FAR_52_212_2_Evaluation_amended.docx

FAR - 52.212-2

Evaluation - Commercial Items. (OCT 2014)

Evaluation - Commercial Items. (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

FACTOR I. TECHNICAL:

Subfactor 1- UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUIREMENT – The Government will evaluate the offeror’s understanding of the work to be performed in accordance with the PWS. The offeror shall submit a proposal that demonstrates its understanding of the work described in the PWS and the extent to which potential risks are identified and mitigated. Contractor must possess abilities and certifications listed in 1.6.8 OF THE PWS

Subfactor 2 – CORPORATE EXPERIENCE - The Government will evaluate work experience submitted by the offeror of a similar nature, scope, complexity, and difficulty to that which will be performed under the prospective contract contemplated by this solicitation.

Subfactor 3 – KEY PERSONNEL – The Government will evaluate the experience and qualifications of all proposed contractor personnel. The offeror’s proposal shall include resumes for key personnel and also provide a matrix to include the background/experience of the company’s proposed key personnel mapped to the appropriate PWS tasking that supports the proposed category and level. Minimum 3 years of IT/IT security experience.

FACTOR II. PAST PERFORMANCE:

The Government will evaluate past performance of 3 current or previous contracts for relevancy (within the past 3 years) based on how well the contractor performed on projects of similar dollar value, scope, and complexity. Offerors are advised that the Government may use past performance information obtained from centralized past performance databases and sources other than those identified by the offeror and the information obtained may be used for both the responsibility determination and the best value decision. The absence of past performance data will be rated neither favorably nor unfavorably. Contracts listed may include those entered into with Government agencies or private sectors. For contractors with no relevant corporate past performance, the Government may take into account information regarding the past performance of predecessor companies, key personnel with relevant past performance, or subcontractors that will perform key aspects of the requirement. The Government will evaluate the Past Performance Elements specified in the Past Performance Questionnaire. CPARS references may be submitted in lieu of the PPQ.

FACTOR III – PRICE -the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total of all CLIN prices, including all options to ensure that pricing is not unbalanced. Price will be evaluated for completeness and reasonableness using the techniques in FAR 15.404-1(b) (2). Price will become significantly more important as technical ratings approach equality. No adjectival ratings will be used to evaluate Price.

Adjectival Ratings. Proposals will be adjectivally rated against each of the evaluation factors set forth in this plan and in the solicitation. Adjectival ratings for Factors I, Technical (see table 1), will be: “Outstanding,” “Good”, “Acceptable”, and “Unacceptable.” Adjectival ratings for Factor II (see table 2), Past Performance will be: “Low Risk, Moderate Risk, High Risk, and Unknown Risk. No adjectival ratings will be used to evaluate Factor III, Price.

Table 1

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(Contracting Officer shall insert the significant evaluation factors, such as (i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (ii) price; (iii) past performance (see FAR 15.304); and include them in the relative order of importance of the evaluation factors, such as in descending order of importance.)

Technical and past performance, when combined, are more important than price, however, Price will become significantly more important as technical ratings approach equality. (Contracting Officer state, in accordance with FAR 15.304, the relative importance of all other evaluation factors, when combined, when compared to price.)

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

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