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LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - August 10, 2010) - Green Proposals, an environmentally friendly e-procurement company, today announced that the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is using the Green Proposals online acquisition service to manage bid notifications and the RFP process. With Green Proposals, SFUSD has made the process faster and easier, saving time and money for the school district and its vendors, while helping the environment by reducing the reliance on travel, paper and chemicals for printing.

"Green Proposals was just what SFUSD needed to assist us in not only helping the environment and saving money, but also managing the entire RFP process," said Cathy Aguilar, claims manager for the San Francisco Unified School District. "They did everything, from distributing the RFP materials to managing the questions to facilitating the submission of proposals electronically -- all was included in the process. Green Proposals conducted the pre-bid conference via a webinar and their service was invaluable since it was so organized as well as being economical for all concerned. I think this is the way all RFPs will be done in the future."

Green Proposals is the only provider of an integrated, all-inclusive acquisition solution for the entire RFP process for government agencies and their prospective vendors. Services include agency-specific templates for RFPs, facilitation of pre-bid conferences via webinars, pre-bid conference templates, electronic sign-in sheets downloadable into Excel, opportunities for vendors to ask questions related to the RFP, secure electronic proposal submission, and more. In addition, Green Proposals is dedicated to having a profound effect on how the entire process impacts the environment. Because all activities are conducted online, Green Proposals reduces the use of:

• Fossil fuels by eliminating the need to travel to pre-bid conferences
• Paper and chemicals by eliminating the need to print and bind proposals
• Fossil fuels by eliminating the need to send proposals via delivery services

These environmental benefits also translate into budget benefits. Government agencies pay nothing for the Green Proposals service. The typical cost for a vendor is less than $250, which covers audio and video reproduction of the pre-bid meeting, a digital copy of the online sign-in sheet. Vendors can often save thousands of dollars by attending pre-bid conferences via webinars and not printing and mailing the proposals. 

"Using Green Proposals is easy and straightforward, and every participant receives a direct benefit," said Shelley Temkin, founder of Green Proposals. "In addition to making the entire RFP process less expensive and easier to manage, our online acquisition service supports an organization's green initiative, which is increasingly important for government agencies and the vendors that service them."

About Green Proposals
Green Proposals is dedicated to providing government purchasing departments and their vendors with an interactive website to facilitate the RFP process while saving time and money for all parties. Based in Los Angeles, the company is committed to reducing the environmental impact of the entire acquisition process by reducing the reliance on travel, paper and chemicals for printing. Green Proposals has helped many organizations streamline the RFP process by facilitating pre-bid conferences via webinars, creating downloadable electronic sign-in sheets, enabling all parties to replay webinars as needed, offering secure electronic proposal submission, and more. Clients have included the California Charter School Association, San Francisco Unified School District, and Metropolitan Water District. For more information, visit www.greenproposals.com.