Request for Proposals (RFP)
If an item or service has a total price of $25,000 or greater,including items on state contract, a formal competitive bid process must be completed by the Purchasing Office. Since LMSs exceed this amount any consideration of an LMS, other than Blackboard (our current vendor), would involve going through the RFP process.
Competitive Sealed Proposals are generally utilized when multiple factors exist that make it difficult or impossible to write a specification; terms and conditions that will allow an evaluation to be made as to determine the lowest responsive bid from a responsible bidder. Evaluations shall be based on the factors set forth in the RFP in order to determine which proposal(s) best meet(s) the needs of the University.
A committee of no less than three individuals shall evaluate all proposals received. These three individuals shall include a member from the requesting department, the Controller and/or the Director of Purchasing and the Vice President for Administration and Finance or his designee.
The formal FHSU RFP process is outlined here.