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Purpose of Procurement
Pursuant to the State Purchasing Act (Official Code of Georgia Annotated 50-5-50 et seq.), this electronic Request for Quotes (eRFQ) is being issued to establish a contract with one or more qualified suppliers who will provide Enter the Sourcing Event Name to the Enter State Entity's Name (hereinafter, the State Entity) as further described in this eRFQ.
INSTRUCTIONS TO ISSUING OFFICER: Describe a general overview of the project, service, or commodity being purchased. The information should define the value proposition for the suppliers and be able to answer the question, ¿Why should the supplier submit a response?" Provide a general scope of the procurement (e.g., magnitude of the procurement, historical spend, and/or quantities if applicable). Different types of information to be included are as follows: Multiple or single award, number of Divisions involved, etc. After this action is complete, please delete this instructional note.
Overview of the eRFQ ProcessThe objective of the eRFQ is to select one or more qualified suppliers to provide the goods and/or services outlined in this eRFQ to the State Entity.  This eRFQ process will be conducted to gather and evaluate responses from supplier for potential award.  All qualified suppliers are invited to participate by submitting responses, as further defined below.  After evaluating all suppliers¿ responses received prior to the closing date of this eRFQ and resolution of any contract exceptions, the preliminary results of the eRFQ process will be publicly announced, including the names of all participating suppliers and the evaluation results.  Subject to the protest process, final contract award(s) will be publicly announced thereafter.

INSTRUCTIONS TO ISSUING OFFICER ¿ PART 2: Is this solicitation following a RFQC in which you prequalified suppliers to respond to one or more future solicitations? If so, please insert the following statement to this section, complete the noted sections, and then delete this instructional note. If not, please delete the statement below as well as this instructional note.
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