Company: New Teacher Center
Website: https://newteachercenter.org/
Services: Procurement
Description of Company:
NTC is dedicated to improving student learning by accelerating the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders. We build capacity within districts and district partners to drive student learning, teacher effectiveness, and teacher and leadership development. We do this by providing PreK-12 teachers and school leaders with the skills and supports needed to create optimal learning environments that accelerate students’ academic and social emotional success.
The Challenge
NTC did not have the time and capacity to dedicate to the procurement process. Our small team lacked capacity and understanding of how to develop content and respond to multiple RFPs successfully. We worried about an external partner understanding our offerings quickly and being able to execute efficiently without being a member of our staff.
Our Role:
RYE’s foundation in education practice enabled them to quickly get up to speed. As classroom teachers they understood our Professional Development offerings and interpret the specific needs of our clients.
RYE isn’t here to just crank our RFPs. They understand the procurement process and are intentional with their recommendations. The team taught us how to source opportunities that complemented our goals and helped us think about the intent of the RFP before responding.
Our Approach
Developed language to support understanding of each unique offering
Created a clear proposal process that highlights each team members strengths
Supported growth of our team and recognized skill sets
Worked behind the scenes to get work done quickly and efficiently
Sourced procurement opportunities on a daily basis that clearly reflect our offerings
Wrote distinctive and actionable content unique to each proposal needs on behalf of NTC
Our Result
With RYE at the helm we have always hit our goals for every timeline, we have never missed a deadline, sometimes gotten ahead. Of all the RFPs that have been awarded, we lost one but have gotten resulting in an 86%-win rate.
“RYE is truly a partner not a vendor. RYE is in partnership with your organization, and part of your team, they connect personally as well as professionally and really think about what’s right for your organization. They have become part of our team and organization through their extremely responsive, thoughtful, accurate, and timely engagement.”