The Vendor Response will take on two forms, each serving a different purpose with varying
format and content as follows:
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The Vendor's response to the Request For Information (RFI) will contain
qualitative and quantitative information to be used to assess a vendor and vendor's offerings for potential "fit"
with the stakeholder's business requirements. It allows the vendor to provide information regarding commodities,
business background, delivery capabilities, pricing, quality and so forth.
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The Vendor's response to the Request For Proposal (RFP) details the vendor's
software solution. It presents a clear, complete, verifiable and concise vendor understanding of how their COTS
package solution will address stakeholder needs. It focuses on the stakeholder's major business processes, business
performance goals and the essential system requirements associated to the stakeholder's desired business processes
for the future.
Any new information included in the Vendors Responses should be synthesized and captured in the COTS Package Dossiers and Vendor Dossiers as appropriate.
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