Final Proposal Cover Letter Guidelines

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Final Proposal Cover Letter Guidelines

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[HEADER – Insert your company name and logo]

[INSERT DATE]
Mr. Joe Smith, title
Company Name
Street Address
City, State, Zip

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This is the name and
address of the contact person and
company where you are sending
your proposal.

Re:[Project Name]
 [Project Specification, i.e., Robot for Bomb Disarming Project]
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Always use a colon in formal salutation.

  

1st PARAGRAPH

Introduce your company and the proposal request you are responding to. Briefly state the
problem described in the RFP for your project. Make sure you demonstrate your understanding
of the problem. Then, briefly state – using persuasive language – your solution to the problem.
Explain why your company and solution are the best choice.

 

2nd PARAGRAPH

Now, provide the background information necessary to demonstrate a full understanding
of the problem. This will allow you to describe the problem in more detail. In the concluding
sentence of this paragraph, describe your solution

3rd PARAGRAPH

Build on that last sentence and provide a detailed description of your project. You will
need to include both mechanism (e.g. the robot itself) and process (e.g., how the robot works)
descriptions.

 

4th PARAGRAPH

Explain why your company is the best choice for the job. Don't do this by saying that you
are the best. Come up with ways to demonstrate your qualifications. Argue persuasively that your
company understands the request and is best suited to fulfill it.

 

 

Concluding Paragraph

In two or three sentences, mention again the proposal name, concisely focus on the
problem, your proposed soltuion, and what your firm will bring to the project. Make sure you
express a strong interest in working on this job. Provide contact information.

 

Sincerely,

Sign Here

David Poly
Lead Engineer
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INSERT YOUR NAMES AND TITLES

Sign Here

Jane Jay
Project Manager
  


ENCLOSURE

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Below your names, you will write
“ENCLOSURE�?, which refers to those
items that you will attach to this cover
letter

 

Normally, the Proposal with an Appendix would be attached here to the cover letter.
YOU ARE NOT WRITING A PROPOSAL. However, YOU DO HAVE TO ATTACH AN
APPENDIX. Include: Your initial sketch, all the drawings of your final design, the final
ROBOLAB program, the final MS Project, and the final cost estimate. Be sure to include
the photographs of your model.

AGAIN, you are just writing a cover letter and attaching an appendix with supporting
documentation.

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