Section R19-3-538. Request for Information

The procurement officer may issue a request for information to obtain price, delivery, technical information or capabilities for plan- ning purposes.

1.        Responses to a request for information are not offers and cannot be accepted to form a binding contract.

2.        Information contained in a response to a request for infor- mation shall be considered confidential until the procure- ment process is concluded or two years, whichever occurs first unless authorized by the procurement officer.

3.        There is no required format to be used for requests for information.

Historical Note

Adopted as an emergency effective June 5, 1985, pursu- ant to A.R.S. § 41-1003, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 85- 3). Adopted as a permanent rule effective August 29, 1985 (Supp. 85-4). Former Section R4-37-538 renum- bered to R4-37-534, new Section R4-37-538 renumbered from R4-37-542 and amended effective May 7, 1990 (Supp. 90-2). R19-3-538 recodified from R4-37-538 (Supp. 95-1). Former Section R19-3-538 renumbered to R19-3-543 and amended; new Section R19-3-538 renum- bered from R19-3-534 and amended effective December 16, 1997 (Supp. 97-4). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 4495, effective January 6, 2007 (Supp. 06-4). Amended by final

rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 1641, effective August 4, 2013

(Supp. 13-2).