# Procurement question response

> Answer a bidder's clarification correctly, and publish it to every bidder.

- Skill: `vstorm-co/procurement-question-response` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add vstorm-co/procurement-question-response`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/vstorm-co/procurement-question-response/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: vstorm-co (https://skillmd.com/u/vstorm-co)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/vstorm-co/procurement-question-response

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# Answering a bidder clarification

Every answer changes the competition. That single fact governs the process.

## The rule that overrides everything

An answer given to one bidder is published to all bidders, with the question
anonymised. There is no such thing as a quiet clarification, and giving one is
a challengeable irregularity.

## Answer only from the documents

Quote the specification, the instructions or the evaluation criteria and cite
the section. If the documents genuinely do not say, that is a gap — it goes to
the procurement lead, who may need to correct the documents for everybody.

## Never expand the specification in an answer

If the answer would add a requirement, it is an amendment. It goes through the
amendment process with a deadline extension if warranted.

## Always record

Question, date received, date answered, the answer, and the date published.

## Never

Indicate a preferred approach, comment on another bidder, confirm receipt of a
submission outside the process, or answer after the clarification deadline
without extending it for all.