sjanke Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 A Presolicitation notice was issued approximately 80 days ago and to date there is no sign when the USG will issue the formal solicitation. The solicitation included the sentence, “All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing via e-mail to……” Is the government required to provide all interested parties any questions and answers related to the Presolicitation notice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ji20874 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 No. The Government is expected to be fair, but there is no requirement to answer questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjanke Posted December 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 Thank-you ji20874. If the USG does respond to any questions during the presolicitation stage, do they have to provide their response to all interested parties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 4 hours ago, sjanke said: Thank-you ji20874. If the USG does respond to any questions during the presolicitation stage, do they have to provide their response to all interested parties? A guiding principle is at FAR 15.201(f): ”When specific information about a proposed acquisition that would be necessary for the preparation of proposals is disclosed to one or more potential offerors, that information must be made available to the public as soon as practicable, but no later than the next general release of information, in order to avoid creating an unfair competitive advantage. Information provided to a potential offeror in response to its request must not be disclosed if doing so would reveal the potential offeror’s confidential business strategy, and is protected under 3.104 or subpart 24.2. When conducting a presolicitation or preproposal conference, materials distributed at the conference should be made available to all potential offerors, upon request.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjanke Posted December 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 Thanks Jacques, so far there has been no release of info, we monitor the new beta SAM website daily. We understand through our sources the only other party capable of manufacturing the product is in communication with the USG during this presolicitation stage, and we trust/ hope the USG would keep us informed of what is going on since there appears to be some delay in issuing the formal solicitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel hoffman Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 If your competitor is in contact with USG, then why don’t you initiate conversation with them too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjanke Posted February 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 FYI, the presolicitation notice expired in the SAM system in mid January. Our personnel interacting with the USG understand a sole source notice will be posted for two companies, our company and the other one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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