Checklist
Interviewing government officials: a procurement integrity checklist
A checklist for running research interviews with government officials without obtaining protected procurement information, based on FAR 3.104 and 41 U.S.C. 2102. It covers stating the boundary at the start, steering away from evaluation criteria and pricing, stopping a thread instead of probing, keeping a timestamped transcript, and knowing which conversations are general enough to be safe. Koji interviews follow a written question set you can review in advance, and every session gets a full transcript.
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- Say up front that you are not seeking bid or source selection information
- Ask them to steer clear of evaluation criteria, competitor pricing and rankings
- Stop the thread rather than probe if they head toward that information
- Keep a timestamped transcript of what was asked and how a stray disclosure was handled
- Know which conversations are general technical work with broad application
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