BrevisRefero has launched of its new online Request For Proposal (RFP) platform, which represents a new way to manage and accelerate RFP processes via a more efficient online process. It is specifically designed to connect biotech innovator companies with a global network of service providers that offer biologics development and manufacturing services and allow them to arrive at outsourcing decisions faster and more cost effectively.
 
“We started BrevisRefero to be more than just a place to post RFPs. BrevisRefero assists pharma and biotech companies in finding optimal contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) faster and in a more data-driven way based on our 20 plus years of experience in the biotech industry,” said Terry Cochrane, founder and president, BrevisRefero. “Our secure online platform provides instant access to a global network of service providers, a simplified confidentiality process, consistent RFP formats and powerful analytical tools that allow direct side by side comparisons of proposals so Innovators can make the best outsourcing decisions faster than ever.”
 
BrevisRefero is staffed by experienced outsourcing professionals from the biotechnology industry who assist member companies through the entire online process via a concierge member support service. The company said it successfully completed its first RFP process via the platform during its beta-launch. BrevisRefero helped the innovator get their RFP in front of an international audience of top service providers in a matter of just a few days, with proposals being submitted within weeks of posting, thus demonstrating the potential speed realized when using the new online platform process. 
 
Traditional manual RFP processes can take months to reach this same milestone. With the official platform launch, BrevisRefero says it fully expects to see significant near-term growth in the number of innovator, service provider and consultant/facilitator members, resulting in increasingly robust RFP processes and beneficial results for its entire member community.