1.1  Use of Hidden Text in the Guide and Template

This guide and template were updated using Microsoft Office Word 2007.  It is a tool to help you build your Section M1 - but cannot be used without careful editing.  You must decide which parts apply to your particular situation, which ones should be deleted, and which ones must be tailored.

In addition to the separate guide itself, instructions and guidance are placed throughout the template hidden text as to help you decide which paragraphs to include and how to tailor them to your procurement.  To see these instructions, the hidden text option must be used.  To activate hidden text:

Click on the Microsoft Office Button (top left corner)
Click on "Word Options"
In the "Word Options" dialogue box, click "Display"
Under "Always show these formatting marks on the screen", select the "Hidden
Text" check box
Click "OK"

The document will print without the hidden text unless you select hidden text to be included in the "Printing Options"..

If you plan to post the completed document to a website/FedBizOpps for review, perhaps as part of a Draft solicitation/Request for Proposal (RFP), we recommend you make the hidden text unavailable.  To do this, convert the document, with the hidden text deactivated, to a .pdf file before posting.

___________________________________________________________________

1 Although Section M is referenced, this guide and template may be applicable for use in commercial acquisitions with modifications as appropriate.