What is RFP?
Also called: Request for proposal
The short answer
An RFP is a formal document a business sends to several agencies describing a project and asking each to propose an approach, timeline and price.
RFP, explained
Clear budgets and requirements in the RFP produce comparable proposals.
Questions people ask about RFP
What is RFP?
An RFP is a formal document a business sends to several agencies describing a project and asking each to propose an approach, timeline and price.
Related terms
A project brief is a short document describing what a website must achieve, who it is for, what it must include and what success looks like.
Scope of workA scope of work defines exactly what a web project includes (pages, features, rounds of revisions, deliverables), and by implication what it does not.
Web design agencyA web design agency is a company with designers, developers and strategists who plan, design and build websites for clients, usually on a quote-based project fee.
Freelance web designerA freelance web designer or developer is an independent professional hired per project or per hour to design or build a website.
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