I am working on putting together an RFP to send to prospective Managed Service Providers. I have been looking for a good template for the RFP but have been unable to find one that fits the purpose. Does anyone have a template they love and are willing to share? I'm hoping to send out the RFP by the end of November. Thanks!

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Chief Information Officer in Services (non-Government)2 years ago

https://nvcogct.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/NVCOG-_MSP_RFP_April-8-2022.pdf this is a decent not too big sample one. Should give you a better idea and starting point. As an MSSP ourselves we would really like to know as much of the environment, scope and expectations on SLO/SLAs. Whenever you publish it let me know we would love to submit a proposal!

Global Chief Cybersecurity Strategist & CISO in Healthcare and Biotech2 years ago

Here is the link to Gartner's free toolkit:
https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/3842373

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