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How to write a Request for Proposal (RFP) for LMS Vendors

Paradiso Solutions

The LMS RFP is the best approach for buyers to offer their expectations to LMS Vendors in the form of a Request for Proposal (RFP), and LMS Vendors to understand the prospect’s exact requirement and expectations from the product. Nonetheless, there are five compelling reasons to devote time and effort to creating an RFP.

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LMS RFP Tips: How to Find Your Best Learning Technology Fit

Talented Learning

Is the LMS RFP a Necessary Evil? A Request for Proposal (RFP) is one of the most widely used yet controversial tools for learning management systems buyers. The LMS RFP has developed a bad reputation because it is easily misunderstood. Clients expect me to help them avoid RFP missteps. What is an LMS RFP?

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10 Ways to Lose at Selling Learning Systems: For LMS Vendors

Talented Learning

Then we recommend 4 highly qualified, matching vendors to evaluate in a formal RFP process. 1) Rather than customizing your RFP response , just reuse a boilerplate proposal. 3) Structure your pricing in an overly complicated manner that does not address the specific requirements in the RFP. 2) Skip the spellcheeck.

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Why Moodle?

eLearning Blender

Write an RFP - Writing a request for proposal (RFP) really helps you to analyze what exactly you need in an LMS. Starting out by describing everything you want to use the LMS for in an RFP helps to ensure that you take everything into consideration before making a final determination. This is how I ended up deciding on Moodle.

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Continuing Education: Will You Sell More CEUs With an LMS?

Talented Learning

It can be offered as a low-cost option for buyers who must clear the requirements bar. It’s wise to map out all the interrelated parts of your CE selling process and use as the foundation for your LMS requirements and eventual RFP. Requirements are usually expressed in terms of credit type/time (such as 24 CEUs/year).

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LMS License Models: What in the World is Going On?

Talented Learning

We gathered LMS pricing from vendor websites, public RFP results, interviewed buyers and asked the vendors. Once a vendor has a regular flow of predictable license revenue they tend to move away from low cost unlimited usage and introduce tiered pricing over time. . Conclusion.

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Psst. You wanna buy some features?

eLearning 24-7

This is to say that 90% of features most folks seek are nearly universal in a LMS – low cost or otherwise. RFPs and Features. If you are going to do a RFP, remember the five golden rules: Should be no longer than 8 pages. These expand past the standard feature sets, which I call 90/10.