Parse a municipal RFP requiring bidders to hold 'SIMA or ASCA certification' and determine which specific credentials from each organization satisfy the requirement.
domain: sima.org · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Identify that SIMA's relevant credentials are CSP (executive/business) and ASM (operations/crew-lead training)
Identify that ASCA's relevant credential is ASCA-C (individual annual certification) plus, at the company level, SN 9001 (Smithers-audited QMS certification recognized by ASCA)
Check the RFP's exact wording for whether it names a specific credential (e.g., 'CSP') versus the organization generally ('SIMA-certified') — the latter is ambiguous between CSP and ASM
If ambiguous, draft a clarification question to the issuing municipality rather than guessing which credential satisfies the requirement
Compile the bid response listing the specific named individual(s)/credential(s) held, not just 'the company is a SIMA/ASCA member'
Known gotchas
SIMA and ASCA are two separate, non-affiliated trade organizations with distinct credentialing programs — citing one organization's certificate when the RFP names the other is non-responsive
'SIMA certified' is ambiguous on its own since SIMA has two distinct individual credentials (CSP and ASM) with very different rigor and renewal requirements — don't assume the RFP author meant one specific one without asking
Membership in either organization is not itself a certification — confirm the RFP isn't actually satisfied by simple membership before over-engineering a certification response
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