Request for information
A request for information (RFI) is how an agency asks the market what is possible before it writes a bid.
Answering one is not a bid, but it can shape the one that follows.
On a real bid
Agencies use RFIs when they are not sure what to buy or what it costs. The answers often show up in the requirements of the later RFP.
During a live bid, RFI can also mean a bidder's written question to the agency.
Where Capveon reads it
Capveon reads RFIs with the meetings and budgets around them, so you hear about the project while it is still being written.
