Hi, Dan, I live in Brasilia, Brasil's Capital, and made a lot of RFPs around here. But our major client is Government (Federal or State).
In this cases, we have to follow a specific law for government contracts (8.666), created to regulate financial acquisitions of good and services. So, this RFPs are more complex than for private organisations, and it have to contain specific parts for the competitors and for their purpose's classifications, considering technical skills and price. For this RFPs, normally government pay around 1 percent of the estimated value of the RFP. In private cases, we use to negociate a price first for work on RFPs. I'm working on one at this time, for instance. You will work for two days, won't you ? So, why can't you be pay for that ? Although this is Brazilian reality, I hope to help you. Cheers. Carlos Krause, CISSP, MCSO Consultor de Seguran�a da Informa��o [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Mensagem original----- De: Dan Carlucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Enviada em: 06/03/2003 15:39:17 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assunto: Should I charge to help write a security RFP? Hi, A consulting company I have a light relationship wants me to help them work on an RFP. This will take about 2 days of my time. They said that they would give me a job on the project if it gets approved. How do I deal with the fact that they want 2 days of my time � for free. Should I charge to help write an RFP? How do I negotiate around this? Thanks, Dan _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
