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Surface the 3 deciding questions — don't treat RFPs as flat lists.

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**RFP Response — Acme Logistics: Managed Cloud Migration (draft answers)**

**Q1. Describe your experience migrating monolithic .NET apps to AWS.**
We've delivered 30+ .NET-to-AWS migrations, including three at large logistics firms. Standard path: containerize on ECS/Fargate, replatform SQL Server to RDS, and stage cutover behind a strangler-fig pattern to avoid a big-bang risk window.

**Q2. What is your approach to zero-downtime cutover?**
Blue/green deployments with weighted DNS, read-replica promotion, and a tested rollback runbook. We rehearse cutover in a staging mirror before production.
*Gap flag:* We'd need to confirm whether your WMS vendor supports parallel-run mode — this materially affects the downtime window.

**Q3. Describe your security and compliance posture.**
SOC 2 Type II; encryption at rest and in transit; least-privilege IAM. *Clarify:* Does Acme require FedRAMP, or is SOC 2 sufficient?

**"We'd need to clarify" questions**
- Current SQL Server version + total DB size?
- Is the WMS COTS or custom?
- Hard compliance requirements beyond SOC 2?

**The 3 questions that most determine win/loss**
1. **Downtime tolerance** — drives architecture and price more than anything else.
2. **WMS parallel-run support** — gates the cutover strategy.
3. **Budget ceiling vs. timeline** — tells us whether to propose phased or all-at-once.

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I'll paste an RFP and our company profile.
For each question: draft a specific answer using our real capabilities, flag gaps, and write the "we'd need to clarify" questions.
Consistent tone across all answers. Surface the 3 questions that most determine win/loss.