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The Red Team Draft

In an ideal world, this draft, based on the feedback from the Pink Team's review, should not have much left to be modified. But we don't live in an ideal world, and there are often details and problems that were not anticipated. If last minute intelligence generates new data or staff changes occur, some modifications may have to be made.

As the writers produce this draft, the Proposal Manager is busy pulling together much of the important supporting material. This includes: 
  • Producing the Executive Summary
    Begin by taking the ISSUES and the Benefit Statements from the storyboards and then flesh out the spaces between into a cohesive summary.

  • Creating the RFP matrix
    If a matrix is planned for the final proposal, it can be modified from your RFP summary worksheet and, except for page numbers, filled in now.

  • Checking the draft against the RFP checklist
    One more time, check just to be sure you have met all the requirements.

  • Checking the writer's submissions
    As the writing comes in, check it one more time for the changes requested and continued adherence to the RFP guidelines.

  • Pulling in resumes and project summaries
    These are generally not part of the writing team's function, and these will have been edited to suit this particular RFP.

  • Inserting all art work and printing a sample of the cover
    This ensures that the document produced for the Red Team reviewers is as close to the final version as possible.
The proposal that's produced now should be as close to final as possible. There should be no missing pieces, no artwork left out, no remaining work to be done. In fact, the 2 or 3 days devoted to Red Team review can often give the writers and production group a "breather" before the last big push.


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