Request for Information (RFI) Examples

What an RFI usually asks

• The requirement: a short description of the need, sometimes with a draft statement of work.
• Questions for industry: capabilities, approach, pricing, lead times and the contract vehicles companies hold.
• Company information: business size and socioeconomic status, UEI and CAGE code, and the NAICS code that fits.
• How to respond: the page limit, format, due date and point of contact.
• A notice that it's for planning only: not a solicitation, and no promise of a contract.

RFI examples by service

72 requests for information from federal notices of the last year, grouped by the product and service code (PSC) of the notice. Each opens on GovTribe with its text.

How to use these examples

• Answering an RFI: follow its order and page limit, answer each question briefly, and show work like it you've done. It's a chance to shape the requirement and the set-aside before the solicitation.
• Writing one: see how agencies describe a need in a page or two, which questions get useful answers, and what company information they ask for.
• An RFI often comes before a solicitation: follow the notice on GovTribe to see what the agency buys next. Each example is a public record its agency posted.

More from government files

• Publications and directives
• Standards and specifications
• Government forms
• FAR and DFARS clauses
• Statement of work examples