North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 4 - Management and Budget, Office of
Article 4-12 - State Procurement Practices
Chapter 4-12-08 - Competitive Solicitation Methods
Section 4-12-08-10 - Presolicitation, prebid, or preproposal conferences and site inspections

1. A presolicitation conference may be held prior to issuing a competitive sealed solicitation to obtain comments and suggestions about the draft solicitation. The purchasing agency may invite specific selected potential bidders or offerors or provide public notice of the presolicitation conference. Attendance at such conference may not be made mandatory as a condition for submitting a bid or proposal.

2. A prebid or preproposal conference or site inspection may be scheduled in a solicitation to be conducted prior to the submission of sealed bids, sealed proposals, or unpriced technical offers in response to a multistep process. Adequate notice of the conference must be given to all potential bidders or offerors.