CHAPTER 17
Notifying and Debriefing Unsuccessful Vendors
(FAR 15.306(c)(3), 5.5)
Notifications and debriefings are very important to competing vendors. When an unsuccessful vendor is notified that it is no longer in the competition, it can stop all activities for that acquisition and can then devote its financial and human resources to other business opportunities. If a vendor chooses to be debriefed, it can find out why it was eliminated from the competitive process. Debriefings usually let vendors know the ways in which they must improve. A good debriefing will help a vendor succeed in future competitions and improves the full and open competition process for the government.
Preaward notices are required by FAR 15.503(a), and postaward notices ...
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