Attachment 5 - Section M.pdf

Section M - Evaluation Factors for Award

BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD: This is a competitive Lowest Price Acceptable Past Performance (LPAPP) best value source selection conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, Department of Defense (DoD) FAR Supplement Procedures, Guidance and Information Subpart 215.3, and Air Force FAR Supplement (AFFARS) Mandatory Procedure (MP) 5315.3 in which competing offerors' past performance information will be evaluated on an Acceptable/Unacceptable basis (pass or fail). By submission of its offer, the offeror accedes to all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, and representations and certifications, in addition to those identified as evaluation factors. Failure to meet a solicitation requirement may result in an offer being determined Unacceptable.

The evaluation process will include the following:

A. Price Evaluation Factor. The government will rank all offers by total evaluated price (TEP), which includes all line and sub-line items in the RFP. The price evaluation will document the fairness and reasonableness of the TEP. In addition, each offeror’s separately priced line items or subline items shall be analyzed to determine if the prices are unbalanced in accordance with FAR 15.404-1(g). The government reserves the right to perform price realism analysis. If the Government elects to perform a price realism analysis, the Government reserves discretion over the method within which it performs its price realism analysis. If the Government elects to perform a price realism analysis and finds a proposal unrealistic, the Government may withhold award to that offeror.

B. Past Performance Factor. The government will evaluate recent and relevant performance information starting with the lowest-priced, fair and reasonable offeror. If the lowest-priced offeror is assigned an Acceptable Confidence Rating, the source selection will conclude and that offeror will be deemed as representing the best value to the Government. If the lowest-priced offeror is found Unacceptable, the source selection will continue on to an evaluation of the next price-ranked offeror. This process will continue until an Acceptable Confidence Rating is assigned to an offeror.

The evaluation will be based on (i) any past performance information obtained from the Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs), and (ii) any data independently obtained by the government. If a reference identified by the offeror does not submit a Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ), the government will follow up with the reference POC, but it is not responsible for the failure of a referenced POC to provide the PPQ.

Past performance regarding predecessor companies of the offeror and/or subcontractors, key personnel, and subcontractors that will perform will not be rated as highly as past performance information for the principal offeror.

(1) Recent past performance information includes contracts performed and/or being performed for any customer within the last three (3) years prior to the issuance date of the solicitation. Any information submitted which exceeds three (3) years will not be considered for evaluation.

(2) Relevant contract performance efforts shall involve similar scope, magnitude of effort, and complexities to that required by this solicitation. In order to meet the Acceptable criterion, the contract performance must be rated Relevant. The government will assess relevancy for each contract and assign a rating as described in Table 1 below:

TABLE 1. Past Performance Relevancy Ratings Rating Rating Definition

RELEVANT

(Acceptable)

Present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

NOT RELEVANT

(Unacceptable)

Present/past performance effort involved some, little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

(3) Performance Quality Assessment: For each of the recent past performance information reviewed, the performance quality of work will be assessed based on the (i) Quality Assessment Criteria on delivered Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs), and (ii) the evaluation ratings in the Federal Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS)/Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), if available.

(4) Confidence Assessment Rating: The purpose of the past performance evaluation is to assess the degree of confidence the Government has in the offeror’s ability to meet the solicitation requirements based on the offeror’s demonstrated record of performance. The assessment process will result in an offeror’s overall performance confidence assessment rating of Acceptable - Satisfactory Confidence, or Unacceptable - Limited Confidence. As a result of the relevancy and performance quality assessments, evaluated offerors will receive a past performance confidence assessment rating as described in Table 2.

TABLE 2. Past Performance Confidence Assessment Ratings Rating Description

ACCEPTABLE

(Satisfactory Confidence)

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

UNACCEPTABLE

(Limited Confidence)

Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the government has a low expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Note: In evaluating past performance, the government reserves the right to give greater consideration to information on those contracts deemed most relevant to the effort described in this solicitation.

C. Award. The government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective offerors.

The offeror with the lowest TEP and an Acceptable – Satisfactory Confidence rating will be selected for award. The government, however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed to be in its best interest.