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Get Ready for an Uptick in Infrastructure RFPs– with Dave Hulsen - EP089

May 26, 202128 minEp. 89
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Episode description

The American Rescue Plan was signed into law in March, and with it, we anticipate an exponential increase in buying for infrastructure projects. So, what should your business be doing TODAY to get ready for the coming influx in RFPs?

Dave Hulsen is the Cofounder and COO of RFP360, a full-circle RFP management software solution that improves the way businesses issue and respond to RFPs. He has an extensive background as a technology consultant, where he gained experience on both the buyer and responder-side of the proposal process. Dave is passionate about developing technology that transforms the RFP process for all involved.

On this episode of The RFP Success Show, Dave joins us to discuss how RFP360 has best practices built into the system, encouraging buyer-clients to write better questions and facilitate a more transparent, fair and objective process.

He offers insight on what businesses can do now to prepare for the coming increase in infrastructure RFPs, challenging us to streamline processes, clean up our content repository and update references and case studies.

Listen in for Dave’s advice on imbedding images and videos in your proposal content and learn how to use the tools you have to make your RFP response stand out! 

Key Takeaways 

Why RFP360 offers both buyer and responder software solutions

How Dave’s background in issuing and responding to RFPs as a tech consultant inspired RFP360

Dave’s insight on how the nature of RFP questions is changing

The benefit of imbedding images and videos in your proposal content

How RFP360 has best practices built into the system (i.e.: transparency, fairness and objectivity)

Dave’s advice on leveraging a new technology or process to do your ‘spring cleaning’

How Dave’s team is working to help buyer-clients write better RFPs

What businesses can do to prepare for the coming increase in RFPs for infrastructure programs 

  1. Look at your processes
  2. Do content review
  3. Update references/case studies

How to make it easy for evaluators to find supporting documents 

How to use the tools you have to improve RFP processes and organize your content repository

Connect with Dave

RFP360

RFP360 on YouTube

RFP360 on Twitter

RFP360 on Facebook

RFP360 on LinkedIn

Dave on LinkedIn

Connect with Lisa 

Lisa’s Website

Lisa on Twitter

Lisa on Facebook

Lisa on LinkedIn

The RFP Success Company on YouTube

The RFP Success Company on LinkedIn

Subscribe on iTunes

Email podcast@rfpsuccess.com

Resources

American Rescue Plan

APMP

Dare to Be Influential: Maximizing Your Positive Influence While Still Being True to You by Lisa Rehurek 

The RFP Success Book by Lisa Rehurek

The RFP Success Institute

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