SNw 045 Strategic Essence: The Missing Link: Part 3 -- The Essence IS DifferentThe strategic essence of the organization IS different, it is unusual, the competitors have different strategic essence or manage it differently, IF the organization is of any size and has been moderately successful then there are some KEY things it is doing that are unique and different
Std 009 Procurement: 01 Request for Proposal for Business Systems SolutionThis is the heart of the tender and contains a large number of tough clauses that are directed at ensuring a realistic bid with a robust platform for realistic negotiation and a tough contract that is directed at ensuring performance
There is a more detailed version of this document at the end of this page for larger projects with a more detailed procurement process
SNw 059 Strategy: What is it?This article examines the fundamental defintion of strategy as the Essence of the Organizaiton and HOW it THRIVES.
Std 006 Procurement: 00c Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure AgreementA simple confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement which you can tailor and elaborate on as you see fit and which may vary depending on your legal jurisdiction and your attorney. I recommend that this initial document is kept simple as you want ALL persons attending the initial tender briefings to sign this
You would possibly have a much more comprehensive agreement for your short list bidders and possibly more comprehensive still for your final choice although I personally hold that very detailed documents of this sort tend to be excessive