CHAPTER 4: DRAFT THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

After agreeing the selection parameters and gathering the requirements, you will have most of the information you need to draft the Request for Information (RFI) document. It is worth looking at the purpose of this document in more detail, as well as the steps needed to produce the draft, before getting into the detail of what the document should contain.

As the responses to this document will be the primary means for shortlisting your options, it’s important to take the time to get it right.

This chapter contains:

  • purpose of the RFI
  • possible alternatives to an RFI
  • how to compile the RFI
  • example RFI template.

Purpose of the RFI

It is easy to gather information from company brochures and websites, ...

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