PGI 205.101-70: Availability of DoD solicitations.

(a) Policy. The Solicitation Module within the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), accessible at https://piee.eb.mil, provides DoD a secure and auditable mechanism to request and receive proposals or quotes from industry.

(1) The Solicitation Module—

(i) Provides a single face to industry for accessing DoD solicitations and attachments;

(ii) Ensures time stamps for submissions are collected electronically, and records are retained in the contract file;

(iii) Provides a means to upload very large and varied solicitation attachments;

(iv) Provides the ability to restrict access to a limited group of identified offerors; and

(v) Automatically posts the required synopsis or other presolicitation notice, solicitation, or combined synopsis and solicitation, as applicable, in the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) (https://www.sam.gov) in accordance with FAR subpart 5.1.

(b) Procedures. Effective October 1, 2026, unless an exception applies, contracting officers must use the Solicitation Module for publishing unclassified solicitations and for receiving offers and quotes.

(1) Exceptions.

(i) The Solicitation Module is not required for—

(A) Requests for offers or quotes when limiting competition to a single source;

(B) Actions using simplified acquisition procedures in accordance with FAR part 13;

(C) Actions using emergency acquisition flexibilities in accordance with FAR part 18; or

(D) Actions to be awarded outside the United States.

(ii) Do not use the Solicitation Module for the following types of actions until the capability is developed in the Module:

(A) Broad agency announcements.

(B) Requests for offers or quotes for task orders or delivery orders under indefinite-delivery type contracts, blanket purchase agreements, or basic ordering agreements.