Request for Proposal Builder

The virtual document enabled request for proposal builder (RFP) application allows the entire RFP team to work on the proposal request concurrently with the standard Word authoring tools they currently use. Proposal request owners can leverage reusable virtual proposal request templates and proposal request section task management to implement repeatable proposal request development processes. Track all aspects of each proposal request and its responses in a dedicated workspace.

Features

Controlled concurrent authoring so the entire team can work on the proposal request at the same time using the SharePoint check-in / check-out with which they are already familiar.

Integrated task management

Each person knows exactly for which part of the proposal request the person is responsible

Proposal request owners have visibility into each person’s task status

Use existing tools like Outlook, Excel, Project, or SharePoint web UI to manage tasks

Response Tracking

Track information about each RFP responder

Interact with each responder in a secure workspace

Track asked questions and answers by responder or rolled up

Granular security

Restrict sensitive parts of a proposal request to authorized readers or authors

Granular workflow

Focus reviews only to changed parts of a proposal request

Specify reviewers for each part of the proposal request, keeping the review session focused and short

Granular version history

See when individual sections of a proposal request have changed as well as the overall proposal request version history

Easily determine when a particular section was changed and by whom

Easily revert one section to a previous version without losing changes in other sections

Virtual proposal request template gallery

Allows proposal team leads to pre-define organizational or departmental proposal templates

Define default structure

Define styles and formatting

Pre-populate templates with content, like response requirements, past performance requirements, organizational requirements, legal terms, etc.

Usage Scenarios

Team-Based Document Authoring

Document Authoring with External Users

Sensitive Document Authoring

Verticals

All, not vertical-specific

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