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Section M - Evaluation Factors for Award

Solicitation No.

140R3024R0028 / Amendment 00008

Project Title Pumping Station at Topock Marsh

Page M-4 critical work components described in Factor 1. The Government will evaluate information provided and the received Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) from references. In addition, the Government will evaluate:

1. Information provided by the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS).

2. The past performance for work on projects of similar scope, complexity, and magnitude to the work required under this solicitation. Relevant past performance involving work accomplished under critical completion timeframes and outages will be evaluated more favorably.

3. The Government will view an Offeror or subcontractor without a record of relevant past performance for whom past performance is not available with a neutral rating.

Factor 5: Small Business Participation Plan:

Evaluation Standard:

The Offeror shall submit a small business subcontracting plan (Attachment #8 of Section J) indicating small business goals as well as providing past performance for meeting small business goals depending on the size of the Offeror under NAICS 237110.

All offerors will be evaluated on the extent of proposed participation/commitment to use U.S. small businesses in the performance of this acquisition relative to the objectives and requirements established herein, as well as commitment to its Indian Preference Plan as identified in Phase Two, Evaluation Factor 3 of Section L. Small business offerors self-certified in SAM.gov will receive the maximum credit for the small business portion of this evaluation factor and do not need to submit any documentation supporting the small business participation portion of this Evaluation Factor. All offerors must submit its Indian Preference Plan for evaluation.

The small business subcontracting plan required by FAR 52.219-9 (attachment #8 to the solicitation) is still required to be submitted in addition to the Small Business Participation Document (SBPD) but will not be applied to the final ratings of firms during evaluations. The subcontracting plan required by FAR 52.219-9 is not required to be submitted by small business offerors.

For all offerors that are not small business, the Government will evaluate the following in no order of importance:

Small Business Participation Document (SBPD):

The extent of identification and participation of small and socio-economic business subcontractors in terms of the value of the total acquisition (total contract value)

The extent to which offerors met or exceed DOI subcontracting goals for small and socio-economically disadvantaged businesses. Offerors that propose small or socio-economic subcontractors that met or exceed DOI’s prior year subcontracting performance will be evaluated favorably

Small or Socio-Economic Business Type DOI Subcontract Goal

Small Business 42% Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Small business (SDB) 5%