Vendors can come in before the RFP is complete. OK to send draft of requirements to vendors. RFP process is somewhat negotiable. The Steering Committee is ready to hear each functional group make it's case for their needs.
Funding is an issue.
Technology vs Funding. It's appropriate to limit number of vendors brought to campus if it is done based on a set of criteria consistantly applied to all of the potential vendors. Lynne will share the selection criteria that was arrived at with the Steering Committee. A draft of the RFP is needed by March 31. It needs to be made trim, punchy and concise.