52.212-2 Evaluation Factor.docx

EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV 2021)

(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:

This evaluation is conducted in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as supplemented by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and the Defense Logstics Acquisition (DLAD). These regulations are available electronically at the Federal Acquisition Regulation website, https://www.acquisition.gov/. A contract may be awarded to the contractor who is deemed responsible IAW FAR 9.1, whose technical approach is deemed acceptable IAW the solicitation, and whose price is determined fair and reasonable. Award will be made on the basis of lowest price, technically acceptable meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for the non-cost factor of Technical Capability.

Single Award evaluation - due to the interrelationship of supplies and/or services to be provided hereunder, the Government reserves the right to make a single award to the offeror whose offer is considered in the best interest of the Government, price and other factors considered. Therefore, offerors proposing less than the entire effort specified herein may be determined to be unacceptable.

Factor Ranking shall be:

1) Factor 1 – Technically Capability

2) Factor 2 – Price

3) Factor 3 – Delivery Factor 1 - Technical Capability. Technical capability will be evaluated by Table 1 - Technical Ratings table below. If the offeror is deemed Unacceptable, then the price factor will not be evaluated.

TABLE 1- TECHNICAL RATINGS

RATING

DESCRIPTION

Acceptable

Quote meets the requirements of the solicitation. Vendor’s quotations must clearly demonstrate adherence to the technical specifications. Vendors must provide the exact items requested in the SUPPLIES/SERVICES portion of this solicitation

Unacceptable

Quote does not meet the requirements of the solicitation. Vendor’s quotations does not demonstrate adherence to the technical specifications. Vendors did not provide the exact items requested in the SUPPLIES/SERVICES portion of this solicitation.

Factor 2 - Price. Those quotes with a technical capability of "Acceptable" will then be evaluated for total price reasonableness in accordance with the FAR. Based on all quotations received, the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror will be selected.

Note: The potential contractor will be screened for contractor responsibility in accordance FAR 9.104.

Factor 3 – Delivery. Quotes must meet the required Delivery Date (RDD) in DELIVERY INFORMATION section or propose an alternative delivery date that is nearest to the RDD using expedited means.

(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.