80TECH24Q0023 Enclosure 3 - EVALUATION CRITERIA (00004).pdf

ENCLOSURE 3 RFQ# 80TECH24Q0023 (00004)

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Addendum to FAR 52.212-2

The Government will award an order resulting from this Request for Quotation to the responsible Quoter based on a best value trade-off.

The following factors will be used to evaluate quotes:

• Technical

• Past Performance

• Price

The Government has assigned three factors as described in Table 1 for award and their relative importance, stating Technical is more important than Past Performance factor. Technical and Past Performance, when combined, are approximately equal to Price.

Table 1: Factors

Technical Past Performance Price

Quoters are advised that a quotation meeting the objectives and requirements with the lowest price may not be selected if award to a higher-priced Quoter is determined to be most advantageous to the Government.

TECHNICAL

The Technical factors will be evaluated using adjectival ratings. Adjectival ratings will be assigned based on how well the Quoter understands the Government’s requirements as expressed in the Quoter’s Technical Volume response.

Table 2: Rating Table for Technical

CONFIDENCE

RATING

DEFINITIONS

High Confidence The Government has high confidence that the Quoter understands the requirement and will meet the full requirement.

Some Confidence The Government has some confidence that the Quoter understands the requirement and will meet the full requirement.

Low Confidence The Government has low confidence that the Quoter understands the requirement and will meet the full requirement.

The Quoter’s quotations will be evaluated as follows:

Technical

The Government will evaluate the feasibility of the Quoter’s proposed technical approach to:

1) The Government will evaluate the feasibility of the Quoter’s proposed technical approach to execute the entirety of the PWS by responding to the Objective Statements in Enclosure 4: Objective Statements.

Subcontracting Plan:

In accordance with FAR 19.702, all prime contractors designated in the System for Award Management (SAM) as “Other than Small business”, that hold a contract expected to exceed $750,000 ($1.5M for construction) are required to submit an acceptable subcontracting plan with their quotes within the time limit prescribed by the contracting officer. Once accepted, the subcontracting plan will become part of the contract award.

All Quoters, except small businesses, shall complete the portion of the instructions specific to the Small Business Subcontracting Plan. While small businesses are not required to submit Small Business Subcontracting Plans, they are required to indicate the amount of effort proposed to be performed by a small business either at the prime level or at the first tier subcontract level.

PAST PERFORMANCE FACTOR

The Government will evaluate the Quoter’s past performance on requirements that are similar to NASA’s requirements of Attachment A, Performance Work Statement.

The past performance evaluation will assess the Quoter’s probability of meeting the solicitation requirements. To develop an overall rating, the Government’s evaluation will take into account relevant information submitted by each quoter as part of its quotation and the Government’s assessment and evaluation of other sources of information. Other sources of information for past performance may include, but are not limited to, performance records contained in Contract Assessment Performance Review System (CPARS), the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Report System (ESRS), other databases, interviews, and any other information obtained independently by the Government.

The Government will evaluate the recency and relevancy of performance of work similar in scope, magnitude, and complexity of this acquisition. In assessing performance, the Government will make an assessment of the quoter’s overall performance record. The Government may consider the source of the information, the context of the data and general trends in the quoter’s performance and any associated risk. It is the responsibility of the quoter to clearly and completely demonstrate in its proposal the relevancy of each of the referenced contracts as relevant to the current procurement.

The Government will evaluate the extent of the quoter’s ability to perform the referenced contract successfully in the areas of; (a) quality of product or services; (b) timeliness or scheduling of supplies/deliveries; and (c) business relations/customer satisfaction.

The Government will consider the company itself, predecessor companies, and subcontractors who will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement.

A Quoter shall not be rated favorably or unfavorably if the Quoter does not have a record of “recent” and “relevant” past performance or if a record of past performance is unavailable. In such cases the Quoter will receive a “Neutral” rating. However, a Quoter with favorable, recent, and relevant past performance may be considered more favorably than a Quoter with no relevant past performance information.

If a Quoter has recent and relevant past performance with an accompanying CPARS assessment and opt to not submit it as part of their quote in order to obtain a rating of “Neutral” they will receive a Past Performance rating of unacceptable and will be ineligible for award.

Based on evaluation of the Quoter’s past performance information, NASA will determine a confidence rating that reflects the Quoter’s ability to meet the PWS requirements:

CONFIDENCE

RATING

DEFINITIONS

High Confidence The Government has high confidence that the Quoter has sufficient levels of past performance necessary to meet NASA’s requirements.

Some Confidence The Government has some confidence that the Quoter has sufficient levels of past performance necessary to meet NASA’s requirements.

Low Confidence The Government has low confidence that the Quoter has sufficient levels of past performance necessary needed to meet NASA’s requirements.

Neutral NASA was unable to find sufficient past performance information to evaluate for any number of reasons including but not limited to not being able to contact the agency POC, a lack of information in the CPARS reference, etc.

PRICE FACTOR

The Government will perform a price analysis of each Vendor’s quote by reviewing its Price Volume and ensuring the work is reasonable for the work provided. A Vendor’s price will be evaluated for completeness, reasonableness, and performance risk as defined below. The Government will evaluate Vendor’s price quote by considering the following:

(a) Completeness: The Enclosure 5 - Pricing Exhibit is completed as required. The quote must clearly display the intended unit price and extended calculations.

(b) Reasonableness: At the Contracting Officer's discretion, price reasonableness may be presumed without further review based on adequate price competition. Where adequate price competition is deemed not to exist based on quotes received or other factors, the Government may determine the reasonableness of the Vendor’s proposed pricing using other price analysis techniques such as comparing the quote to the IGCE, historical pricing for this requirement or market and catalog pricing for this type of requirement (this list is not all inclusive).

(c) Unbalanced Pricing: Unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more contract line items is significantly overstated or understated. The Vendor is cautioned that its quote may be rejected if the Contracting Officer determines that the lack of balance poses an unacceptable risk to the Government.

(d) Total Price: Vendors will be evaluated on price using the total evaluated prices shown in the Enclosure 5 - Pricing Exhibit, provided by the Government.

52.217-5 EVALUATION OF OPTIONS. (JUL 1990)

Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government’s best interests, the Government will evaluate the rates associated with each option period.

Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the options.

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