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Consultancy Services Proposal – Part 3 Supervising the Consultant

July 27th, 2009 · View Comments · Consultants, Project Management, Proposal, Tutorial

Use the Supervision section to identify who will monitor (i.e. supervise) the consultant. This person is responsible for ensuring that the consultant meets their objectives and performs their activities in line with the Work Breakdown Structure.

Consultancy Services Proposal – Part 2 Writing the Introduction

July 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Consultants, Proposal, Tutorial

Use the introduction to place the proposal in context. This section should be one or two pages max. Don’t over-whelm the reader with background material. They can find more details about your organization on your website and in press releases.

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Consultancy Services Proposal – Part 1 Defining the Table of Contents

July 27th, 2009 · View Comments · Consultants, Proposal, Tutorial

Over the coming weeks, we’ll look at how to write a proposal for Consultancy Services. This will be of use to government agencies or other bodies that want to procure the services of a consultancy firm, for example, an advertising agency, a PR or HR firm or another type of company that provides specialist services.
This type of proposal differs from contracts where, for example, you want to use a specific product, piece of equipment or have very exact specifications in mind.
In a proposal for Consultancy Services, you want to determine the most appropriate firm based on their expertise and capacity of deliver based on your needs.
There are several ways to do this.
To get started, I will create a table of contents for each of the main sections and then drill-down into each section.

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Verizon Plots 100 GigE (RFP) Request For Proposal

May 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Consultants, Internet, Proposal, Tutorial

Dan Jones reports that Verizon wants to start moving to 100-Gbit/s Ethernet packet-optical technology in its backbone network soon, with an RFP planned in 2010. Persuasive Business Proposals: Writing to Win More Customers, Clients, and Contracts ISBN: 0814471536ISBN-13: 9780814471531 Dr. Stuart Elby, vice president of network architecture and enterprise technology, talked of the carrier’s need [...]

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Australia: The National Broadband Network RFP

May 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Consultants, Proposal, Tutorial

Proposed legislation requiring the disclosure of carriers’ commercially sensitive information brings the National Broadband Network one step closer. How to Write an RFP for A Telecommunications Cabling System ISBN: 1578200016ISBN-13: 9781578200016 The Government’s plan to start the rollout of its proposed $8 billion National Broadband Network, a fibre to the node ("FTTN") network, is gaining [...]

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Tech Mahindra may restate Satyam accounts for only 1 year

May 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Consultants, India, Proposal, Tutorial

Global audit firms KPMG and Deloitte were given the mandate to restate Satyam’s accounts, after the firm’s defamed founder confessed to inflating profit by cooking the books. Successful RFPs in Construction: Managing the Request for Proposal Process ISBN: 0071449094ISBN-13: 9780071449090 "We need to re-state accounts speedily to be able to participate in request for proposal [...]

RWSA approves RFP for dredging feasibility studies

May 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Consultants, Proposal, Tutorial

The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) has approved an RFP calling for a series of studies designed to provide a full cost estimate and logistical analysis of a full restorative dredging of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir. While the Albemarle County Service Authority (ACSA) has announced it will only cover those studies which pertain [...]

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Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for the Week

May 20th, 2009 · View Comments · Consultants, Proposal, RFP, Tutorial

Woody Debris Salvage And/Or Recycling – Riffe Lake City of Tacoma, Washington Click here to view the bid Off-Site Data Protection Wake County, North Carolina Click here for more information Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Wake County, North Carolina Click here for more information Processing and Marketing of Recyclable Materials City of Durham, North Carolina Click here [...]

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RECTPC issues RFP (Request For Proposal)

May 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Consultants, Proposal, Tutorial

REC Transmission Projects Co. Ltd, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd, is to implement Two Transmission projects through tariff based bidding, ie RFPs. Request for Proposal: A Guide to Effective RFP Development (Addison-Wesley Information Technology Series) ISBN: 0201775751ISBN-13: 9780201775754 These two transmission projects are System Strengthening in Northern region and [...]

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RFP Class – Comprehensive Financial Plan

May 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · Consultants, Proposal, Tutorial

One of the requirements for our RFP class is to prepare a comprehensive financial plan for a client. My subjects were a relatively young couple with very young children. Both of them have jobs and they live quite comfortably. They do not have any credit-card debt and their outstanding loans are reasonable expenses which are [...]

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Increase in the number of Request for Proposals RFP /RFQs

May 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · Consultants, Proposal, Tutorial

These are challenging times for supply chain managers, logistics service and manufacturers. Most transportation tenders are still done manually using spreadsheets to compare rates and purchase space using gut feel of market trends. “Neither method is very rational. Nor, do they provide the essential end-to-end decision making visibility to create a strategically oriented framework from [...]

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