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<h2 id="controversy">Controversy</h2>
<p>Lutz Peichert<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> challenges the need for yet another procurement term (RFS) when RFP already exists. John Healer,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> on the contrary, has found "the Request for Solution language to be of value". Researchers<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> from the University of Tennessee consider RFS "an emerging competitive bidding methodology".
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Call_for_bids/Gav323KQ">Call for bids</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Request_for_quotation/k5w1tUmH">Request for quotation</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Request_for_information/5TRQnB1F">Request for information</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Request_for_association/ozIvub9o">Request for association</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Vitasek, Kate; Kling, Jeanne; Keith, Bonnie; Handley, David (2016). Unpacking Collaborative Bidding (PDF). Tennessee, USA: HASLAM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170428053108/http://www.lindahl.se/media/1123954/unpacking_collaborative_bidding_march_6_3_.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170428053108/http://www.lindahl.se/media/1123954/unpacking_collaborative_bidding_march_6_3_.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Vitasek, Kate; Kling, Jeanne; Keith, Bonnie; Handley, David (2016). Unpacking Collaborative Bidding (PDF). Tennessee, USA: HASLAM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170428053108/http://www.lindahl.se/media/1123954/unpacking_collaborative_bidding_march_6_3_.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170428053108/http://www.lindahl.se/media/1123954/unpacking_collaborative_bidding_march_6_3_.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Tonti, Jon (July 3, 2012). "Out with Request for Proposals and in With Request for Solutions". Nearshore Americas. Retrieved 11 April 2017. <a href="http://www.nearshoreamericas.com/outsourcing-request-for-proposals/" target="_blank">http://www.nearshoreamericas.com/outsourcing-request-for-proposals/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Tonti, Jon (July 3, 2012). "Out with Request for Proposals and in With Request for Solutions". Nearshore Americas. Retrieved 11 April 2017. <a href="http://www.nearshoreamericas.com/outsourcing-request-for-proposals/" target="_blank">http://www.nearshoreamericas.com/outsourcing-request-for-proposals/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>mkrishna (July 27, 2012). "Why Request for Solution (RFS) is a better approach". Suyati. Retrieved 18 April 2017. <a href="http://suyati.com/why-request-for-solution-rfs-is-a-better-approach/" target="_blank">http://suyati.com/why-request-for-solution-rfs-is-a-better-approach/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Overby, Stephanie (June 15, 2012). "Why Your IT Outsourcing RFP Is Holding You Back". CIO from IDG. IDG. Retrieved 11 April 2017. <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/2394973/it-organization/why-your-it-outsourcing-rfp-is-holding-you-back.html" target="_blank">http://www.cio.com/article/2394973/it-organization/why-your-it-outsourcing-rfp-is-holding-you-back.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Peichert, Lutz (July 19, 2012). "Lutz Peichert's Blog". Lutz Peichert. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170419101526/http://blogs.forrester.com/lutz_peichert/12-07-19-whats_your_take_on_rfp_versus_rfs" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170419101526/http://blogs.forrester.com/lutz_peichert/12-07-19-whats_your_take_on_rfp_versus_rfs</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>Peichert, Lutz (July 19, 2012). "Lutz Peichert's Blog". Lutz Peichert. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170419101526/http://blogs.forrester.com/lutz_peichert/12-07-19-whats_your_take_on_rfp_versus_rfs" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170419101526/http://blogs.forrester.com/lutz_peichert/12-07-19-whats_your_take_on_rfp_versus_rfs</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>Vitasek, Kate; Kling, Jeanne; Keith, Bonnie; Handley, David (2016). Unpacking Collaborative Bidding (PDF). Tennessee, USA: HASLAM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170428053108/http://www.lindahl.se/media/1123954/unpacking_collaborative_bidding_march_6_3_.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170428053108/http://www.lindahl.se/media/1123954/unpacking_collaborative_bidding_march_6_3_.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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