Are you curious how our new product, Facilitated Intelligent Needs Development (FIND), provides pain-free and intelligent guidance through the maze of acquisition planning?
One way is that FIND includes short video tutorials such as Best Practices on Industry Exchanges that are important to performing smart market research. These videos help you to decide which type of exchange to use based on your objectives.
Type of Industry Exchange
When to Use
Industry Days/Pre-solicitation Conferences
Broadcast important information to all interested parties simultaneously
Communicate high level acquisition schedule
Convey changes to scope, acquisition strategy, evaluation method, etc. from previous procurements
Connect potential teaming partners
Request for Information (RFI)
If new or unique acquisition, seek insights into type of solutions and technological capabilities, geographic reach, costs for different solutions (more than which sources are capable and interested)
Seek insights into potential commercial solutions and relevant price ranges, delivery timeframes and options
Learn relevant marketplace business practices to help the government best articulate its need and determine the most appropriate acquisition approaches
Provide potential suppliers with awareness that can be critically important for their planning efforts
Sources Sought (specifically focused type of RFI)
With a more maturely defined requirement, can be used to seek information from industry about the availability of capable and interested possible sources
Improve small business access to acquisition information
Enhance competition by identifying contracting and subcontracting opportunities
Due Diligence
Hold one-on-one conversations with industry, when appropriate, to gain information that may not be shared by industry in a more public setting
Foster business partnerships while capturing industry feedback to improve acquisition planning and requirements definition
Understand Industry’s perspective on what increases risk and/or cost
Learn what would be show-stoppers that would prevent companies from proposing
Challenges (also called prize competitions, crowdsourcing challenges, or prize challenges)
Conduct prize competitions in order to stimulate innovation, solve tough problems, and advance your agencies’ core mission
Encourages companies, organizations, and individuals to post their solutions so that government users that have needs become aware of solutions
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