Request for Proposal (RFP) Best Practices for Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Subscriber Units Procurement Toolkit

The Request for Proposal (RFP) Best Practices for Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Subscriber Units Procurement Toolkit ("RFP Toolkit") is a document suite published by the Joint SAFECOM and NCSWIC Technology Policy Committee, intended to be a resource for the public safety emergency communications community. The RFP Toolkit introduces federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and regional public safety agencies and entities to the RFP and Request for Information (RFI) processes for procuring LMR subscriber units (radio units), while providing foundational information about certain aspects of the RFP/RFI process.

• RFP Toolkit Overview: This document provides a high-level introduction to the RFP Toolkit to include the purpose and intended use of the toolkit, as well as brief descriptions of each toolkit component.
• Do's and Don'ts Document: This document provides high-level best practices the public safety community should consider when planning and developing LMR subscriber unit RFPs.
• RFP Roles & Responsibilities Document: This document outlines the roles and responsibilities which the public safety community should consider when creating a team to plan, develop, issue LMR subscriber unit RFPs.
• RFP Timeline Document: This document outlines the timeline and significant steps involved in developing an RFP or RFI to purchase LMR subscriber units.
• RFP Sample Language Document: This document provides sample content structure and language, along with a list of general user resources, for developing LMR subscriber unit RFPs and RFIs.