A formal document delineating technical and nontechnical requirements that is used to request offers on invitations for bids (bids) and requests for proposal (proposals), or to request statements of capabilities and price quotations (quotes). It is otherwise used as a basis for selecting a supply source or sources to provide products or services.

1. This glossary is from Appendix C of Technical Report CMU/SEI-2002-TR-004.
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