MP5315.002 Notification for Issuance of Request for Proposals

The Contracting Officer shall send a notice concurrent with issuance of the request for proposals announcing that a source selection or a competitive negotiation is in progress for all acquisitions that are estimated to be greater than $100M. This notice shall be forwarded to all appropriate Air Force Commands and SAF/AQCK for HAF notification. The notice shall identify:

1)  the system, subsystem, service, or project involved;

2)  the anticipated period of the source selection or competitive activities;

3)  statement to the effect that contacts or briefings concerning the program by industry are no longer allowed outside of the formal source selection process; and

4)  that the contracting officer (include name and phone number) is the person who controls all contact or exchanges with industry/offerors and is the only person authorized to release source selection information before and after contract award.