Field Name

Field Definition

Acquisition Status

Indicates the current high-level procurement status of the opportunity:

Pre-RFP: Encompasses various states, as defined in Acquisition Status Sub section, from the initial opportunity being create, as early as 36 months out, to RFP or Cancellation.

RFP: State of opportunity from the date an RFP was released until the proposal is due for submission

Pre-Awarded: State of opportunity from Post RFP (i.e., RFP Due Date) to Awarded.

Awarded: State of the opportunity after an award notification has been released.    

Acquisition Status Sub

The following identifies the sub status for each of the high-level acquisition/procurement status identified above.

Pre-RFP

Pre-RFP (C2P Forecast): State of the opportunity when the Government has not released any information to date, but C2P’s research team determined that an awarded opportunity will most likely be re-competed.

Pre-RFP (Agency Forecast): State of the opportunity when an agency’s long/short range procurement forecast exists AND no other notices (e.g., RFI) have been provided by the Government to date.

Pre-RFP (Industry Day): The opportunity’s state when an industry event is the current or eminent.

Pre-RFP (RFI): State of the opportunity when an RFI/Sources Sought/Market Survey is currently open.

Pre-RFP (Pre-Solicitation): State of the opportunity when Government Pre-Solicitation notice is currently active OR the opportunity’s previous state was either Pre-RFP (Industry Day) or Pre-RFP (RFI).

RFP

RFP: State of opportunity from the date an RFP was released until the proposal is due for submission.

Rolling Admission: Opportunities that remain open continuously or have a set open period when new solicitations are accepted on a predetermined, regular basis.

Pre-Award

Pre-Award (Sources Selection): State of the opportunity, after an RFP due date, until the Government releases an award announcement or a new

Intent to Award: Announcement that precedes an award solicited using Sole Source Justification, which announces the government's intent to award the work to a certain company, and allows other companies a set amount of time to contest the decision before the award is finalized.

Under Protest: State of the opportunity when a protest has been filed with GAO.

Awarded:

Awarded: An awarded opportunity with no announced on-ramp or continued open solicitation period.

Partial Award: An opportunity on which awards have been made that has either has active or anticipated on-ramp period during which additional contracts will be awarded.

RFI Release Date

Date of most recent Request for Information (RFI), Market Survey or Sources Sought was released.

RFI Due Date

Due date of most recent Request for Information (RFI), Market Survey or Sources Sought.

Industry Day Date

Date of most recent or next scheduled Industry Day (Note* If registration deadline exist, that deadline date is used).

PreSol Release Date

Date of the first Pre-Sol notice was released for this opportunity.

PreSol Release Date

Date that feedback to Pre-Sol’s draft solicitation documents, if solicited by Government, is due.

Solicitation Release Date (Est.)

Date that solicitation is anticipated to be released. Date is derived from procurement forecast, pre-solicitation artifacts (e.g., acquisition timeline), and/or C2P Analyst correspondence with Government.

Solicitation Release Date

Date that initial solicitation was released by the Government.

Solicitation Due Date

Date responses (i.e., proposals) are due to the Government in response to the most recent solicitation.

Cancellation Date

Date that the procurement action and/or solicitation was cancelled.

Award Date (Est.)

Date the award is anticipated to be announced. Date is derived from procurement forecast, pre-solicitation artifacts (e.g., acquisition timeline), consideration of incumbent contract completion date, and/or C2P Analyst correspondence with Government.

Award Date

Date of initial contract award (i.e., effective date). If multiple awards are issued, date will reflect effective date of earliest awardee.