Well, it was bound to happen eventually.
Someone has finally agreed to accept one of my many Request For Proposal (RFP) responses, and now I am moving forward to the next step.
Basically, what has happened is that I sent a response to a request that they wrote, addressing their concerns and requirements. It was due on the 10th of this month, and they required 11 copies, so apparently, there was a large group of folks reading my persuasive prose.
They called us this morning to indicate that they would like to enter the next phase of the procurement process (sounds naughty, doesn't it?), which would be to have the City Council vote on our proposal. The City Council will convene on May 8th. If they approve it (the procurement folks make the recommendations, so I don't know that any of them will read the proposal. Rather, I think they just take the purchasing folks' word for it), then we can begin "negotiations". We made a really great price offer, so I am not sure exactly what this process will entail, but we have to get through it in order to be officially awarded the contract.
This contract represents 1.1 million units of the stuff that my company handles, so that is almost 15% of our annual quota. Yay!
I am not taking my group out to lunch yet, that will be when the contract is officially awarded, but this is a positive step. They didn't tell us no...
Now I am humming "Oklahoma". I will see if I can change the words around a bit and come up with something apropos to the situation.
Woo hoo!
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With the fringe on top!
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I was hoping for an actual rental car, rather than a standard issue surrey, fringe or no fringe.
How about….
Oh, procurement! On the eighth day of the month of May!
Sing it out, Louise! It has a nice ring to it and would be a good start for your revamped version of that old favorite of ours….
You write very well.
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