ITPEC IP April 2025 Question 97
Which of the following is the appropriate combination of terms or phrases to be inserted into A through C in the description below concerning a request for proposal?
A request for proposal concerning system development is a document by which generally A presents to B the C, procurement conditions, etc.
Explanation
A: an information system department, B: vendors, C: system requirements — the orderer gives the RFP to vendors to ask for proposals.
The ordering side, generally the information system department acting for the user departments, writes the RFP (request for proposal): the purpose and overview of the system, the system requirements, and the procurement conditions such as delivery date, budget and contract terms. It sends the same RFP to candidate vendors, each vendor proposes against it, and the orderer compares the proposals to select a contractor.
Answer (a)
Why not others:
- •(b) — the RFP goes out of the company to vendors, who make proposals; user departments give their requirements to the information system department before the RFP, they do not receive it
- •(c) and (d) — reverse the direction: a vendor receives the RFP and answers with a proposal, and a system installation result exists only after the system is built, so it cannot be what a request for proposal presents
Key rule: An RFP flows from the orderer to vendors before contracting and states requirements and conditions; the proposal flows back from the vendors.
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