Choose a Request for Proposal from an outside source (many are available through the internet). For your Proposal Letter, you must first locate a formal Request for Proposal and analyze it carefully. Searching the internet using simply "Request for Proposal" will return a number of results that instruct you how to write or prepare RFP, which is NOT required for this assignment. The most effective search terms will incorporate "Request for Proposal" in addition to some other term, also in quotations, related to your major field of study.

Once you've identified an appropriate RFP, you should prepare the Proposal Letter

following standard format for business correspondence, and address it to the contact person listed on the RFP you have chosen. Your Proposal Letter MUST include EACH of the following

elements to receive full credit:

- the name of your company or organization

- a copy or working internet link for the outside Request for Proposal that

your formal Proposal will answer

- a list of essential elements and/or tasks required for you to

complete the Proposal (i.e., bids, document specifications,

member credentials, research regarding market costs)

- a proposed timeline for completion of your project - NOT your Proposal for this class, but the project you're offering to complete in response to the RFP.

For your Article Summary, you must locate a SEPARATE technical article related to the preparation of your Proposal.