FAR 15.201 encourages exchanges of information among all interested parties, from the earliest identification of a requirement through receipt of proposals 1.
Lead with codes
Whether you count as small depends on the code: a small business concern qualifies under the size standard that corresponds to the NAICS code assigned to the contract or subcontract 2. SBA's size standards define whether a business is small and therefore eligible for programs reserved for small business concerns 3.
An offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation 4.
Lead with evidence
When evaluators assess past performance, the currency and relevance of the information, its source, the context of the data and general trends in the contractor's performance shall be considered 5.
Bids2Bank's past-performance library marks a record "verified" only when the award's recorded recipient is your own UEI 6 and the record's contract facts match the award 7.
Worked example. Contractor F's first draft listed eleven services and no codes. The rewrite leads with two NAICS codes, three past contracts with the agency, value and dates of each, the company's UEI and CAGE code, and one named contact, and it drops every adjective the company could not prove.
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