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by AEP members; advice is provided by our panel
of industry experts. You can find the latest post below.
RFPs: How to Make the Most of Every Opportunity
In the AEP blog series, Ask
an Expert, experts offer their advice on the most pressing
issues facing the educational resource industry. Here, RedRock
Reports offers advice on how to prepare for and
prosper from the increased amount of RFPs issued in the education
community.
When the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) passed,
it heralded in a new level of transparency for the education community.
Education expenditures were opened to an unprecedented level of
scrutiny under the new ARRA reporting requirements. As a result,
districts that once simply wrote a purchase order began issuing
Request for Proposals (RFPs), leading to an increase in education
RFPs across the board. And it appears that the increased transparency
will not go away when the final ARRA funds are spent this year.
Rather, it’s a trend that seems to be gaining momentum.
The increase in RFPs from the education community is an incredible
opportunity for companies. But, it can also be overwhelming. Here
are some tips to navigate the RFP process to result in winning
bids for your company.
Read the rest
of the post on Educational Publishing, the
AEP blog.
