WE ARE THE RFP RESPONSE EXPERTS
We help you win more state government and private sector RFPs by capturing evaluator attention, creating an emotional connection, and building trust through your RFP responses. Since 2010, we’ve helped clients win more than $500 million in contracts.
We exist to help mid-market companies create repeatable and efficient processes to consistently land more contracts.
RFP EXPERTS THAT LIVE WHAT WE PREACH
RFP proposal success relies heavily on the ability to build a winning culture.
Our leadership team stays up to speed on industry updates, cutting-edge RFP response trends, and strategic planning methods that ensure our RFP consulting services are best-in-class.
WE HELP MID-MARKET PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COMPANIES WIN MORE STATE GOVERNMENT & PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRACTS.
The RFP Success® Company has an especially high level of expertise in the following areas:
Technology & IT, including Healthcare IT and FinTech
Educational Services
Healthcare
Telecom & Networking
Staffing & Pre-Employment & Drug Testing
Since 2010, The RFP Success® Company has assisted clients in developing RFP responses in more than 30 different industries.
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The RFP Success® Company is the leading RFP consulting firm and has been featured in:
MEET OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
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Cheri Fisher
Director, Client Services & Operations
Cheri trains, oversees, and empowers our Proposal Department to deliver winning RFP responses. Cheri also oversees our human resources, technology, consulting, and finance initiatives. When she steps away from the desk, you can find her hiking, wine tasting, or traveling!
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Lisa Rehurek
Founder & CEO
Lisa Rehurek is a best-selling author, national speaker/trainer, and strategic RFP (Request for Proposal) expert. With over 26 years of RFP experience and her down-to-earth, “get it done” personality, Lisa leads the company from the front.
When she steps away from the office, Lisa can be found spending time with her two dogs, Oliver & Tuck, and out with family & friends.
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Julie Schulze
Consulting Manager
Julie oversees client-supporting team members for our special projects consulting services. She also keeps serves as a liaison for our local community through local giving, road cleanup initiatives and other fundraisers.
When Julie’s laptop is off, you can find her on the sidelines of her children’s sporting events.
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Kevin Cleary
Senior Proposal Manager
Kevin manages and directs our expert team of proposal managers, writers, and editors. He ensures our high quality proposal standards are met with every opportunity and we are delivering compliant, comprehensive, and persuasive winning proposals to our clients.
When he is not working, Kevin enjoys spending time with his wife and family. He is an avid fisherman and Philadelphia Eagles fan.
THE RFP SUCCESS® COMPANY’S
‘RIDE OR DIE’
We are experienced RFP professionals that work hard to help you win contracts.
We’re also efficiency-obsessed, dog-loving humans that believe in healthy egos. At The RFP Success® Company, we live fully in our foundational principles that encompass who we are in our personal and professional lives.
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Adore Honesty
We are kindly direct and honest because greater efficiency means more wins. We don’t like to waste time. We are in it to win it.
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Get Sh!t Done
We are movers and shakers and scrappy as hell. We don’t wallow in missteps. We make quick and informed decisions, learn from our mistakes, and solve unique challenges to get more done in a day than most.
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Love To Have Fun
While we take our work seriously, we love to laugh and have fun with our clients. If we’re not having fun, something’s wrong.
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Take Radical Ownership
There’s no “that’s not my job.” When needed, we’re an all-hands-on-deck team. We ask for help, and we offer our help.
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Prefer Confidence Over Ego
We believe in what we do and we’re good at it. Healthy egos are welcome! We have a winning mindset for ourselves and our clients.
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Stay In Our Lane
We know what we do well. We stay in our lane of expertise and leave the detours to others.
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Welcome Creativity
We are flexible and innovative and don’t get stuck in “the way it’s supposed to be.”
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Love Dogs
We’re all in with our furry family members. We welcome dog hair, dog pictures, dog slobber, and even the occasional Zoom-bombing by our four-legged friends.
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Are In This Together
Teamwork makes the dream work! We’ve got your back because strong partnerships get winning results.
WE STARTED BY SHAKING UP THE RFP INDUSTRY
Lisa ‘cut her teeth’ on RFPs over 26 years ago. After joining the human capital consulting firm, Mercer, she was introduced to a whole new world of state government RFP responses. From RFP development and evaluation to response management, training, and strategy, Lisa became an expert in all-things-RFPs.
After years of proposal work, Lisa left corporate America to explore business consulting entrepreneurship but was often contacted by past colleagues for her insight and strategy around winning RFP responses. It was then - on a napkin while dining with a friend - that The RFP Success® Company was born.
From state, local, higher education and private sector RFP responses, to evaluating health care and human capital proposals for corporations, Lisa has been on all sides of the aisle. Equipped with her expertise in numerous TTI Success Insights talent assessments including Behaviors, Motivators, Acumen, and Emotional Quotient, Lisa and her team have developed a proven 4x4 framework that encompasses all the elements needed for consistent RFP wins.
Today, she continues to lead her team of RFP proposal professionals, writers, and editors. As the host of The RFP Success® Show, bestselling author of The RFP Success® Book, trainer, and speaker, Lisa Rehurek continues to pay her RFP knowledge forward so that professional services businesses can Do Better. Win More®.
WHAT OUR EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT US
Our 4x4 framework leads our clients to more RFP wins! But it’s no longer enough to compete based on knowledge and experience alone. You now also have to compete for the attention span of RFP evaluators. So how do we help you establish RFPs as a consistent revenue-generating sales channel?
WE KNOW A PROFITABLE RFP PROCESS REQUIRES:
A strategy to consistently source RFPs.
A defined “Go/No-Go” process.
Dedicated and experienced Proposal Manager(s).
A structured “rinse and repeat” RFP response framework.
A blend of persuasive and technical writing to capture the attention of evaluators who have different personalities, levels of experience, and 100’s of pages to digest for each response.
A productive debrief after each RFP response submission.
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RFP SUCCESS® INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT
We engage in the industry on our clients’ behalf and continuously learn about challenges and trends in the industry.
It isn’t just about the experience we’ve garnered with the hundreds of RFPs that we support each year. We actively seek additional knowledge that can help our clients continue to grow.
WE DO THIS THROUGH NUMEROUS ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING:
We host a podcast called The RFP Success® Show, where we talk to industry experts, successful bidders, and supporting resources who are all relevant in the industry today;
We publish The RFP Success® Magazine which shares our findings and strategies to anyone bidding in state government and private sector channels;
Lisa is author of the book, The RFP Success® Book, bringing efficient and effective strategies to RFP response teams at all levels;
Lisa will publish her newest sequel, Winning in State Government: a Roadmap for RFP Success in 2023;
We attend reverse procurement events in order to converse with procurement officials to learn what they love, what they dislike, what their current hot buttons are;
We are active in the Supplier Diversity community, building connections with staff and other diverse businesses to learn of challenges and trends.
