3 or more referrals from a public school or university. In one of the RFP process I sat, the RFP had a typo where they had literally spelled out the name of a competitor company. I pointed out this in the pre-bidding call and the personnel acknowledged that it was a mistake. Government RFP are a waste of time because it is the last step the government does in their purchasing process. They have already chosen the vendor and most of the time the vendor helps them write the RFP. Fixing the RFP process may eliminate some of the overspending.