Query

Used to obtain information about a vendor to determine fit for an evaluation. It is designed to collect information about the prospective vendor’s company, capabilities, skills and experience. A document that requests information about a vendor’s product and sets out requirements for a software system and usually contains functional needs, vendor information request, technical and infrastructure requirements, as well as pricing and contract details.

A set of data. A permanent, self descriptive store of interrelated data items arranged in a logical way that can be accessed by various computer programs.