The Presolicitation template is
used for the publication of notices for proposed
acquisitions. FAR, Section 5.2 requires the submission
of this document prior to the publication of any
further actions. FBO will reject any other documents
that refer to a specific solicitation without
previous publication of the Presolicitation Notice
for that solicitation.
Tag
Description
Format
<PRESOL>
<DATE>
Month and day synopsis
is submitted. Insert four digits for this term,
two digits for the month and two digits for the
day.
MMDD
<YEAR>
Year synopsis is submitted.
Insert two digits for the year
YY
<CBAC>
*
User ID for the Office,
Agency, or Location. Assigned by FBO System Administrator
Up
to 9 characters
<PASSWORD>*
Password.
Assigned by FBO System Administrator
Up
to 20 characters
<ZIP>
The Contracting Office's
zip code
5
digits
<CLASSCOD>*
Either one alphabetic
code or a two-digit code for service or supply
that the synopsis should be listed under.
The classification
code, two hyphens, and a brief title description
of the synopsis
Up
to 250 characters
<SOLNBR>
*
Unique
(within given location) reference number for the
solicitation.
Up
to 50 characters
<RESPDATE>
The deadline
for the receipt of the responses.
MMDDYY
<ARCHDATE>
The date when status
of solicitation will be changed to inactive.
MMDDYYYY
Default - 30 days after response date. If no
response date is indicated, an archive date
must be selected.
<CONTACT>
The names and phone
numbers of officials to contact in regard to the
synopsis. If there are two points of contact,
their information shall be separated by semicolon.
Up
to 300 characters
<DESC>
The narrative description
of the procurement action.
Up
to 24,000 characters
<LINK>
The group tag; no data
required.
<URL>
The Government Agency's
URL that will be listed in the background (invisible
to the user).
Up
to 250 characters, consist of a restricted set
of characters (see URL specification - RFC2396)
<DESC>
Visible hypertext description
provided to the user for linking to the related
site.
Up
to 100 characters
<EMAIL>
The grop tag; no data
required.
<ADDRESS>
The Government Agency
contact's email address which will be listed in
the background.
Up
to 100 characters
<DESC>
Visible hypertext description
provided for linking to the Government Agency
contact's email.
Up
to 100 characters
<SETASIDE>
Identify
set-aside acquisitions.
Valid
values are:
"N/A",
"Total HBCU",
"Total Small Business",
"Total Small Disadvantage Business",
"Total HUB-Zone",
"Total Women-owned Business",
"Partial HBCU",
"Partial Small Business",
"Partial Small Disadvantage Business",
"Partial HUB-Zone",
"Partial Women-owned Business",
"8a Competitive",
"Very Small Business",
"Veteran-Owned Small Business", "Service-Disabled
Veteran-Owned".
<POPADDRESS>
Place of Performance
address
Up
to 250 characters
<POPZIP>
Place of Performance
postal code
Up
to 10 characters
<POPCOUNTRY>
Place of Performance
country
Up
to 25 characters
</PRESOL>
Notes:
All red tags represent
required data.
* denotes validated data.
<LINK>, <URL>, and <DESC>
are group data and should be provided or omitted
together.
<EMAIL>, <ADDRESS>, and <DESC>
are group data and should be provided or omitted
together.
<POPADDRESS>,<POPCOUNTRY>, and
<POPZIP> are group data and should be
provided or omitted together.
Example:
<PRESOL>
<DATE> 0521 <YEAR> 99 <CBAC> demo <PASSWORD>
DEMO <ZIP> 22030 <CLASSCOD>
B <NAICS>
123456
<OFFADD> Office of Environmental
Studies; 1323 Y Street, Washington, DC 22030 <SUBJECT> B--ENERGY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT
AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES REGARDING THE
HOMELESS MENTALLY ILL POPULATION
<SOLNBR> 208-94-0008 <RESPDATE> 061399 <ARCHDATE> 07131999 <CONTACT> Mary Ann Deal,
Contract Specialist, 301-443-5329; Contracting
Officer, Beatrice L. Woods, 301-443-0043 <DESC> The Center for
Mental Health Services is soliciting proposals
on a full and open competitive basis from
qualified organizations to award a 3 year
contract to develop and disseminate new knowledge
about effective approaches to providing comprehensive
community-based services to persons with serious
mental illnesses who are homeless. <LINK>
<URL> http://www.abc.gov <DESC> Center for Mental
Health <EMAIL> <ADDRESS> johndoe@usa.gov <DESC> Center for Mental
Health <SETASIDE> Total Small
Disadvantage Business <POPADDRESS> Office of
Environmental Studies; 1323 Y Street; Washington,
DC 22030 <POPZIP> 22030 <POPCOUNTRY> US </PRESOL>