RFP Facilitation & Management

Navigating critical procurement for your company’s IT environment can be drawn-out, expensive, and stressful - especially when it involves a complex technical market that is ever evolving.  When a new procurement project outside of the norm arises, the RFP process can be fraught with risk if the right resources are not utilized to ensure a comprehensive process.  LAVA works with your procurement and IT team to facilitate the RFP from beginning to end, including:

•  Addressing Important Discovery Questions
•  Outlining and Writing (SOW, RACI, Instructions, Requirements, Timelines, etc.)
•  Formatting for detailed and complete responses 
•  Identifying Vendors and creating a level playing field for ethical bidding 
•  Scoring/Evaluating 
•  Down-selecting for Best and Final Offers (BAFO)
•  Contract review 

Our product specialists leverage their expertise to create a concise RFP that is tailored to your company’s strategic and technical criteria.  We then engage the appropriate vendors to participate in the RFP according to your company’s requirements and budgetary goals. By managing vendors, consolidating pricing in a compare/contrast format we keep your inbox from getting cluttered with scattered bids – and produce a clean, clear deliverable for you to review with your procurement team and executive sponsors.  Finally, we help you evaluate the results and provide a recommendation.  Our expertise in RFP facilitation helps companies to streamline the procurement process, and results in a more successful outcome for our customers.