The purpose of asking questions in an RFP is to elicit information from suppliers that allows an objective assessment and comparison of bids. To achieve this, questions must be framed in such a way as to minimise ambiguity. In general, this means asking more “closed” questions - that is questions with a limited range of possible answers, such as multiple choice or numerical questions. However, in practice, this can be difficult. In this article we explore how to frame a good RFP question.

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To help our customers get quickly up to speed with SupplierSelect we’re going to be producing a number of training videos using Screen Recording software. We’re still learning how to produce these effectively, but here’s a preview of our first (not very impressive!) efforts.

Score a single respondent’s answer to an RFx question.