RFP software

The ON-LINE CONSULTANT....

Provides pre-loaded RFP questions, creates electronic RFPs and automatically compares vendors for you!

How to cost justify the ON-LINE CONSULTANT

If you're looking for an efficient, objective way to select information systems — without giving up your nights and weekends — the ON-LINE CONSULTANT is your solution! This proven automated RFP (Request For Proposal) software tool will help you identify your needs and then compare vendors on functionality, cost, support, training, and other important factors.

Unlike a word-processing RFP or pre-loaded database of vendor responses, the ON-LINE CONSULTANT uploads vendors' responses to your unique requirements. You'll receive a direct proposal from each vendor tailored to your organization that will be automatically compared with the other proposals.

The ON-LINE CONSULTANT will help you:

Customize your RFP to your needs. The software includes pre-loaded questions that can be modified and prioritized. Add, delete or edit any of the general, functional or cost questions that are included in the software. You are not limited to "canned" feature checklists. You can even ask the vendors open-ended, text response questions.

Receive current, reliable RFP responses signed off by the vendor's proposal team. You will not be getting a "database" or generic set of responses compiled from a survey completed months or years ago.

Receive actual proposals, including costs, in electronic format directly from the vendors with specific responses to your questions. You can then include the vendor responses in the sales contract as features guaranteed to be in the system.

You'll benefit in many ways:
Needs definition: The ON-LINE CONSULTANT will quick-start your needs analysis with pre-loaded questions that can be modified and prioritized... so you won't have to start with a blank note pad or empty computer screen.
Vendor evaluation: The ON-LINE CONSULTANT automatically compares vendors for you in reports and graphs. No more tedious hours spent manually entering vendors' responses into spreadsheets.
Weighted scoring: The ON-LINE CONSULTANT allows you to distinguish between essential needs and "nice-to-haves." User-defined codes allow you to prioritize your requirements and obtain weighted scores that reflect your unique needs.
Cost analysis: No more comparing "apples and oranges." The ON-LINE CONSULTANT requires vendors to propose costs in a uniform format and automatically analyzes costs for you in detailed and summary reports.
Professional method: Impress your colleagues and senior management with reports and graphs that would take you weeks or months to compile yourself.
Easy to use: Our intuitive step-by-step method helps keep your RFP project on track. Best of all, users report the ON-LINE CONSULTANT actually makes the RFP process enjoyable!

The ON-LINE CONSULTANT software selection tool includes background sections, general questions and functional and cost surveys. The user manual includes valuable tips for selecting information systems!

Background section allows you to present information to the vendors including project schedule, contact information, business volumes, etc.

► Administrative	► Profile
► Instructions

General questions allow you to solicit text responses from vendors to open-ended questions in these surveys:

► Vendor Profile	► Hardware/Network
► Software	► Operations
► Support	► Database

Cost surveys allow you to gather vendor cost proposals for comparison reports and graphs:

► Hardware/Network	► Implementation
► Software	► Discounts
► Interfaces	► Other
Functional surveys specify features and functions by application (e.g. accounts payable, payroll). Industry versions include professional quality functional surveys that you can tailor to your needs. Of course, you can add your own surveys within all these areas.

Select your industry or application:

Healthcare	Manufacturing	School Districts
Document Imaging	Financial Systems	Human Resources
Government	Help Desk	Dental

► See sample screens for healthcare or manufacturing, human resources, financial and other systems!

► View the ON-LINE CONSULTANT flash movie or download an interactive demo to see how the software can help you select your next information system.
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"The ON-LINE CONSULTANT helped us out tremendously and was extremely easy to use. I’d estimate it saved us a good hundred hours of time. It was definitely worth the dollars!"

Ted Hartke, Director of MIS
Wood County Hospital
Bowling Green Ohio
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Don't work hard... work smart! With the ON-LINE CONSULTANT, most of the time consuming work of the RFP is done for you, leaving more time for other projects or even a tropical vacation.