The phrase "a draft request" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a preliminary version of a request that is subject to revision or approval.
Example: "Please submit a draft request for the funding proposal by the end of the week."
Alternatives: "a preliminary request" or "a provisional request".
Another firm, Investment Counseling Inc., prepared a draft request for proposals to circulate on Wall Street.
Dana White, the Pentagon spokeswoman, said this week that the JEDI contract had drawn "incredible interest" and more than 1,000 responses to a draft request for proposals.
Last week, Nasa issued a draft request for a proposal encouraging the US commercial space industry to help it deliver payloads to the moon.
NASA released a draft request for proposals under a new Commerical Lunar Payload Services program on Friday.
The meeting will review the general plan update process, the schedule of the update and a draft request for consultant services.
As we speak, the Board of Supervisors is meeting – and Chiu is introducing a drafting request that will start a multi-week process of hammering out the details to pull this ambitious plan off.
A revised draft request for proposals has been issued to build 179 aerial refueling tankers meant to replace the Air Force's fleet that dates to the 1950s.
Instead, the air force issued a new draft Request for Proposals (RFP) last September that in effect nullified the KC-45's advantages that it can deliver more fuel to front-line aircraft and evacuate more troops.
Once Northrop and Airbus had a chance to study the draft request for proposals, they concluded that the proposed criteria all but guaranteed a Boeing victory, and they threatened to pull out.
The U.S. draft request provides a general indication of the scope of any post-2014 missiony missionowow under consideration by the Obama administration.
A draft budget request that surfaced last week also showed that the Trump administration was considering making cuts to the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
