"RFP" is a "Request for Proposal," usually, a request for bids on a
contract, sometimes a request for responses to a grant-giving agency.  Re
the on-going debate about jargon, "RFP" is CRM-ese.  I don't know what
Foucault would say about that, if he could say anything.



At 02:24 PM 4/22/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I saw this, but I honestly don't know what an "RFP" is. Do tell.
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>> From:         Neal Hitch[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Reply To:     HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
>> Sent:         Thursday, April 22, 1999 11:43 AM
>> To:   [log in to unmask]
>> Subject:      Arch RFP
>>
>> I am putting out an RFP for Historic Archaeology at a 19th C. House
>> Museum in Ohio. We are excavating two outbuildings looking at possible
>> reconstruction.  I am sending the request to firms in Ohio but wanted
>> to
>> give the opportunity to any other historic archeologist who might be
>> interested. Any thoughts on where would be the best place to post the
>> RFP.
>>
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