Request for Proposal is the process of documentation and solicitation that communicates your organization’s need or availability for a certain service and invites various vendors to submit proposals in consideration for the opportunity.

Maybe you’ve heard the phrase, “If you build it, they will come” from the 1989 baseball film “Field of Dreams.” This story’s crux was that if Kevin Costner’s character blew his small farmer’s budget building a backyard baseball field, famous deceased players would return and play a “ghost game,” giving fans an opportunity to see the greats play one last time.

It sounds out there, but I promise you, the film has heart.