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RFQ brief builder

Answer what you can. Every field is optional, and gaps stay visible in the brief instead of being guessed.

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Your project details

Part and drawings

Which part and which drawing version.

Your internal part number or project name. No buyer name or contact details are needed here.
Revision letter or number of the drawing or model the quote should be based on.
Describe the drawings and models you can share, for example 2D drawing, 3D model, specification. Nothing is uploaded here; attach files in the quote form.
Material and finish

What it is made of and how it should look.

Manufacturer, grade and colour code, if specified.
If no grade is fixed: strength, temperature, chemical contact, flammability, food or medical contact, UV exposure or other needs.
Texture, gloss, colour reference, marking and cosmetic surfaces.
Quality and acceptance

What matters and how you will check it.

Features and tolerances that matter for function, and the datum they relate to.
How parts will be accepted: what is measured, by which method, sample size and cosmetic standard.
First samples, inspection reports, material certificates or other documents you need.
Quantity and delivery

How many, when and where.

Whole number of acceptable parts you want in the first batch.
Rough annual or per-order volume after the first batch, if known.
When you would like the first batch, if you have a date. A target is not a commitment.
Country or city and any preferred delivery terms. Avoid full street addresses.
Tooling

Who owns and looks after the tool.

Who owns the tool, where it is stored, who maintains it and what happens at end of life.
Questions

What you want the supplier to answer.

Anything you want the supplier to confirm or propose.

Completion checklist

Shows which details are filled in. It does not assess your part or any supplier.

0 of 4 key details provided
0 of 14 topics filled in or marked unknown

  • Project or part reference Missing
  • Drawing revisionKey detail Missing
  • Files to supply Missing
  • Material (grade or requirements)Key detail Missing
  • Finish and colour Missing
  • Critical dimensions Missing
  • Acceptance and measurementKey detail Missing
  • Sampling, inspection, documents Missing
  • First batch quantityKey detail Missing
  • Repeat demand Missing
  • Target date Missing
  • Delivery destination Missing
  • Tool ownership and maintenance Missing
  • Outstanding questions Missing

A filled checklist does not mean the design is suitable, approved or ready to quote. The supplier decides what else it needs.

Brief preview

RFQ brief: injection moulding Draft prepared by the buyer. It contains no supplier price, approval or commitment. [Part and drawings] Project or part reference: Not provided Drawing revision: Not provided Files to supply: Not provided [Material and finish] Material (grade or requirements): Not provided Finish and colour: Not provided [Quality and acceptance] Critical dimensions: Not provided Acceptance and measurement: Not provided Sampling, inspection, documents: Not provided [Quantity and delivery] First batch quantity: Not provided Repeat demand: Not provided Target date: Not provided Delivery destination: Not provided [Tooling] Tool ownership and maintenance: Not provided [Questions] Outstanding questions: Not provided Key details still open: Drawing revision, Material (grade or requirements), Acceptance and measurement, First batch quantity Files are not attached to this text; they are shared separately.

Quote message length: 930 / 4000 characters

Total input: 0 / 10000 characters

Use the brief

Fill in at least one detail first.

How this brief is built

  • Each entry is cleaned of extra spaces and blank lines and placed under a fixed heading. Nothing is added, rounded or guessed.
  • Missing details print as "Not provided". Details you mark as unknown print as "Unknown, to be agreed". Both stay visible to the supplier.
  • Drawing revision, material, first batch quantity and acceptance are flagged as key details because quotes often depend on them. This is a prompt, not a rule.
  • The checklist only counts filled-in fields. It makes no pass, fail or technical approval statement about your part, material or tolerances.
  • Quantity must be a whole number and a target date must be a real date that is not in the past. Quantity and date are passed to the quote form only when valid.

The tool does not read drawings or CAD files, does not recommend materials or processes, and contains no prices or lead times.

Hypothetical example brief

A fictional example that only shows the format. It is not a recommendation, a price or a typical order.

RFQ brief: injection moulding
Draft prepared by the buyer. It contains no supplier price, approval or commitment.

[Part and drawings]
Project or part reference: EXAMPLE-001 (fictional bracket)
Drawing revision: B
Files you will supply: 2D drawing as PDF and 3D model as STEP (fictional example)

[Material and finish]
Functional material requirements: Indoor use, light loads, no food contact (fictional example)
Finish and colour: Matt black (fictional example)

[Quality and acceptance]
Critical dimensions: Two hole positions relative to datum A (fictional example)
Acceptance and measurement: Measure the two hole positions on 5 samples of the first batch; visual check against agreed samples (fictional example)
Sampling, inspection and documents: First-sample inspection report requested

[Quantity and delivery]
First accepted batch quantity: 5000
Repeat demand: Unknown, to be agreed
Target date: Unknown, to be agreed
Delivery destination: Example country (fictional)

[Tooling]
Tool ownership, storage and maintenance: Who owns and stores the tool? Who maintains it?

[Questions]
Outstanding questions: Please state your assumptions and exclusions.

Files are not attached to this text; they are shared separately.