{"id":46529,"date":"2022-06-30T04:54:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T08:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/?post_type=podcasts_smcs&#038;p=46529"},"modified":"2022-07-08T02:55:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T06:55:49","slug":"without-competition-you-need-rfp","status":"publish","type":"podcasts_smcs","link":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/podcasts_smcs\/without-competition-you-need-rfp\/","title":{"rendered":"Even without competition, you still need a RFP!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" title=\"Even without competition, you still need an RFP!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=5nbek-1261775-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;pbad=0&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=f6f6f6&amp;font-color=auto&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=ff6d00\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"zw-paragraph heading0\" data-linerule=\"auto\" data-line-height=\"1\" data-header=\"0\" data-textformat=\"{&quot;size&quot;:12,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;text&quot;}\" data-margin-bottom=\"10.0pt\" data-hd-info=\"0\" data-doc-id=\"4719458000000981001\" data-doc-type=\"writer\">While hiring a consulting firm for your new project, you can do\u00a0\u00a0two things &#8212;<\/p>\n<p class=\"zw-paragraph heading0\" data-linerule=\"auto\" data-line-height=\"1\" data-header=\"0\" data-textformat=\"{&quot;size&quot;:12,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;text&quot;}\" data-margin-bottom=\"10.0pt\" data-hd-info=\"0\">You can just hope that the consultant will understand your needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zw-paragraph heading0\" data-linerule=\"auto\" data-line-height=\"1\" data-header=\"0\" data-textformat=\"{&quot;size&quot;:12,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;text&quot;}\" data-margin-bottom=\"10.0pt\" data-hd-info=\"0\">Alternatively, you can write down the reasons why you start a project and what results you expect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zw-paragraph heading0\" data-linerule=\"auto\" data-line-height=\"1\" data-header=\"0\" data-textformat=\"{&quot;size&quot;:12,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;text&quot;}\" data-margin-bottom=\"10.0pt\" data-hd-info=\"0\">While the former represents your vague wish, the latter sets your project on the path to success and creates the value you expect besides the general scope. A request for proposal or RFP is the document that allows you to\u00a0\u00a0ensure the later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zw-paragraph heading0\" data-linerule=\"auto\" data-line-height=\"1\" data-header=\"0\" data-textformat=\"{&quot;size&quot;:12,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;text&quot;}\" data-margin-bottom=\"10.0pt\" data-hd-info=\"0\">Now the question is, as a client, do you at all need to write an RFP when you know there may not be many candidates bidding on your project?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is an emphatic YES! Know why from this episode of our Smart Consulting Sourcing podcast series, where Helene examines the overall significance of RFP for consulting and why it is needed even when the bidding does not involve much competition.<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The question is, as a client, do you at all need to write an RFP when you know there may not be many candidates bidding on your project?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is an emphatic YES! Know why from this episode of our Smart Consulting Sourcing podcast series, where Helene examines the overall significance of RFP for consulting and why it is needed even when the bidding does not involve much competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":46542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[215,209],"class_list":["post-46529","podcasts_smcs","type-podcasts_smcs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contracting-and-managing-the-consulting-project","category-scs-podcast"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcasts_smcs\/46529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcasts_smcs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcasts_smcs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}