"RFP" meaning in English

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      "english": "request for information",
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          "ref": "2025 September 2, “2026 American Society of Civil Engineers Concrete Canoe Competiton Request for Proposals”, in ASCE, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2025, page 1:",
          "text": "Some of the changes include: re-formatting the RFP to increase visual accessibility, overhauling the project proposal deliverables, increasing the “bite” of material compliance deductions associated with the Materials Notebook, placing a minimum freeboard design constraint on the canoe itself, re-introducing the calculations appendix, restricting the format of presentation slides, restricting the use of pigments and stains, tweaking the final product display, imposing a maximum unit weight requirement, and completely overhauling the scoring system.",
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