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title: Technical Leader’s Guide to RFPs
description: A well executed request for proposal (RFP) can empower you to choose the right tools and partners that will scale alongside your company.
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## **Get the guide**

# How to choose the right app development platform through an efficient and thorough request for proposal process

In this guide, we’ll highlight a few common issues that come up during RFP processes—and walk through steps you can incorporate into your RFPs to help mitigate those and run a process that delivers the intended results. If you like what you see, you can grab a copy of our RFP template at the end of the guide.

In this guide:

- The challenge → When RFPs go wrong
- The solution → A flexible, outcome-driven RFP process
- How to → 8 steps to help you run an effective application tooling RFP (plus a sample scoring rubric)
- Next steps → Streamline your next RFP process
- Resource → RFP template

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