Vendor Collaboration - Department of Education Vendor Communication Plan

This posting provides a copy of the Department of Education's Vendor Communication Plan, a hyperlink to the Department of Education's contracting page, and a weblink to the agency posted Vendor Communication Plan. Please note: The Department of Education is firmly committed to the prudent expenditure of appropriated funds. Inherent in this commitment is a responsibility to improve acquisition outcomes by reducing unnecessary barriers to communication with industry. The Department's Vendor Communication Plan provides clear and consistent, high-level, direction to the Department's workforce and industry partners about Departmental engagement with industry prior to the award of contracts. To increase and improve vendor communication, the Department shall: A. Operate in an open and transparent environment; B. Provide clear direction to the acquisition and program workforce on permissible communication with industry; C. Communicate early, frequently, and constructively with industry, including small businesses and vendors the Department has not worked with in the past; D. Identify in the published procurement forecast opportunities likely to involve additional communication possibilities; E. Prioritize the use of resources for high-risk, large dollar, complex programs or those that fail to attract new vendors during re-competitions; and F. Protect non-public information and the Department's source selection information.