From Ascgroup
About Tabular Format (TF!)
TF! is an integrated contract modeling and bid management tool for clients who wish to create RFP requirements and perform rapid bid evaluations and risk assessments. TF! is a collaborative tool used by both the service recipient and its service providers. For the service recipient, requirements and evaluation criteria are developed with a rapid "fill-in-the blank" approach. ASC‘s "True Importance Ranking" algorithms and graphical analysis tools support rapid, comprehensive and unbiased evaluations.
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White Paper, ASC Group, October 2010
Summary: There are a number of misconceptions regarding TF!©, with the biggest being that TF! is in fact a contracting process, as opposed to a collection of tools (modules) that have been designed to facilitate Acquisition and Post-Award Contracting stages, primarily for multi-activity service contracts. The TF! role can be better understood through an examination of the TF! modules and their contribution to the applicable parts of the Contracting Process. This paper explains those modules and where they fit.
Articles:
The Naval Civil Engineer, Fall 1987
Summary: While this article has been around since 1987, the fundamental ideas behind it still stand today.
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