If two RFP bids are neck-to-neck on core requirements, which factor becomes the ultimate tie-breaker?

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IT Manager in Finance (non-banking)21 hours ago

Difficult to answer without the context Nihit. All of them are important. you should apply weight to what is considered key to select your technology vendor.

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