Purchasing and Supplier Management Assignment #1: Request for Proposal (RFP) You are the Purchasing Buyer responsible for service contracts for T&L Industrial Manufacturer. Your Security contract is due for renewal. Alfred the Area Manager for the Facilities Department approaches you to discuss the need to go out to the marketplace and conduct a Request for Proposal (RFP) to negotiate a three (3) year contract. The current supplier for the Security service is Titan A.E Services. 1. What will you request from Alfred prior to starting the Request for Proposal process? What document(s) will you need from Alfred? How can you as the buyer help Alfred with the document(s)? 5 points 2. Explain the types of information you will need to complete the Request for Proposal Document. Choose 3 areas of a Request for Proposal document and explain why these details are important to the process. 15 points 3. What is the minimum number of suppliers you would invite for the Request for Proposal? Why? 3 points 4. What steps would you take to identify prospective suppliers? How would you qualify if the supplier meets the requirements to bid on the security contract? 10 points 5. Once youve selected the suppliers for the RFP, as the Buyer, how would you conduct the RFP? What steps would you take to complete the RFP? Hint: How would you conduct the RFP? In person, auction, email etc Explain which process you would choose, how you would conduct it and why. 15 points