Comparing Quotes and Bids and Contract Manufacturing Proposals – Contract Manufacturing Consultants

Once you have assembled a list of contract manufacturing providers for consideration, before you begin your request-for-quote (RFQ) or request-for-proposal (RFP) process, understand why certain provider criteria are important to your organization before beginning to accept provider quotes and bids. We invite you to read some testimonials. View some examples of client work results.

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Venture Outsource begins with a collaborative process, and asking the right questions.

• We then provide advisory for your pre-RFQ-RFP package prep and cover letter strategy to set the tone and manage provider expectations
• We show you ‘internal’ provider costs for your program vs ‘should cost’ for provider factory locations
• We benchmark program ‘should cost’ against quoted pricing presented by each provider
• We provide strategic advisory for each provider price vs risk
• We advise you on strategy moving into contract pricing negotiations

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