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CHAPTER 9INVOLVING CONTRACTORS IN ACQUISITION PLANNING

The FAR calls any written or oral interaction between the government and contractors that either are competing for or might be competing for a specific contract an exchange. Within FAR-restricted limits, exchanges may take place before a solicitation is issued or at various times following the issuance of a solicitation.

FAR 15.201 specifically encourages “exchanges with industry before receipt of proposals.” When these preproposal exchanges are conducted before a solicitation is issued, they are known as presolicitation exchanges.

As we have noted previously, the FAR encourages contractor ...