Blog #5 - Danielle - Unsolicited, Solicited, Internal, & External Proposals

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Blog #5 Explain the difference between an unsolicited and a solicited proposal. Also explain the difference between an internal and external proposal.



Firstly, a Proposal is a formal persuasive submission that suggests a plan that is submitted for consideration by a client (person, company, etc.).



The Unsolicited Proposal

• This is, as it's name suggests, unsolicited. This is where an individual/company sends out a proposal to another company / potential client, suggesting a plan and offering services that were not requested by the recipient company. This is usually done for the purpose of getting funding or a contract. In these cases, since the recipient company never expressed a need for the service or idea submitted, the sender has to convince the recipient that the service/idea is one that they truly need.

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The Solicited Proposal

• Is where an individual/company requests that either another individual/company separate from itself, or an individual/team within the same company submits a proposal to them. Usually this scenario occurs when the company is in need of a service or product and would like to have several entities bid on the contract in order to get the best deal. Seeing as though the company is the one who identified the problem, the submitted proposals would not need to try to persuade them that the service is needed, as in the Unsolicited proposal.

The Internal Proposal 

• This is where an individual who works within a company sends a proposal to his/her superior of the same company in order to get approval to move forward with the plans suggested in the proposal. Usually these types of proposals include funding proposals, and overall general project proposals.

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The External Proposal

• Is where a company sends out a proposal to a company that is separate and apart from itself. These usually serve the purpose of suggesting merging of companies or proposing investments, etc. Examples include: investment proposals, grant proposals, sales proposals.

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