60A-1.042. Request for Information

(1) Agencies are authorized to use a Request For Information (RFI) for research to determine any or all of the following: whether to competitively procure particular commodities or contractual services; which solicitation process to use for a particular need; or general, special, or technical specifications to be included in a solicitation. (2) An RFI is not a solicitation. An agency issuing an RFI is not required to utilize any information gathered from the RFI, nor is a vendor who responds to an RFI excluded from participating in any resulting solicitation. (3) Agencies must use MyFloridaMarketPlace (MFMP) Sourcing or the Vendor Information Portal for issuing an RFI. A vendor must be registered in MFMP in order to respond to an RFI conducted using MFMP Sourcing. See Rule 60A-1.033, F.A.C., for MFMP vendor registration.