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[โ€“] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I thankfully don't have to deal with RFPs anymore, but when I did, I'd either go line-by-line or ignore the prospect's text entirely. There is an in-between, but it's wishy-washy crowd-pleasing nonsense, and even the people entrenched in those bureaucracies see straight through it.

[โ€“] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

That, and parroting makes it sound like you don't know what they want, or that you're stupid, and the best that you could come up with is their own text with slight variation