responding to RFIs when ineligible for award

Describing the company as "otherwise eligible" might be overly generous.

Question 1 is a crap shoot.  Maybe the company qualifies as eligible (gets a schedule contract) before the RFQ due date, maybe it doesn't.

For Question 2, the company can submit a quote-- if it is an excellent quote, the contracting officer might take the company's **in**eligibility into consideration and cancel the RFQ with plans to re-solicit using another approach.  But that's a crap shoot, too.  And unlikely, if other competent schedule contractors submit decent quotes.

contractor100 said:

Should company respond?

Respond to what?  The RFI or the "RFP"?  As a technical matter, a BPA is not a contract.

contractor100 said:

1 Should company respond?

2 Will the CO take the company's eligibility and interest in the work into account when deciding whether to set the contract aside?

Probably yes to both.  One of the things CO's look for in an RFI are what sources are available and where.  I have personally been persuaded to switch acquisiiton vehicles due to feedback, including RFI responses.  Like a reallly outstanding company tells us they are not on X (say GSA's FSS) but are on Y (say NITAAC) that will weigh in my decision about switching from X to Y.

Thank you General Zhukov, that is really useful.