The only 'reasonable' response to an RFP (IMO) is to chuck a huge number at it to see if they bite. Three reasons that folks put out an RFP:
1. They have no idea what they want and would like you to tell them for free. 2. They already know who will get the project, they just want qualifying prices. 3. They will buy cheap... as in the lowest bidder. I know there are a very few times when a RFP is done well. And, there are many times when an RFP is mandated... either by government regulation or by industry culture, but it is a terrible approach to design and counter productive towards quality and effective problem solution. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Jared Spool <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 25, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Russelll Wilson wrote: > > If I read correctly it also says that they sent the RFP out to 228 >> companies and received 3 replies??? Does that indicate a >> "nightmare" project? >> > > Or it could mean that firms are getting smarter and not responding to RFPs. > > Jared > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
