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Old 12-25-2011, 12:22 PM   #1590
RogerWilco
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Originally Posted by psicodude View Post
A bunch of people respond with proposal's that try to meet a specific list of requirements, and only the proposal scored the highest wins. Dude, the only real difference is that RFP's are usually very specific and competitions are more broad.

The point you are missing is that in both instances, everyone other than the winner is working for free in the hopes of being selected.
There is a tremendous time difference between the two. When responding to an RFP no creative design work can legally be presented to the prospective client. When free creative work is presented it must be in accordance with a design competition approved by council. Please read the attached if you are interested in understanding the difference .

http://www.aaa.ab.ca/imis15/CMDownlo...5-b8655e54680a

Last edited by RogerWilco; 12-26-2011 at 05:35 PM.
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