A short description of scope in the SOO helps the competitors get a grasp on the size and range of the services needed. The Veteran's Benefits Administration's scope statement follows:

The purpose of this [task order] is to provide the full range of loan servicing support. This includes such activities as customer management, paying taxes and insurance, default management, accounting, foreclosure, bankruptcy, etc., as well as future actions associated with loan servicing. This Statement of Objectives reflects current VA policies and practices, allowing offerors to propose and price a solution to known requirements. It is anticipated that specific loan servicing requirements and resulting objectives will change over the life of this order. This will result in VA modifying this order to incorporate in-scope changes.

Another consideration for the integrated project team to consider is the budget authority (in dollars) available to fund the acquisition. In an acquisition approach as "wide open" as a statement of objectives, the competing contractors will need insight into funding authority so that they can size their solution to be both realistic and competitive. This may be listed as a constraint.