...REQUEST FOR PROPSAL TO BRINGING IN OUTSIDE TRAINERS TO TRAIN STAFF ON THE USE OF MICROSOFT OFFICE PROGRAMS Prepared for Eng. 221 Technical Writing Fundamentals University of Phoenix E Campus By Larry Franklin Student July 19, 2010 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL COVER LETTER BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD INSURANCE COMPANY Mailing Address: 550 Club Dr. Suite #215 Montgomery, TX 77316 936.582.7120 FAX: 936.582.7130 Monday, July 19, 2010 Dr. Jamilah Abdush-Shaheed, Director Microsoft Corporation 1950 North Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas 75207 Dear Dr. Abdush-Shaheed: This RFP is submitted for your review and response in the form of proposal to bring in outside trainers to train our staff on the use of Microsoft Office Programs. This document is in response to Blue Cross/Blue Shield’s need to train its employees in the use of Microsoft Office Application packages that include Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access. Thank you for taking the time to consider our need for your technical support. We look forward to your proposal in response to this RFP. Sincerely, Larry Franklin Marketing Director TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract……………………………………………………………………….5 1.0 Introduction / General Over View Of (RFP) .....................……………………….5 1.1 Organizational Overview………………………………………………………….5 2.0 Discussion…………………………………………………………………………6 2.1 Course Description……………………………………………….………………..6 2.2 Target Audience…………………………………………………………………...
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...Request for Proposal Your Name ENG/221 Date Instructor Name ABC Services INC. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP No. 13-10-21 Microsoft Office Training ABC Services INC. is a company that provides a myriad of services to various clients and has recently installed a completely revamped computer network and is looking for vendors to provide training for employees on the new Microsoft Office applications that came preloaded on the new computers. 1. Instructions for Respondents 1. Request ABC Services INC. is requesting proposals to select a qualified Vendor to provide the following services including, but not limited to: • Instructor(s) to provide training on the following Microsoft Office programs o Word o Access o Excel o Outlook o Powerpoint • Supporting materials for each course 2. Introduction Starting in November 2013, ABC Services INC. has updated to Windows 7 and is using the newest version of the Microsoft Office program. ABC Services has approximately 30 employees and will require all of these users to be proficient in the use of the newer versions of the Microsoft Office products. 3. Project Description and Timelines ABC Services INC. is anticipating the training to start on the week of November 18th, 2013...
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...Running Head: REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Read through the whole RFP and change words where needed, ie. change “Your Company” to a company name of your choosing. Add some clip art if you feel the need to. And erase this part before submitting. Request for Proposal for Microsoft Office Software Training John A. Smith (Your name) University of Phoenix ENG/221 Technical Writing Joseph Johnson (instructor name) Table of Contents 1. Overview – page 3 a. Introduction page 3 b. Business Goals page 3 2. Scope – page 4 c. Purpose of Request for Proposal page 4 d. Project Goal page 4-5 3. Vendor Information – page 5 e. Desired Qualifications page 5 f. Requirements for Formatting and Submitting Proposals page 5 g. Confidentiality Notice page 5 h. Proposal Evaluation Criteria page 5 i. Timeframe for Vendor Selection page 5 j. Company Contact Information page 5 OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION Your Company is a superior provider of emergency communications and technical consulting to the Federal, State, and County Governments as well as the private industry. BUSINESS GOALS Your Company sets specific goals for success in this business. * Provide the best service to its customers in the most efficient and cost effective way possible. * Mitigate possible future problems to maintain emergency satellite, telecommunication, and radio services to 98% or better. * Quickly identify problem areas and...
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...REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR BRINGING IN OUTSIDE TRAINERS TO TRAIN STAFF ON THE USE OF MICROSOFT OFFICE PROGRAMS ENG/221 University of Phoenix Introduction This Request For Proposal is aimed at inviting suppliers to submit proposals for the training of staff on the use of Microsoft Office programs through a competitive bidding process. Bidding has proved to be the best way to get the best vendors for this form of training since it will leverage the company’s purchasing power and negotiating ability with suppliers (Porter-Roth, 2001). The company requesting for the proposal is known as Scorpion Insurance. The company needs to bring in outside trainers to train some of its new employees on how to proficiently use the Microsoft Office Application Packages that include Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access. This training will also require basic training on proficient use of computers and their software. Thesis This Request For Proposal will ensure the most effective and efficient method to get the training services needed and offer transparency and accountability in the bidding process. Organizational Overview Scorpion Insurance Company (SIC) was established in 1896 to provide investment as well as insurance opportunities to businesses and families mainly in the rural areas. Currently, Scorpion has close to USD 1 billion worth of policies in force in various sectors. The company has...
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...REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Microsoft Office Training RFP #10-075 Closing: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 2:00 pm local time. Halifax Regional Municipality Procurement Section P.O. Box 1749, Halifax 3 rd Floor, Duke Tower, Scotia Square, 5251 Duke Street Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 3A5 Halifax Regional Municipality July 27, 2010 RFP # 10-075, Microsoft Office Training Pa ge 2 _______________________________________________________________________________ Rev 01-01-2010 July 27, 2010 NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #10-075 Microsoft Office 2010 Training The Halifax Regional Municipality is seeking proposals from qualified individuals/ firms to provide Microsoft Office Training Sealed Proposals, Three (3) copies – Two (2) bound and one (1) unbound for #10-075, Microsoft Office Training , Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax, Nova Scotia will be received by Halifax Regional Municipality Procurement Office, 3 rd Floor, Duke Tower, Scotia Square, 5251 Duke Street, P.O. Box 1749, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3J 3A5, until 2:00 P.M. local time, Tuesday August 10, 2010 All questions concerning the procurement process shall be directed to Stephen Terry, Senior Procurement Consultant, at (902) 490-2175, Monday through Friday, 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. or E-mail to terryst@halifax.ca and those of a technical nature to Frans Sanders , Phone 490-2909, or E-mail to sanderf@halifax.ca . Instructions, forms, and specifications may be obtained from the Halifax Regional Municipality ...
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...Request For Proposal John Hainline ENG/221 Wk3 November 28, 2012 Kimberlee Mendoza Proposal For Microsoft Office Programs Training and Certifications By John Hainline ESP PRODUCTIONS 123 ABC Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910 Voice: 619-555-9876 FAX: 619-123-4567 Website: www.esp.net November 28, 2011 Table of Contents ABSTRACT 5 1. INTRODUCTION 6 1. ESP Productions 6 1.2 ESP Productions Goals 6 2. INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT 6 1. Project Goals 6 2.2 Time allocation to complete the project 6 2.3 Budget for the project 6 2.4 Description of the needed training 7 3. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS 7 4. EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS 8 5. CONCLUSION 8 Request for Proposal Cover Page November 28, 2012 Microsoft Office Programs Training and Certification ESP Productions – Chula Vista, CA Project Number: ENG/221 Wk3 The attached RFP requests a proposal for the above referenced project. If your firm is selected, your firm will be sent a contract for signatures. Questions regarding this project must be e-mailed to John Hainline, ESP Productions at johnhainline@email.phoenix.edu no later than December 15, 2012. Responses to questions will be posted on ESP Productions website at www.esp.net Select proposals, then “Solicitations and announcements” by December 23, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. P.S.T. RFP response due date: December 30, 2012 at 12:00 noon P.S.T. Deadline...
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...Request for Proposals (RFP) - Computer Training Services Premier Structural Engineering Request for Proposals (RFP)- Computer Training Services Sealed Proposals Due: June 1, 2010 at 10:30 A.M. Proposals shall be sealed and submitted to: Premier Structural Engineering 505 E. Evergreen St. San Antonio, TX 78212 Phone: (210) 226-7321 I. INTRODUCTION: Premier Structural Engineering (PSE) was founded in 1996 to provide structural engineering design services to Architectural firms. PSE is seeking a Software Training Company to design and implement an employee training program for Microsoft Office Suite 2010 programs, Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote and Power Point. II. PURPOSE OF THE PROCURMENT: PSE will be upgrading our current software to Microsoft Office 2010. Personal computer training will be provided to 35 PSE employees. The company contracted to provide this training will be expected to conduct a total of 38 classes. The classes will take place in the PSE training classroom, which is equipped with 15 workstations and one instructor’s workstation. The contract will be awarded July 1, 2010, and commence August 2, 2010. Training will be for all levels of user experience: beginning, intermediate and advanced, in Microsoft Office Suite version 2010. The contractor will be expected to: * Conduct the workshops listed in the Training Workshop Schedule. * Distribute a survey to each student at the end of each class, for the purpose of evaluating the content...
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...Microsoft Office Proposal Gerard T Doris UOP New Orleans ENG/221 May 5, 2014 Reine Dugas This proposal is for trainers to train my staff on how to user Microsoft Office efficiently. Microsoft makes changes to their software every 3 years and I would like for my employees to be familiar with the changes. This training will help my staff with completing their task on time. BUDGET and COST ESTIMATES Our budget for this training is set at $1,500.00. That breaks down to $300.00 a day for five days. The $300.00 is for onsite training. Each class will have 40 students. Funds will be available on May 19, 2014. TERMS AND CONDITIONS All employees will be sitting at a workstation that will have Microsoft Office Suite installed on them. We would also like to record one session for employees that are unable to make the training. We would like to start the training on June 30, 2014. All proposals should be in no later than June 9, 2014. All proposals must include the following: statement of authorization to bid signed by a principal, proposal format outlined in this RFP, and All parties submitting bids are not allowed to discuss the term of their bid. If parties are found to have discussed their terms of bidding, both parties’ bids will be withdrawn. Mail all proposals to: Doris & Doris Associates ATTN: Gerard Doris 12345 Mason Avenue New Orleans, LA 70127 COMPANY BACKGROUND Doris & Doris associates was establish on August 5, 2006, by Gerard and...
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...Simple Getaways, Inc. Request for Proposal Response 1 Simple Getaways, Inc. Request for Proposal Response Abstract Simple Gateways, Inc. is a regional travel and tourism company with 12 offices in the western United States stretching from Oregon to California and inland to New Mexico. Simple Gateways focuses on travel to island vacations around the world. They are challenged with poor performing Information Systems (IS). Simple Gateway IS produce multiple versions of documents utilized by staff to make poorly informed business decisions. This paper is an analysis of the challenges to the key Simple Getaways stakeholders, actual performance and desired performance. A technological solution is defined and supported to address the alignment of the IS to the Simple Gateways business objectives. Simple Getaways, Inc. Request for Proposal Response 3 Simple Getaways, Inc. Request for Proposal Response The current implemented IS in the Simple Gateways is designed to provide control benefits. The IS was intended to facilitate information to provide the stakeholder the ability to make better decisions and actions. (Chew & Gottschalk, 2009) The current IS produces multiple versions of the same documents used by the office staff. The offices are segregated from each other with their own file servers making e-mail channels the current means to share documents from one store to another. The multiple versions does not assure the information to be accurate or up to date...
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...Request for Proposal Request For Proposal John Hainline ENG/221 Wk3 November 28, 2012 Kimberlee Mendoza Proposal For Microsoft Office Programs Training and Certifications By John Hainline ESP PRODUCTIONS 123 ABC Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910 Voice: 619-555-9876 FAX: 619-123-4567 Website: www.esp.net November 28, 2011 Table of Contents ABSTRACT 5 1. INTRODUCTION 6 1. ESP Productions 6 1.2 ESP Productions Goals 6 2. INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT 6 1. Project Goals 6 2.2 Time allocation to complete the project 6 2.3 Budget for the project 6 2.4 Description of the needed training 7 3. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS 7 4. EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS 8 5. CONCLUSION 8 Request for Proposal Cover Page November 28, 2012 Microsoft Office Programs Training and Certification ESP Productions – Chula Vista, CA Project Number: ENG/221 Wk3 The attached RFP requests a proposal for the above referenced project. If your firm is selected, your firm will be sent a contract for signatures. Questions regarding this project must be e-mailed to John Hainline, ESP Productions at johnhainline@email.phoenix.edu no later than December 15, 2012. Responses to questions will be posted on ESP Productions website at www.esp.net Select proposals, then “Solicitations and announcements” by December 23, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. P.S.T. RFP response due date: December 30, 2012 at 12:00 noon P.S.T. Deadline for submission, mailing, and delivery instructions: All proposals must...
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...Latricia Sanders Ronald Jones ENG221 Axia College This is a Request For Proposal on encouraging vendors to submit proposals in training Dragon’s Den staff on the use of Microsoft Office programs through a competitive process in the form of bidding. This process has proven to be a sure way to obtain the best suppliers for this type of training. It will give the company the purchasing power and still be able to negotiate with the bidding suppliers. Dragon’s Den is the company that is requesting the proposal. This company wants to bring in outsiders to properly train their old and new employees. By training the employees that have already been with the company will keep them up to date with the software. The training will provide the employees with how to proficiently use the Microsoft Office Program applications. These applications include Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel. There will also be basic training on the use of computer and the company’s software. This Request For Proposal will guarantee the most effective and efficient way to get the training services needed. Dragon’s Den was established in 2001 to provide technical support, web design and purchases of different electronics to business and families throughout the U.S. Dragon’s Den has offices located in 16 states and is currently still expanding. Dragon’s Den was founded by Jermaine Cook in Lake Charles, La. There has been no maximum budget for the project established...
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...Request for Proposal Magic Computer Repair Request for Proposals (RFP) - Computer Training Services Sealed Proposals Due: Oct. 8, 12 at 10:30 A.M. Proposals shall be sealed and submitted to: Magic Computer Repair 6149 S. Desert Blvd El Paso, TX 79932 Phone: (915) 549-6988 Introduction: Magic Computer Repair was founded in 2010 to provide computer repair services to Firms, Doctors, and Residential clients. Magic computer repair is seeking a software training company to design and implement an employee training program for Microsoft office Suite 2010 programs, Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, and Power Point. Purpose of the Procurement: Magic Computer Repair will be upgrading our current software to MS Office 2010. Personal Computer training will be provided to 25 of my employees. The company contracted to provide this training will be expected to conduct 28 classes in total. The classes will take place in the Magic Computer repair training rooms, which is equipped with 14 workstations and one instructor’s work station. The contract will be awarded Oct. 8, 2012, and commenced Nov. 1, 2012. Training will be for all levels of experience from beginner to advanced, in Microsoft Office Suite 2010. The contractor will be expected to: Conduct the workshops listed in the Training Workshop Schedule. Distribute a survey to each student at the end of each class, for the purpose of evaluating the content and presentation. The completed surveys will be turned in to my...
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...Request for Proposal University of Phoenix Kimberly Garcia August 22, 2012 Instructor: Amy Delcambre Suave Advertising LLC (Request for proposal) Description of Suave Advertising LLC My name is Kimberly Garcia and I am a manager at Suave Advertising LLC. We are a small local company downtown who has recently hired a group of 20 representatives for our staff. Suave Advertising (SA) is a fairly new company to the area and we are training our staff on the company procedures and their roles as Advertising Specialists. Our staff has extensive sales backgrounds; however we would like their skills in Microsoft Office programs to be on a higher level of expertise. Our company creates and sells ad campaigns for in state businesses; however we would like to expand our client base to all around the country. Therefore, not only do our Advertising Specialists need to have excellent sales experience, they must also have the knowledge how to work with Microsoft Office programs. Company Goals As stated previously, Suave Marketing is looking to expand our current sales market. We have over two dozen in state clients at the present time and we plan to expand to our surrounding states within the next six months. Then we will continue to expand to the entire west side of the country, and then make our way east. The staff we just hired on must be trained and pass a computer test before they are assigned to projects. We hope your company can assist us in the training aspect for...
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...Colorado Home of the Broncos June 21, 2010 Ms. Mica johnson; Staff Development Coordinator C/O City of Denver, Colorado 1700 N Bronco way Denver, Co 00007 Dear Ms. Elway This letter is a Request for a Proposals (RFP) for a trainer of Microsoft Office programs for the city of Denver, Colorado. Background: The city of Denver Colorado has a staffing department consisting of 60 employees. The employees prepare RFP’s, proposals and memos to the city merchants and employees. The department is looking to improve their systems to become more resourceful and efficient. The Department currently works with Microsoft Office 2003. We are planning to upgrade to Office 2010. The department sends out approximately 200 letters a day for either request or demands depending on the need of the city. Scope of Services: the training vendor must be able to provide one week of certified Microsoft office training at our facility. The training days must consist of 8 hours per day with an hour lunch break and two short breaks (15 minutes each). A certified training session must include lectures as well as workbooks for employees. The vendor must purchase all materials needed for instructors. The training should also include demonstrations and materials that cover all Microsoft Office program such as word, excel, power point and access. The trainer must be available throughout the day for additional questions and support for the company. Response for RFP must include: 1...
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...Request For Proposal Request for Proposal ENG/221 Technical Writing Fundamental 18 August 2010 Microsoft Computer Desktop Software Training Request for Proposals General Information Prestige Worldwide is preparing to upgrade its computer desktop operating systems and productivity software applications from Windows Vista to Windows 7 and Microsoft Office Professional 2010. Part of the implementation plan is to provide training for all software applications within Windows 7 and Microsoft Office Professional 2010 to all thirty employees. Summary Currently, Prestige Worldwide, Information Technology Division is planning to upgrade our company’s computer software to Windows 7 and Microsoft Office Professional 2010. Making training available for all thirty employees will be part of the software upgrade plan. Prestige Worldwide desires to enter into a contracted agreement with a software training vendor for the training needs of this software upgrade project, as well as for other “as needed” software application training needs. Recent surveys conducted by the IT Division on training topics, showed in addition to traditional classroom instruction, there was a high percent of company employees who prefer to receive their training via online methods. Survey revealed that those who preferred classroom training, preferred to receive training “on-site.” As result of company employee surveys, we will be looking toward facilitating these training needs within our organization...
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