The purchase/SCM team should use market knowledge to determine whether purchase, subcontracting, and prequalification opportunities should be publicized and, if so, by what means and to what extent. If there is any doubt that an identified pool of sources for any proposal represents the most capable suppliers in the marketplace or will lead to adequate competition, the purchase/SCM team should publicize. Although publicizing requirements is a matter of judgment, purchase opportunities should be publicized if:
The contracting officer is responsible for publicizing requirements. Methods for publicizing include:
