Creating an SD-WAN RFP is the most effective way to compare the market. With the Netify RFP builder application, you can use our pre-built questions or create your own with our AI assistant, fully trained on SD-WAN procurement. Build your shortlist and receive detailed capability responses from 30+ curated vendors and service providers.
Participating vendors and service providers include Cato, Aryaka, BT Business, Peplink, Meraki, Versa, Palo Alto and VMware.
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The Netify SD-WAN RFP Standard
An SD-WAN RFP should request a clear set of information defining your environment, specific pain points and objectives. The Netify RFP Builder enables you to define evaluation priorities (identifying which capabilities matter most, such as security stack integration or connectivity underlay) and pre-filter providers based on geographic coverage and operational model.
What’s Included in an RFP?
- 30+ Providers — access to more than 30 Providers across multiple service categories.
- Sector Libraries — sector-calibrated question libraries for rapid deployment.
- In-Platform Scoring — scoring framework built into the platform.
RFP Question Checklist
The Netify Builder includes over 115 weighted questions. Here are sample questions to consider for your RFP:
- Deployment: Detail your zero-touch provisioning workflow and timeline from hardware delivery to operational status.
- Resilience: Evidence resilient connectivity options appropriate to each site category, including documented failover thresholds.
- Performance: Explain your path selection algorithms and latency management techniques for time-sensitive traffic.
- Security: Detail your approach to segregating clinical, guest and IoMT traffic streams with auditable change tracking.
- Operations: Describe your diagnostic workflow for distinguishing connectivity issues from equipment or application problems.
How the SD-WAN RFP Builder Works
Running an SD-WAN RFP through Netify follows five steps: question selection, requirement definition, marketplace publication, response management and scoring.
- Introduce: Input your industry, company overview and primary contact details.
- Define: Add your sites, circuits, cloud destinations, security requirements and rollout constraints.
- Receive Proposals: Vendors respond to each requirement with structured, comparable answers.
- Track Status: Track status, send clarifications and manage responses in one dashboard.
- Score & Compare: Apply scoring by category, score sections and generate a ranked shortlist with identified gaps.
How to Tailor an SD-WAN RFP to Specific Sectors
SD-WAN evaluation demands vary substantially by industry; it is vital to tailor your RFP to sector-specific constraints.
Healthcare — Clinical System Availability & Isolation
Healthcare SD-WAN evaluation must examine clinical system availability, traffic isolation for patient care versus guest networks, and clinician remote access patterns.
- Can the provider enforce segmented traffic policies with auditable tracking?
- Does the proposal incorporate resilient access options for each site type?
- Detail your approach to segregating clinical and guest traffic streams.
FAQ
What should an SD-WAN RFP include to compare providers fairly?
An SD-WAN RFP should request detailed information defining your environment, technical requirements, and objectives, followed by standardised questions structured to gather directly comparable evidence.
How do I evaluate SD-WAN & SASE capabilities in an RFP?
By including specific security requirement modules, you can force vendors to provide technical evidence of their combined networking and security capabilities within a single framework.