Attachment 7 - Technical Evaluation Clause.pdf

52.212-2 EVALUATION -- COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV 2021)

(a) Quotations that do not respond to all requirements in the solicitation may be rejected without further evaluation, deliberation, or discussion. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government and whose quote is the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA). The quote with the lowest evaluated price will be evaluated for technical acceptability and acceptable past performance.

Only if that quote is found to be technically unacceptable or to have unacceptable past performance will the evaluation proceed to the quote with the next lowest evaluated price. This process will continue until the lowest priced technically acceptable quote, with acceptable past performance, is found. For this solicitation, the evaluation factors are:

1. TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT APPROACH (non-price):

The quotation shall be prepared in such a manner as to enable the Government reviewers to make a thorough evaluation and arrive at a sound determination of whether the quotation satisfies the Statement of Work (SOW).The technical portion shall consist of:

A. TECHNICAL APPROACH. Strategy to satisfy the requirements of the Statement of Work

(SOW). The Government will evaluate:

i. The soundness and quality of the proposed technical approach/solution and understanding and compliance with the requirements outlined in the SOW.

ii. The offeror’s approach to addressing contract tasks, work requirements, and potential challenges which may occur as a result of performing the work.

B. MANAGEMENT APPROACH. Capability and methodology of management to provide full range of required services. The Government will evaluate:

i. The offeror’s ability to manage all aspects of the contract in an efficient and effective manner that will achieve the program and mission requirements set forth in the SOW and the quoter’s ability to manage team members/subcontractors to provide an integrated approach to planning, organization and personnel.

ii. The extent to which the quotation reflects an agile approach to managing will be evaluated. The respondent will demonstrate the ability for its organizational structure to respond to rapidly emerging issues and conditions, including the method by which issues will be evaluated and addressed and the implementation of risk mitigation strategies to maintain performance, quality, schedule, and mission requirements within the proposed price/cost will be evaluated.

C. CONTRACT MANAGER RESUME. The quoter shall submit:

i. Resume of the potential contract manager candidate. Resumes must contain information on education, background, recent relative work experience.

D. QUALITY CONTROL PLAN (QCP). The quoter shall submit:

i. Detailed procedures/plan identifying how the work, supervision, project management and follow up will be performed in this contract to ensure compliance with all SOW requirements.

2. PAST PERFORMANCE (non-price)

Offerors will be evaluated on their recent (within the past 3 years) performance of relevant requirements as described in the SOW. Offerors should provide three (3) references for the same or similar work performed for Federal, State, and local government and private clients. An Offeror may also provide information on problems encountered on the identified projects and the offer’s corrective actions. The Government will consider this information, as well as information obtained from any other sources, when evaluating the offeror’s past performance. An offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance if the offeror has no record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available.

3. PRICE

A comparison of quote pricing received in response to the RFQ will be made and quote pricing will also be compared against the Government’s Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCE) to determine fair and reasonable pricing in accordance with the Firm Fixed Price nature of this acquisition action.

• Quoters must provide pricing using the attached pricing template.

• Provided pricing shall be fully burdened.

(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.

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52.212-2 EVALUATION -- COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (NOV 2021)