Government-Issued Health & Human Service RFPs Up 80% in 2006: Federal Health & Human Service RFPs Increased by 12.3% in 2006
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Statistics In 2006, federal and state government agencies published 10,365 Requests for Proposals (RFPs) in the health and human service field — an increase of nearly 80% over 2005. The federal government published 1,848 RFPs, 203 more than in 2005, or a 12.3% increase in the same period. The overall increase in RFPs in the field issued by the federal government continues an upward trend that began three years ago, when the number of federal RFPs more than doubled, from 691 RFPs in 2003 to 1,645 . . .