With over 20 years of telecom, cloud, and IT domain expertise — and over 500 RFPs completed to date — DirectRFP® takes the pain from procurement and connects buyers with vendors seamlessly.
Request for Proposal Software Built for Tech
Reduce the cost of technology procurement while improving the quality of your RFP responses.
With over 20 years of telecom, cloud, and IT domain expertise — and over 500 RFPs completed to date — DirectRFP® takes the pain from procurement and connects buyers with vendors seamlessly.
An Intuitive Platform to Facilitate the Development, Administration, and Management of your RFPs.
- Over 1000 best-in-class RFP questions (and answers) tailored to Telecom, Cloud, and IT industries
- Intuitive RFP setup (including categories, scoring, weights, and more)
- RFP management dashboard including metrics and KPIs
- Customizable role-based privileges
- Low annual license fee plus a per-user fee
- Receive invites from Buyers to participate in RFPs
- Assign multiple bidders within one organization and allocate workloads appropriately
- Respond to multiple bids simultaneously
- Ask questions and comments directly to the Buying team
- Respond to unlimited RFPs
- With our Retainment Feature, never respond to the same answer twice
Traditional paragraph-based, open-ended RFPs can invite ambiguity — DirectRFP’s templates require specific answers on a wide-range of telecom, cloud, and IT requirements so we can answer each question and support our clients better. Responding to RFPs has never been easier. We quickly uncover our clients’ needs and respond with the exact solution requirements.
– Chris Werpy, Senior Vice President, Solutions and Services, Masergy
How Does DirectRFP® Work?
Buyers and Telecom, Cloud, and IT vendors (bidders) can collaborate seamlessly through an intuitive platform to reduce the time and effort spent on both sides of the RFP process.
Access
BUYERS
Procurement Project Team
Invite internal RFP stakeholders Set roles and permissions
View dashboard of activities Create and manage RFPs
BIDDERS
Bidder A, Bidder B, Bidder C, etc. (unlimited)
Access new RFPs Invite internal stakeholders
Set roles and permissions View dashboard of activities
Communication
BUYERS
IT Project Manager & Operations Manager
Interact with vendors Collaborate with team members
Ensure 100% Audit Trail Access files and question library
BIDDERS
Bidder A, Bidder B, Bidder C, etc. (unlimited)
Interact with buyers Collaborate with team members
Set alerts and receive notifications
Share files easily
Creation
BUYERS
IT Project Manager & Operations Manager
Create questions, clone RFP templates, and create new templates
Import legacy RFP questions
Set question weights Set answer scores
Responses
BUYERS
Procurement Project Manager
Invite and manage bidders Get real-time responses
Mobile friendly interface — respond on the road
Mobile friendly respond on the road
BIDDERS
Bidder A, Bidder B, Bidder C, etc. (unlimited)
Reduce response times Receive notifications
View previous auto responses Review your scores
Scoring
BUYERS
Procurement Project Manager
Score vendor responses Accelerate RFP evaluation
Improve decision making
Set and manage budget and desired pricing
Review
BUYERS
Procurement Project Manager
Review in real time Automate vendor ranking
Efficiently shortlist vendors Collaborate with teams
Award
BUYERS
Procurement Project Manager
Shortlist bidders Finalize negotiations
Award bidder(s) Ensure 100% audit trail
BIDDERS
Winning Bidder
Receive buyer feedback Participate more
Win More!
