PIPES is an acronym for Provider Interface Proposal Execution System. It is a panoptic and interactive web portal designed by Altus Virtus LLC for efficiencies and advancements in the request and evaluation of proposals and other Requirement documents for Business Process Outsourcing or Information technology Outsourcing. Through the use of this tool, advisors, service providers and clients gain secured access, in a highly cost effective manner, to the use electronic medium and intellectual
properties that initiate, execute and evaluate RFI's, RFP's and Sole Source Requirements Proposals.
Client organizations publish request for requirements through PIPES and invited service providers can view, print, save and respond to such request
Service Providers confidentially and securely submit questions to the client organization to help in preparation of a proposal
PIPES organizes the questions and forwards them to the client organization SME based on relevance and applicability. Answers are electronically forwarded to provider(s)
Service Providers electronically respond to the requirements request and submit proposals through PIPES, with the ability to submit attachments
PIPES organizes service provider responses into a comparative style format that highlights the distinguishing aspects of each response
At the conclusion of the Requirements evaluation exercise, service providers complete an electronic survey to assess and critique the process, advisor and client organization
Because PIPES is accessed via a secured web portal, client organizations are better positioned to maintain the confidentiality that might otherwise be compromised by using internal email for executing a sourcing initiative
With the assistance of experienced advisors, Client organizations will be able to customize Requirements request documents. PIPES maintains up-to-date templates that cover all critical aspects of RFI's, RFP's or other Requirement Documentations.
The inner workings of PIPES will organizes Service Provider responses into a comparative style format with annotation of market positions (when available). For Client organization this adds expediency and ease to response evaluation.
