# Give your subcontractor enough detail to quote the work

Prepare a subcontractor quote request with a defined scope, shared assumptions and enough time to resolve the questions that affect your government proposal.

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## For agents

Prepare a reviewable subcontractor quote request

- A G2X account for CRM, the current original requirement and amendments, an authorized proposed division of work, and the prime team's response schedule. No actual customer quote or executed demonstration is represented.

1. **Read the current requirement** Start with https://g2x.com/app/opportunities/sam and follow the original notice using https://g2x.com/docs/find-work/read-a-sam-opportunity. Read the SOW/PWS/SOO, pricing instructions and latest amendments. Preserve source URLs, versions, deadline and time zone. Do not infer subcontract scope from a title or incomplete packet.

2. **Define the request with the prime team** Ask the reader which deliverables, locations, timing and responsibilities the subcontractor should price. Distinguish mandatory requirements from proposed workshare and estimating assumptions. Identify interfaces and dependencies, and have delivery and pricing owners check the proposed scope.

3. **Prepare an unsent quote request** Return requested scope with source sections, assumptions, inclusions/exclusions to confirm, required response format, question contact and an internal due time that allows review before the government's deadline. Ask for the basis needed to compare the returned price. Identify unresolved terms for the authorized contracting owner; do not invent or send commitments.

4. **Use Lumen only with authorized evidence** Optional illustrative prompt, not executed for this article: "Compare this proposed subcontractor scope with the supplied requirement. Identify unassigned deliverables, unclear inputs, assumptions affecting price, and questions to settle before requesting a quote. Cite each document section and keep proposals separate from agreed commitments." Open Ask Lumen; use Add, then Add documents only after the reader authorizes the exact files and Company Library is approved storage for their audience. Follow https://g2x.com/docs/lumen/ask-a-good-question and check current access and limits at https://g2x.com/pricing. Verify every material finding in the originals. Follow up: "Which question must the prime answer before the subcontractor can estimate the work?" The manual path uses the same documents without Lumen.

5. **Keep the follow-up reviewable** Open the existing partner at https://g2x.com/app/crm/accounts, following https://g2x.com/docs/run-a-pipeline/track-an-account. Draft a specific next action and due date. Make CRM changes only with reader authority; verify the saved value afterward. Preserve sensitive quote documents in approved storage. Return the request for review without sending it.

Expected result: An unsent subcontractor quote request with traceable scope, assumptions, expected response and review timing.

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