Using the questions below as a guide, make a proposal submission to present to the company outlining how you can alleviate a large portion of their administrative issues by implementing a software solution your company designs and provides support for after implementation.

Outline your understanding of their problems, needs and what you think could be a solution could be. Ensure you assign appropriate roles to each person using the characters in this case study to complete work they are capable of as well as the people from your company to manage this work accordingly. make a cost estimate with itemized items as outlined.

This is small project and will require less effort to put together as it is a small job. You do not want the RFP submission to take more time to put together than the whole project to complete.

Questions:

1. make a Overview/Introduction of your company and what your company does as an introduction, highlight some of company's key abilities

2. Understanding of the Problem - Provide a narrative that describes your knowledge and understanding of the issue(s) described in the case study, as well as a description of your ability to achieve the objectives of this proposed work.

3. Project Goals and Scope - Your Understanding and Approach - Explain in point form what you believe the scope and goals of this solution should be using the information found in the case study provided.

4. Technical Approach - Provide a narrative that describes your approach or methodology to achieve the objective(s) and deliverables. This narrative should include the quality, comprehensiveness, and feasibility of methods and plans proposed to accomplish the required tasks.

5. Relevant Experience/Capabilities - Provide a narrative that describes your relevant experiences and capabilities related to the objective(s) described in the RFP. Highlight your previous experience offering similar services or capabilities.

6. Cost Estimate - Provide a detailed and itemized list that includes labour rates and hours expected for your employees and yourself as well as any other direct costs you think will be required for this work. make a chart to organize this information

7. Timeline, Key Tasks, and Deliverables - Outline the schedule and a proposed timeline, in a chart format, include key tasks, deliverables and resources assigned for your proposed project - including your company resources and the people who are in the case study as resources. Ensure a complete and clear timeline is submitted that matches the proposed technical approach and tasks.

8. Team and Roles - Outline the role of each person or group, named in the case study as well as the team members needed from your company, including yourself, to complete the work needed to be done.

Case study

Jeslin and Jesus Joel launched Lakeside Bunkie Rentals (LBR) on the Web three years ago. They were interested in a business that would allow time at their favorite summer activity relaxation. Several years of experience in renting properties resulted in the creation of a small business that manages rentals and maintenance for 8 Bunkie's along the Lake Muskoka. They use Air BNB to manage the rentals and payments. Jesus Joel and Jeslin both manage the financial records and use a spreadsheet and filing cabinet to keep track of numerous activities, receipts and payments associated with business operations. Each Bunkie required scheduling cleaning and maintenance, past customers, reviews, updates and pricing models, customer lists and managing stock items and supplies included in the rental costs. During a meeting one morning at the Bunkie site, Jeslin and Jesus Joel have an ice cappuccino and discuss the plan for the day. Jeslin starts the conversation with wanting to make some changes because she wants both of them to be able to enjoy the summer as well as the customers and guests, while not being completely stressed out at work. Jeslin: Now the season is starting again, I think we need to find a more efficient way to manage our records, receipts, schedules and stock. The spreadsheet, loose papers and files are not easy to work with. I spend more time looking for things than actually doing them and I want our work day to end every day during our busy season by 5:00 pm. I have spent countless days and nights working and this year, I want things to be different. Jesus Joel: I don't know. The spreadsheet is working alright. I guess, sometimes it can be annoying to enter information over and over again. I try to keep it simple but we have a lot more items that we need to track better. The supplies and receipts are not organized, I know what you mean about searching for things and no knowing what we have and don't. Maybe I should look into transferring the data over to an accounting program or a database program. I guess they are a better way to go. Jeslin: I don't think we have enough experience and we have exhausted all of our ideas to fix this. I think we need help and should put out a request for proposal for people to help us fix some of these problems and make our lives easier to run this business and have balance in our lives. Jesus Joel: Ok, let's do this. I have an idea, let's make a post on our website that we are accepting proposals for this, I will look up what we need to include so we can get the help we need and I will post it before Monday. Now that we are doing this, I would like the proposals submitted by July 15 - that will give 10 business days and we can pick a team to help us. Hopefully we will be able to get all of this done by August 1 and enjoy the rest of the summer.