Buster wrote:
[...] Because of the limitations of our particular jurisdiction, we will need to do a Request For Proposals and go through a bidding process. My problem is I have been asked to come up with the specifications for our RFP and have no clue where to start.
We've bid for a few, but most RFPs are expensive for the buyer to prepare and both risky and expensive for vendors to answer. I think it means libraries would pay inflated prices in a fair market: both the costs of preparation of both sides in this process, plus a share of the costs of other unsuccessful proposals made by that vendor. I don't understand why anyone would want to buy FOSS that way. If you evaluate Koha and decide that you want it, could you obtain multiple quotes for each of Koha and the related services and choose between offers? That's a permitted alternative to a full-blown RFP-by-spec process in some places. If you must RFP by spec, I've not seen a good Koha-friendly generic spec yet, so it'll be interesting to see what you find! Also, there might be a procurement support service near you, similar to OSS-Watch.ac.uk for UK Higher Ed (although I've not heard of any library using them to procure Koha yet). Good luck, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and LMS developer, statistician. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire for Koha work http://www.software.coop/products/koha