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From Joe

A little while right back, a potential customer presented me with some basic details of the writing work he wanted me to do for his company. Then he asked me to send an offer to him.

Proposal?! As I tried to verify with him what he meant by that because I had never done one before, at least not as a freelancer I panicked.

I must've not really desired to pursue this opportunity because I did not bother to accomplish research or follow-up with the company after distributing a contract rather than an offer. A while passed, I came across articles on creating RFPs (Request for Proposal). Ding! The light bulb proceeded. This person verbally gave me his RFP and needed a written response.

When a business needs a challenge to be accomplished by a contractor or outside source, they produce a RFP. This is a formal document describing the project, how the contract companies should respond, how the plans will undoubtedly be evaluated, and contact information. Frequently, the organization documents the submission guidelines to produce it easier to allow them to evaluate responses. There are number specific standards or guidelines for creating the RFP, but government agencies often rigid standards they follow when doing the proposal process.

Outside companies see the RFP and write a proposal (a quote) explaining how they could best provide and meet those needs. The company must closely follow the guidelines established in the RFP to prevent being taken from consideration for the challenge, when producing the proposal.

A typical suggestion contains:

Executive summary - summary of the complete proposal

Statement of need - why task is important

Project explanation - How challenge will be implemented and evaluated

Firm information

Project plan

Budget

Finish

My situation was an informal type of this. Your client gave a high level overview to me of what I will do for him. If I knew then what I know now, I would've written up an explanation of the client's needs and how I would finish the job in meeting these needs.

Smaller businesses would likely perform a proposal between the complex government expected types and the main one I obtained. Most small enterprises is going to be motivated to publish a proposal when approaching a client. The client may possibly ask a proposal to be submitted by you detailing what you can do for them. In cases like this, write a proposal such as the elements of a typical proposal and keep it short and to the level especially when your client isn't a sizable business.

There are examples of RFPs and answers peppered throughout the Web, but which one you can learn from is dependent upon the type of work involved. A suggestion can be two pages or a book as big. Depend on your preferred search engine and do the research to create an irresistible offer.