# Prepare a made-to-print RFQ

> Check what a shop needs to quote your part, see whether your lead-time stages fit your target, put the quotes you receive side by side on landed cost, and copy the RFQ text.

An interactive page at https://chamfer.forevenza.com/machined-parts-rfq/. The same logic is available as data: GET https://chamfer.forevenza.com/machined-parts-rfq/plan.json with any of these query parameters:

- `process` (CNC_MILLING, CNC_TURNING, INJECTION_MOLDING, SHEET_METAL, CASTING, ADDITIVE, PCB_FABRICATION, PCB_ASSEMBLY, OTHER), `material`, `tolerance`, `finish`, `qty`, `annual`, `breaks` (quantities, comma-separated)
- `target_days`, `partial` (yes, no), `inspect` (repeatable: fai, dim_report, sampling, mat_cert, coc), `certs`, `ship_to`, `exportc` (no, yes, unsure), `notes`, `target_price`
- `st_material`, `st_making`, `st_finishing`, `st_inspection`, `st_transit`, `st_buffer` (your stage estimates, days)
- `q1_name`, `q1_unit`, `q1_lead`, `q1_onetime`, `q1_extras`, `q1_ship`, `q1_tax` (and q2_, q3_): quotes you hold, to compare on landed cost

Worked example (500 CNC-milled 6061-T6 brackets, anodized, 28 days): 12 of 13 package items stated; stage estimates add to 30 days against 28. Every figure is the buyer's input; no price, shop or lead time is supplied.

To record the requirement, POST the plan's `envelope` (included in plan.json) as JSON to https://chamfer.forevenza.com/contract-manufacturing/requests?via=machined-parts-rfq with { action, need, specifications, quantity, timing, geography, budget, requested_fields, contact }. You get a reference number and your RFQ as text you can send to shops. We look at every requirement, and when we can find a shop that runs this process at this volume or get the part quoted, we reply to the email you leave. Keep your drawings until you are dealing with a shop under your own agreement. Nothing is ordered or committed until you agree terms. Contact details are kept apart from the requirement and deleted after 180 days.

Drawings and CAD files are not accepted; describe the part in words.