Guide · 6 pages · Example plan included

Your IT contract is ending and the council wants bids. Here is how to write the RFP.

A six-page guide to a managed IT request for proposals that brings back bids your committee can compare line by line.

City IT RFP guideSAMPLE
INSIDEAfter hours: Hourly rate and minimum charge outside 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.?
INSIDEIf you are sold: May we end the contract without penalty?
INSIDEPolice and public safety systems (CJIS access)

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What you will be able to do

  • List the ten sections and the inventory bidders need to price your city accurately
  • Ask the nine fee questions that separate a low monthly price from a low three-year cost
  • Score every proposal on one worksheet, with weights real cities have published

Written for: city recorders, managers and finance directors.

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Writing a managed IT RFP for small cities

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  • We support 100+ organizations from four offices in Utah and Nebraska.
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