(Free subscription required) This downloadable template, compatible with Google or Word, allows you to find prospective vendors in a more effective and equitable way. You’ll hear from a more tailored group of vendors who will provide easy-to-parse key information about how they meet your specific needs. You can then follow up with the best of them to get a more detailed budget and process in a formal proposal, phone calls, or both.
Why is a RFI process better than a RFP? With a RFP, it's particularly unlikely that you’ll hear from the great vendors that are already busy, or the lean ones that can do projects with less overhead, or the small ones that are disproportionately led by women, people of color, or those with lived experience with the people we as nonprofits serve. So, in other words, exactly the vendors you’re most likely to want to work with.
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