responding-to-rfislisted

# Responding to RFIs Draft the pre-RFP shaping responses — sources-sought responses, RFI responses, draft-RFP comments, capability statements, white papers. This is real capture work, not paperwork. A sources-sought response can influence whether an acquisition is set aside; a draft-RFP comment can change Section L or Section M; a white paper can teach the customer what to ask for. The package's capture skills name these vehicles — this skill actually writes them. ## When to use this skill Use this skill during the capture phase, whenever the government issues a pre-RFP instrument that invites an industry response: a sources-sought notice, a request for information, an industry-day request for input, or a draft RFP released for comment. Also use it to produce capability statements and white papers offered to the customer as shaping vehicles. It does not respond to the actual RFP — that is the proposal-development skills. This skill operates before the RFP exists. ## Inputs **Required:** the government instrument being responded to — the sources-sought notice, RFI, draft RFP, or industry-day announcement — and its response instructions (what the government asks for, the format, the deadline). **Preferred upstream artifacts:** - `02-capture-plan.md`: the customer knowledge, hot buttons, and shaping objectives the response should advance. - `00-opportunity-profile.md`: the opportunity facts. - `05-win-strategy.md`, `03-competitive-assessment.md` — where they exist, to