Guidebook: Crafting a Results-Driven Request for Proposals (RFP)

Nearly every important government activity combines the efforts of government employees with goods and services acquired from the private sector. This is true of building roads, collecting and recycling trash, and providing job training to the unemployed. Unfortunately, governments often treat procurement as a rushed, back-office administrative function, rather than as a core strategic activity to achieve their mission and goals.

In our work with state and local governments across the country, we have helped governments create greater public value by developing RFPs aimed at improving outcomes and by improving the effectiveness of procurement and contracting practices.

The resources contained in this guidebook will help public sector organizations leverage procurement to improve the outcomes of government-funded programs and services, including by writing results-driven requests for proposals (RFPs) and by better managing the RFP development process.

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