Unsolicited Proposals (FAR 15.6) are defined as:

Unsolicited Proposals (FAR 15.6) are defined as:

• A. A written proposal for a new or innovative idea that is submitted to an agency on the initiative of the offeror for the purpose of obtaining a contract with the Government, and that is not in response to a request for proposals, Broad Agency Announcement, Small Business Innovation Research topic, Small Business Technology Transfer Research topic, Program Research and Development Announcement, or any other Government-initiated solicitation or program
• B. A response to a government-initiated solicitation
• C. A standard purchase order proposal
• D. An internal memo proposing process improvements

Answer: (A)

Unsolicited proposals are ideas a contractor submits to a government agency on the initiative of the offeror, not in response to any government solicitation or program. This reflects a proposal that aims to obtain a contract without a prior RFP, Broad Agency Announcement, SBIR/STTR topic, or similar government-initiated trigger. That precise setup is what FAR 15.6 defines as an unsolicited proposal: written, innovative or new, and submitted without a government solicitation. The other descriptions don’t fit because they describe proposals that come from the government’s invitation (a response to a government-initiated solicitation), or are not real procurement proposals at all (a standard purchase order proposal; an internal memo proposing process improvements).

Unsolicited proposals are ideas a contractor submits to a government agency on the initiative of the offeror, not in response to any government solicitation or program. This reflects a proposal that aims to obtain a contract without a prior RFP, Broad Agency Announcement, SBIR/STTR topic, or similar government-initiated trigger. That precise setup is what FAR 15.6 defines as an unsolicited proposal: written, innovative or new, and submitted without a government solicitation.

The other descriptions don’t fit because they describe proposals that come from the government’s invitation (a response to a government-initiated solicitation), or are not real procurement proposals at all (a standard purchase order proposal; an internal memo proposing process improvements).