The purpose of the Request for Information (RFI) is to seek and gather qualitative and quantitative information to
assess a vendor and a vendor's offerings for potential "fit" with the stakeholder's business requirements. It allows
the vendor to provide information regarding commodities, business background, delivery capabilities, pricing, quality,
etc.
The RFI artifact offers an informal means of gathering information on vendor offerings, in order to identify a short
list of vendors that will be solicited to detail their offerings in the more formal Contracting Vehicle artifact the Request for Proposal (RFP).
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