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E.2 52.212-2 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: Award will be made using the lowest price technically acceptable evaluation process, where the non price factors are evaluated on an acceptable/unacceptable basis. Best value is expected to result from selection of the technically acceptable quote with the lowest evaluated price. Award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of quotes meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non price factors. The offeror must submit detailed information for each evaluation criteria below. The information within the quote must demonstrate that the offered services meet the minimum specifications found in the Statement of Work to be evaluated as acceptable. VA will evaluate the quotes on the basis of information furnished by the offeror in response to this solicitation. A lack of information furnished by the offeror in response to the solicitation may result in a technically unacceptable evaluation. Offerors shall submit along with their quote the following information to be used to evaluate the offeror’s technical capabilities; (

b) The following technical factors shall be used to evaluate offers to determine technical acceptability. Offeror responses shall include a response to each of the technical requirements listed below.

1. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT: Offeror must demonstrate their resources available to provide all containers listed in the statement of work and their ability to service such containers at the frequency listed within the statement of work.

(c) 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). Evaluation of Option to Extend Services under 52.217-8. For the purposes of the award of the resulting contract, the Government intends to evaluate the option to extend services, provided under FAR 52.217-8, as follows: The evaluation will consider the possibility that the option can be exercised at any time, and can be exercised in increments of one to six months, but for no more than a total of six months during the life of the contract. The evaluation will assume that the prices for any option exercised under FAR 52.217-8 will be at the same rates as those in effect under the contract at time of award. The evaluation will therefore assume that the addition of the price or prices of any possible extension or extensions under FAR 52.217-8 to the total price for the basic requirement and the total price for the priced options has the same effect on the total price of all offers relative to each other, and will not affect the ranking of offers based on price, unless, after reviewing the offers, the Government determines that there is a basis for finding otherwise. This evaluation will not obligate the Government to exercise any option under FAR 52.217-8.

(d) 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. (End of Provision)