問16
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RFPを作成する目的として, 最も適切なものはどれか。
平成27年度 春期 ITパスポート試験 問16
ストラテジ系システム企画 › 調達計画・実施
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問 16
Incorrectア
An RFP may state the budget scale or an upper limit, but that is only supplementary information so that all proposals share the same preconditions. Amounts are what vendors present in their proposals and quotations; presenting an approximate outsourcing cost is not in itself the purpose of an RFP.
Incorrectイ
The document issued to broadly gather technology trends, feasibility, and product information for future system development is the RFI (Request For Information). The RFI is used at the stage before the RFP, so this choice mistakes the purpose of the RFI for that of the RFP.
Incorrectウ
Standardizing procurement methods and procedures such as in-house development, outsourcing development, and product purchasing is the role of a company internal procurement policy, procurement rules, or guidelines. An RFP is prepared for each individual procurement case in order to convey that case requirements to vendors, so standardizing procedures is not its purpose.
- エ
正解 The correct answer is エ (To request vendors to submit proposals and appropriately select the supplier to place the order with). An RFP (Request For Proposal) is a document prepared by the procuring side, that is, the organization that is acquiring a system or service. It compiles the business and system requirements to be realized, the preconditions, the budget and delivery-deadline limits, the contract conditions, and the items to be covered in the proposal along with its submission deadline, and is then presented to several candidate vendors to ask them to submit proposals. The procuring side compares and evaluates the proposals it receives on the same basis and selects the most suitable vendor as the supplier to place the order with. In other words, the very purpose of creating an RFP is to request proposals and choose the right supplier, so エ is the most appropriate.
ここがポイント
- RFP (Request For Proposal) = a document in which the procuring side states its requirements and conditions and asks vendors to submit proposals. Its purpose is to compare and evaluate the proposals and appropriately select the supplier.
- The procurement flow is: RFI (request for information) → RFP (request for proposal) → receiving proposals and quotations → evaluation and vendor selection → contract. Remember the difference in roles: the RFI gathers information, while the RFP requests proposals.
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