Quotes vs. Proposals - For Beginners Only - WIFCON.com
Apr 11, 2017 · Under FAR Part 13, you may issue either an RFP or an RFQ. When you issue an RFP, you can create a contract unilaterally by accepting the offer or proposal. When you use an RFQ, you cannot accept the quotation and create a contract. The contract arises from a RFQ when the contractor signs a contract document you provide or when the contractor ...
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Feb 23, 2017 · Hello all, I would like to request feedback regarding when to use the term "RFQ" vs "RFP." Based on my research, an RFQ is always used under the SAT (FAR 13) and an RFP is used above SAT. However, there have been instances with commercial (FAR 12) buys under FAR 15 or 13 where RFQ was used. This ...
Legal Impact of Solicitation Responses under IDIQ Contracts
Aug 6, 2015 · 4. Based on the definition of "solicitation" at FAR Part 2, can an RFP be issued under FAR Part 13 when an offer is desired rather than a quote? And can the Government accept the offer received to form a binding contract? Or is constructive acceptance required? 5. Does FAR Part 13 offer advice on when to use an RFQ vs. an RFP (I cannot find it)? 6.
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Mar 10, 2010 · If you look at the language on the RFQ in block 10, it says "this is a request for information...". Another possible scenario is thinking an action falls within the Simplifed Acquisition Threshold (SAT) and you issue an RFQ. The quotes come back and exceed the SAT, so you then proceed with an RFP.
Other Than Commercial RFQ - best form? - For Beginners Only
Jan 22, 2020 · Hi Wifcon, long-time lurker, first time poster. My office is currently debating the most appropriate form for RFQs under SAP for other than commercial items. I think the FAR prescriptions are not too clear, and the only options available within our contracting system are SF 1449, SF 18, SF 1442, ...
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I am guessing this is a requirement less than $100k, which makes it a RFQ vs RFP. Easier to deal with this type. Joel has the answer...hold discussions with them. Explain your concerns, carefully examine the requirement(s), and request best and final.
Purchase Orders vs C-Type Contracts - Contract Award Process
Jul 19, 2022 · (Paragraph (d) concerns the acquisition of personal services.) In short, if the people in your office think that because they are using SAP pursuant to FAR 13.5 to acquire long-term commercial services they must use issue an RFQ "Q" and a purchase order "P" instead of an RFP "R" and a "C" contract (see FAR 4.1603(a)(3)), then they just don't understand sound …
Non-Responsive proposal - Contract Award Process - WIFCON.com
Feb 10, 2015 · Where a proposal submitted under a negotiated procurement fails to meet a material requirement of the RFP, it is unacceptable, not nonresponsive. Blocker, LDA, B-282122.3, Aug. 2, 1999, 99-2 CPD ¶ 25 at n.1.
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Jan 28, 2009 · Based on my very limited experience, cancellation of an RFP could mean that the evaluation scheme was defective, resulting in the wrong offeror being ranked as "in line for award." When the agency goes through the evaluation process outlined in the solicitation, and their preferred vendor doesn't win, they have a couple of choices.
Should Q&As be "incorporated" into a Solicitation by Amendment?
Nov 10, 2014 · [T]he protester argues that the solicitation is ambiguous. The protester sent 29 questions by letter dated February 1, 1988, to the Corps concerning evaluation factors, how proposal content would be protected from disclosure, why the RFTP contains two bidding schedules, and what line items are considered services as opposed to supplies and end …