Section 30-2302. PRESOLICITATION NOTICES AND CONFERENCES

 

2302.1Presolicitation notices and conferences may be used as preliminary steps in procurements by competitive sealed proposals in order to accomplish any of the following:

 

(a) Develop or identify interested prospective offerors;

 

(b) Request preliminary information based on a general description of the supplies or services involved;

 

(c) Explain complicated specifications and requirements to interested prospective offerors; or

 

(d) Aid prospective offerors in later submitting proposals without undue expenditure of effort, time, and money.

 

2302.2If presolicitation notices are used, the contracting officer shall prepare and issue each notice to prospective offerors and shall publicize the notice in a newspaper of general circulation and any trade publication deemed appropriate by the Director of Procurement.

 

2302.3A presolicitation notice shall include the following:

 

(a) A description of the information to be furnished in the response;

 

(b) An indication whether the notice will be followed by a conference and a formal solicitation; and

 

(c) A request that parties interested in the contemplated procurement respond by a specified date.

 

2302.4In complex procurements, the presolicitation notice may request information pertaining to management, engineering, and production capabilities.

 

2302.5The contracting officer shall furnish copies of the solicitation to all those responding affirmatively to the presolicitation notice and to other prospective offerors upon request.

 

2302.6A presolicitation conference may be used only when approved by the contracting officer.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 6681, 6741 (September 22, 1989).