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Campus Planning RFQ/RFPs that Ensure Concise, Responsive, and Cost Competitive Submissions
Presenter(s): Scott B. Page, Scott Blackwell Page Architect; Michael Scott Rudden, The Saratoga Associates; Mark S. Valenti, The Sextant Group, Inc
Convener: Nancy K. Nusbaum, Southwest Texas State University

Successful campus planning with an outside firm is predicated on preparing 'Request for Qualifications/Proposals' (RFQ/RFPs) that solicit the appropriate breadth and depth of services from the array of planning experts, within financial and time frame constraints. This presentation will provide a tool for assessing campus planning needs, evaluating various planning tools, and fashioning the RFQ/RFP. Learn how to use the provided checklist to solicit proposals from the leading campus planning firms suited to the needs and conditions of a campus.


This knowledge resource from SCUP is a concurrent session presented at the Society's thirty-eighth annual, international conference and Expo, SCUP–38, in Miami Beach, FL (USA), in July of 2003.

Audiocassettes and MP3's (on CD's) of these and other SCUP–38 sessions are available for purchase here.

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