Revised_Section_M-6-4_rev_11-2-18,_page_161.pdf

19AQMM18R0311

(Revised 11-2-2018)

M.6 COST/PRICE EVALUATION

The Government will determine price reasonableness and perform price analysis by comparing proposed prices1. The Government will evaluate the deviations/exceptions and/or conditional assumptions for acceptability. The Government will evaluate the list of contract(s) terminated partial or complete) within the past five (5) years and the basis for termination (convenience, default or no cost settlement). The Government will evaluate the certified balance sheet, profit/loss and statement of retained earnings covering each of the Offeror’s last two annual accounting periods. The Government will evaluate the financial capacity working capital and other resources available to perform the contract without assistance from any outside source.

All subcontractors proposed by the Contractor shall be subject to review and approval by the Government, in accordance with Section H.8.4.1(b). The Government will also evaluate all Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors.

M.6.1 The line items referenced in Section B, as listed in Section J.2, Attachment A-2, GSS 2.0

Pricing Tables, of this solicitation will be awarded on an aggregate basis for all solicitation items. Proposals that do not offer all of the line items specified in Section B (Section J.2, Attachment A-2, GSS 2.0 Pricing Tables) will not be eligible for award.

M.6.2 The Government reserves the right to reject proposals that are unreasonably low or high in price.

M.6.3 The Government will evaluate price by review of individual CLINS for price reasonableness.

M.6.4 Small Business Subcontracting Plan

The Government will evaluate the extent to which the Offeror demonstrates in its Subcontracting Plan (as detailed in Section L.13.1) its commitment to ensuring that U.S.

Small Business Administration-designated small businesses (SB), veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, and women-owned small businesses are effectively utilized in accordance with the Department’s small business subcontracting goals as detailed in Section H.12 and the requirements in FAR 19.704, Subcontracting Plan Requirements and RFP Section, I.11 (FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan - Alternate II). The Subcontracting Plan shall be negotiated within the time specified by the Contracting Officer. Failure to submit and negotiate the Subcontracting Plan shall make the Offeror ineligible for award of a contract. Evaluation of these plans and program will not be considered in any tradeoff analysis.

1 If two or more responsible offerors, competing independently, do not submit price offers that satisfy the Government’s expressed requirement, the Department reserves the right to conduct a cost realism analyses based on the authority provided by FAR 15.404-1 for exceptional cases on competitive firm-price-type contracts and this may require cost or pricing data.