B.08.02 Draft SB PRAC Solicitation for Industry Input 20240724.pdf

SECTION C – PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

1.1 DESCRIPTION OF WORK

This Pre-placed Remedial Action Contract (PRAC) will support work assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Northwestern Division and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2, for hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste (HTRW) remediation projects for both civilian and military agencies of the Federal Government. This contract for environmental response actions will include service and construction activities mandated by the Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP), Superfund, environmental compliance and pollution prevention projects under the Department of Defense Environmental Quality Program, Brownfields, Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), environmental cleanup activities under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Program, Department of Energy, Veterans Administration, Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and other environmental and homeland security laws and regulations requiring support activities for military installations, USACE’s civil works projects, and work for other federal agencies. The DERP projects will include Installation Restoration Program (IRP) activities on active Army and Air Force installations and on Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS).

1.2 SCOPE OF WORK

The contract requires personnel, plant and equipment to respond to numerous requests for environmental support for the USACE Northwestern Division. This Pre-placed Remedial Action Contract (PRAC) primarily supports work assigned to the USACE Northwestern Division. It is anticipated that the majority of the work may be conducted within EPA Region 2. Use of this contract for work by other USACE districts within the continental U.S. may be approved by the Kansas City District.

1.3 WORK SCOPE, CONTRACTOR CAPABILITY AND EXPERIENCE

The Contractor shall have the capability and experience to perform or provide a wide range of remedial action services at hazardous waste sites. These efforts may include environmental removal actions, remedial actions, and other remediation activities as well as related activities necessary to ensure complete and successful remediation. Remedial activities may include, but not be limited to, excavation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous, toxic, or low-level radiological waste; construction and operation of groundwater treatment facilities including structures, treatment equipment, related extraction well networks and piping; dredging, ex-situ or in-situ treatment, and disposal of contaminated sediments;

decommissioning of existing facilities; installation and operation of in situ treatment technologies including but not limited to air sparging, chemical oxidation, chemical reduction, enhanced bioremediation, groundwater circulating wells, permeable reactive barriers, soil vapor extraction, and thermal treatment; remediation incidental to munitions constituents; mine waste reclamation or reclamation of abandoned mine lands; water line installations/service connections and the installation of well head treatment systems; and utility line replacement and/or remediation along utility lines; and erosion, sewer, and storm water controls for the purpose of compliance and/or pollution prevention.

Supporting activities include, but are not limited to, sampling and laboratory analysis of soil, groundwater, surface water, air, and sediments; monitoring well, extraction well, and injection well installation, monitoring, and maintenance; supporting facilities for construction; work plan preparation;

construction completion reports, as-built drawings, periodic monitoring reports, operation and monitoring reports, and other documents as needed; demolition; and public relations activities.

1.4 POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL WORK SCOPE

The Contractor may also be called upon to provide services and construction to support Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initiatives in the event of a terrorist threat, an actual terrorist incident, or other incident. This will require capabilities that will not specifically be evaluated under this solicitation. These capabilities may include, but not be limited to, implementing measures to reduce environmental vulnerabilities, deterring terrorism and development of capabilities to combat and manage consequences and/or responding to hazardous, toxic, or radiological threats or incidents. These activities may involve weapons of mass destruction or other terrorist weapons.

Additionally, the contractor may also be called upon to provide services for planning, design, and construction of measures required for population, area, and infrastructure and other protection efforts to include security engineering, vulnerability surveys, application of engineering evaluations and/or modifications of facilities to deter, defend against, and mitigates the effects of environmental threats, disasters, and attacks.

(End of Section C)

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

1.0 General Information:

1.1. There are no drawings associated with this Solicitation. Copies of the solicitation are available by INTERNET ACCESS ONLY. All solicitation documents and amendments thereto will be made available for viewing on the Sam.gov website (http://www.sam.gov). It shall be the offeror’s responsibility to check the website for any amendments. Offerors should read the entire solicitation prior to submitting a proposal.

1.2. To assure timely and equitable evaluation of proposals, offerors must follow the instructions contained herein. Offerors are discouraged from providing information not required by the Solicitation. There will be no public opening of the proposals received as a result of this solicitation.

1.3. Offerors must clearly identify any exceptions to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. Exceptions taken to terms and conditions of the solicitation, to any of its formal attachments, or to other parts of the solicitation shall be identified. Each exception shall be specifically related to each paragraph and/or specific part of the solicitation to which the exception is taken. Provide rationale in support of the exception and fully explain its impact, if any, on the performance, schedule, cost and specific requirements of the solicitation. This information shall be provided in the format and content of Table 1 listed below. Failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the solicitation may result in the offeror being removed from consideration for award.

Table 1 - Solicitation Exceptions

Solicitation Document

Paragraph / Page

Requirements / Portion

Rationale

PWS,

Attachment, Figure, other

Applicable Paragraph & Page

Identify the Requirement

Justification

1.4. Inquiries/Questions. Prospective Offerors shall submit contracting and technical inquiries via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at www.projnet.org/projnet.

1.4.1 To submit and review bid inquiry items, the offeror will need to be a current registered user. To self-register, go to the aforementioned web page and click “register.” Select “USACE” as the Agency. Then, select “Contractor” as the Site. Then, enter the required information to complete the registration.

1.4.2 Once the user is registered, bidder inquiries can be accessed using the Quick Add key provided below.

1.4.3 Offerors will receive an acknowledgement of their questions via email, followed by an answer to their questions after it has been processed by our technical team.

1.4.4 Please Note: Offerors shall only submit one question per inquiry. All inquiries containing multiple questions may be rejected.

1.4.5 The Solicitation Number is: W912DQ25R3000

1.4.6 The Bidder Inquiry Key is: TO BE PROVIDED LATER

1.4.7 The Bidder Inquiry System will be unavailable for new inquiries after 12:00 PM (NOON) local, Kansas City time on TO BE PROVIDED LATER.

1.4.8 Offerors are requested to review the Solicitation in its entirety, and review existing bidder inquiries for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry.

1.4.9 The ProjNet call center operates weekdays from 8AM to 5PM U.S. Central Time Zone (Chicago) or by appointment for OCONUS. The telephone number for the Call Center is 1- 800-428-HELP. Email to staff@projnet.info.

1.5 If an offeror believes that the requirements in these instructions contain an error, omission, or are otherwise unsound, the offeror shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer in writing.

1.6. The Government will not reimburse the offeror for any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal in response to this solicitation. Issuance of this solicitation is not to be construed as authority to proceed with any work or to incur any obligation chargeable to the Government.

2.0. Specific Instructions: Organization/Distribution/Number of Copies/Page Limits

2.1. Each offeror shall submit a proposal that consists of two (2) Volumes:

Volume I – Company Experience and Performance Confidence Volume II – Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors

2.2 Volumes I and II may not be submitted together within the same file.

2.3. The offeror shall submit one (1) electronic copy of each proposal. The electronic copy of all volumes shall be in Portable Document Format (PDF) compatible with Adobe Reader.

2.4. The offeror shall submit a complete proposal, with all requested information specified in this section of the solicitation by the due date specified in Block 9 of Standard Form 33. Proposals will only be accepted via the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) system (Formally WAWF) Solicitation Module. In order to submit a quote for this requirement on the PIEE Solicitation Module, vendors will first need to register for the PIEE ‘Proposal Manager’ role.

How to Register:

1. Navigate to https://piee.eb.mil/

2. Select Register [top right]

3. Select Vendor

4. Create a User ID and Password and follow the prompts [next]

5. Create Security Questions [next]

6. Complete your User Profile Information [next]

7. Complete your Supervisor or Approving Official Information [next]

8. Complete Roles - Step 1. Select SOL-Solicitation, Step 2. Select Proposal Manager, Step 3.

Click Add Roles, Step 4. Fill in your Location Code (CAGE Code) [next]

9. Provide a justification for your registration [next]

10. Follow the remaining prompts to submit your registration

To learn more about the PIEE Solicitation Module and for training/instructions on submitting your quote, please visit the Web Base Training Page below:

https://pieetraining.eb.mil/wbt/xhtml/wbt/sol/solicitation/proposals.xhtml

2.5. Time for acceptance by the Government of Proposals: All offerors submitting proposals in response to this solicitation agree that the Government shall have not less than 365 calendar days to accept any proposal, after the date indicated for receipt of proposals. ** NOTE – Please insert 365 days in block 12 of the SF 33 ** In the event the Government cannot award a contract within this 365-day period, any or all offerors may, at their option, extend the date for acceptance of their proposal.

2.6 Page Format Restrictions and Limitations:

2.6.1. Page Size: The offeror shall use 8.5” x 11” size pages. Pages shall be typewritten except for the reproduced sections of the solicitation document. The majority of the sheet should utilize a 10-12 point font. The font size shall be no less than 10 point. Margins on all four edges of each sheet shall be at least one-half (0.5) inch. Pages shall be numbered sequentially by volume.

Table 2 - Proposal Format

Proposal Document

Volume I – Company Experience & Performance Confidence Information

Volume I, Factor 1: Company Experience

Volume I, Factor 2: Performance Confidence

Volume II – Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors

Volume II, Additional Submittal Requirements:

Tab 1: SF 33 – Cover Letter, Solicitation, Offer, and Award

Tab 2: Representations, Certifications and Other Statements of Offerors (Section K)

3.0 Volume I Contents – Company Experience and Performance Confidence Information:

3.1. Volume I, Factor 1 – Company Experience

The offeror (prime contractor or joint venture member) shall submit two (2) projects that demonstrate experience performing work relative to the evaluation criteria listed in Section M (reference subfactors a, b, c, and d). The experience shall be presented using the Company Experience forms provided in Section J, Attachment 11. Of these two (2) projects, the offeror may only submit up to one (1) project per subfactor of experience listed in Section M (i.e. the offeror may only submit one (1) project demonstrating the construction of a groundwater treatment plant and extraction well systems requiring long term operation). If more than one (1) project is submitted per subfactor, only the first project identified in the proposal will be evaluated. If more than two (2) projects are submitted, only the first two projects identified in the proposal will be evaluated. The narrative presenting the company experience shall only address how it meets the acceptability criteria for the subfactor the offeror desires to be considered for and shall not discuss any other subfactors. It is important to note each subfactor has its own company experience form. If less than two (2) projects are submitted, the offeror will be considered ineligible for award.

One of the two company experience projects presented SHALL be a cost reimbursable contract awarded by the Federal Government. A cost reimbursable contract is defined as a cost-plus incentive fee, cost-plus fixed fee, or a cost-plus award fee contract. A time and materials contract or labor hour contract does not meet the definition of a cost reimbursable contract. If one of the two company experience projects presented is not a cost reimbursable contract awarded by the Federal Government, the offeror will be considered ineligible for award.

One of the two company experience projects presented SHALL be/have been performed by the offeror in New York or New Jersey. If one of the two company experience projects presented is/was not performed in New York or New Jersey, the offeror will be considered ineligible for award.

A project is defined as work performed at one site or at a single installation under a single contract or task order. An Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) is not a project. The offeror must have been contractually responsible for the execution of the work performed in the projects submitted and not held strictly an oversight role. Projects may include both federal and commercial work (see section M for specifics regarding evaluation criteria).

The demonstrated project experience must have been awarded between the following timeframe:

January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2023 [Note: these dates are estimates. The exact dates are subject to change in the final solicitation]. The proposal must clearly state how each project presented meets the acceptability for each factor.

In the event the offeror is a joint venture, the submitted experience shall have been awarded to the joint venture or to one of the members of the joint venture as the prime contractor. In the event the submitted experience was performed as a joint venture, the offeror shall have been a firm in the joint venture. See Paragraph 3.3 below for additional information regarding documentation required for Joint Ventures.

Tab 3: Accounting System Information

The proposal for Factor 1 is limited to 3 pages per project, or 6 pages total, using the Section J, Attachment 11 – Experience Forms.

3.2. Volume I, Factor 2 –Performance Confidence

3.2.1. PPQs and CPARS Evaluations for Factor 1 Projects

For each of the projects submitted under Factor 1, Company Experience, the offeror should provide existing documentation of the owner’s opinion of the offeror’s performance by including a Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) or all evaluations from the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) for the project.

If no existing past performance exists for the project or if the offeror believes updated information is necessary, the offeror should provide the PPQ form to a representative that can provide the owner’s opinion of the offeror’s past performance for the project. Form PPQ-0, along with a sample cover letter and instructions for completing the PPQ, are included in Attachment 1 of this solicitation. The offeror should request that the representative complete the form and return it to the offeror with enough time to allow the offeror to include the completed PPQ with its proposal. The offeror is responsible for ensuring that completed PPQs are signed and submitted on time. The offeror should ensure that it is providing correct phone numbers and email addresses for the representative.

Offerors should organize the past performance information in the same order as each project submitted in Factor 1. This will allow the reviewers to match the Past Performance information with the associated Factor 1 project. Only one PPQ should be submitted for each Factor 1 project. If more than one PPQ is submitted for a project, only the first will be evaluated.

3.2.2. CAGE Codes and Unique Entity ID Numbers

The offeror should provide the Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Codes and Unique Entity ID (UEI) numbers for the offeror and any joint venture (if applicable) whose experience is being relied upon for Factor 1.

3.3 Additional Information to be Provided in Volume I.

3.3.1 Joint Ventures. For any offeror that is submitting as a joint venture, a copy of the fully executed Joint Venture agreement shall be included in Volume I as a separate tab.

4.0 Volume II Contents –Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors

4.1. Volume II, Tab 1 – Cover Letter, SF33, Solicitation, Offer, and Award

The offeror shall provide the following information:

a. A cover letter containing

1) Solicitation Number

2) Name, address, email, telephone number, and fax number of the offeror

3) CAGE Code

4) UEI Number

5) Names, Title, email, and telephone number of persons authorized to negotiate on the offeror’s behalf with the Government in connection with this Solicitation.

6) Name, title, and signature of the person authorized to sign the proposal.

7) Name, phone number, and email address of all individuals the firm would like to be notified of all subsequent Task Orders issued under this MATOC.

8) A statement specifying agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in this Solicitation.

b. The SF 33 duly executed with an original signature by an official authorized to bind the company. Include the offeror’s CAGE and UEI number in Block 15.

c. Acknowledgement of all amendments to the Solicitation in accordance with the instructions on the Standard Form 30 (Amendment Form) and in block 14 of the SF 33 Form.

4.2 Volume II, Tab 2 – Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors (Section K)

The offeror shall fill out in its entirety all of Section K that applies to the offeror including the System of Award Management (SAM) certification. The offeror’s responsibility will be reviewed in accordance with FAR Part 9.

4.3 Volume II, Tab 3 – Accounting System and Audit Information

a. Accounting System: offerors must have an adequate accounting system to receive a cost-reimbursable task order. All offerors shall provide a recent adequacy determination from either (1) a Federal Government Cognizant Audit Agency or (2) any commercially recognized auditing or accounting firm stating that the offeror's accounting system is adequate. The determination should include a completed Standard Form 1408 "Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor Accounting System" signed in Blocks 3 and 4. The offeror must also confirm that the accounting system has not changed since the issuance of the determination.

An offeror that does not have a recent accounting system adequacy determination should include with its proposal a completed "Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor Accounting System Checklist"; a copy of the checklist is included in Section J, Attachment 7.

The Contracting Officer will use this completed checklist to request a DCAA preaward survey of the offeror's accounting system.

b. The offeror shall submit for themselves statements identifying the most recent year for which final indirect cost rates have been determined by the offeror’s cognizant Federal agency/auditor. Additionally, the offeror shall provide the status of any incurred cost audits for any year(s) for which final indirect cost rates have not been determined. The offeror shall provide a points of contact by name and telephone number for the agency official responsible for establishing final indirect cost rates and cognizant auditor.

(End of Section L)

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

1. Source Selection

The Government intends to award a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) from this solicitation. A MATOC will be awarded to all qualifying offerors. A qualifying offeror is an offeror that is determined to be a responsible source and submits a technically acceptable proposal that conforms to ALL requirements of the solicitation evaluation criteria established herein.

2. Basis of Award:

The evaluation factors are as follows: Factor 1 – Company Experience and Factor 2 – Performance Confidence.

Factor 1 – Company Experience

The Performance Work Statement (Section C of this solicitation) includes a wide range of work that may be performed under this contract. While the scope of services and construction associated with this contract is broad, the following Factor 1 criteria are Company Experience attributes that the Government considers most important in evaluating an offeror’s capability to successfully execute the type of work that the government has determined as most likely to be performed under this contract. As such, the Government is looking for HTRW experience on CERCLA Remedial Action projects performed by the offeror that meet the following criteria. Removal Actions and RCRA Actions that demonstrate work similar to CERCLA Remedial Action projects may also be considered.

The government will not consider experience with preparation of CERCLA documents such as Site Inspections and Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Studies (RI/FS) and Remedial Design (RD). Likewise, the Government will not consider oversight of a remedial action being performed by a Potentially Responsible Party as experience with performing a CERCLA Remedial Action.

For this factor, the Government will evaluate proposals and assign an acceptability rating for the following subfactors:

a) A CERCLA/RCRA project performed by the offeror exceeding $20M in value involving excavation, transportation, and off-site disposal of contaminated soils, working around and protection of structures or utilities, and stakeholder coordination.

Excavation is defined as removal of contaminated soil below the ground surface (i.e. removal of stockpiled soil does not meet the definition) and must include the following:

Use of one of the following engineering stability measures: sheet piling, sloping, benching, secant walls, soldier pile and lagging, diaphragm wall, slide rail, micropile, or foundation underpinning.

Water management that includes hydraulic control measures, water treatment, or discharge/disposal.

Work around and protection of structures or utilities is defined as the use of controls to protect a structure or utility from damage or loss of service during construction (i.e. notification of one-call, dig-safe, or other utility locate service to merely avoid a utility or structure does not meet this definition) and must include one of the following:

Relocating utilities or structures The use of barriers, reinforcement or stabilizing measures The use of specialized digging techniques that must include at least one of the following:

• Air knife/vacuum

• Rubberized excavator buckets; or

• Hand digging

Stakeholder coordination is defined as coordination and communication with stakeholders, utility companies, property owners, municipalities, etc.

Off-site disposal is defined as disposal in a licensed or permitted disposal facility physically located off-site.

b) A CERCLA/RCRA project performed by the offeror exceeding $5M in value involving the construction of a groundwater treatment plant and extraction well systems requiring long term operation and stakeholder coordination.

The construction of a groundwater treatment plant is defined as sequencing/placement of equipment etc.; automation and ability for remote operation; and a minimum of two of the following treatment processes:

biovessel, activated carbon treatment, ion exchange, metals precipitation, air stripping, flocculation, advanced oxidation process, particulate or solids removal, and ultraviolet light.

Construction of extraction well systems and associated piping are defined as installation of groundwater extraction wells, piping and connecting groundwater extraction wells to a groundwater treatment plant, and leak testing.

Groundwater treatment plant must serve the purpose of treating contaminated groundwater. Municipal water treatment, as an example does not meet the definition of a groundwater treatment plant for this criterion.

Long-term operation is defined as groundwater treatment systems intended to operate more than 10 years and permanently housed in a constructed or prefabricated building with a concrete foundation.

Work must be conducted in a complex setting to include one of the following:

Densely populated urban environment with limited workspace

Commercial or highly industrialized areas Stakeholder coordination is defined as coordination and communication with stakeholders, utility companies, property owners, municipalities, etc.

c) A CERCLA/RCRA project performed by the offeror exceeding $5M in value utilizing in-situ remediation and stakeholder coordination.

In-Situ Remediation is defined as remediation occurring below the water table and must use one of the following technologies: bioremediation, chemical oxidation, chemical reduction or thermal remediation (thermal remediation is defined as remediation taking place at temperatures at or above 70 degrees Celsius).

Project must demonstrate the full range of responsibilities for the implementation of the in-situ remedial approach including:

1. Compliance with regulatory requirements

2. Installation of the remedy components (such as injection points, extraction points, treatment equipment, and/or monitoring equipment)

3. Safe operations of the in-situ remedy; and

4. Measurement of remedy performance effectiveness

The project must include either monitoring for or mitigation of vapors; or monitoring or mitigation of mobilized contaminates in groundwater.

Work must be conducted in a complex setting to include one of the following:

Densely populated urban environment with limited workspace Commercial or highly industrialized areas d.) A CERCLA/RCRA project performed by the offeror exceeding $15M in value involving dredging and disposal of contaminated sediments, working around and protection of existing structures or utilities, and stakeholder coordination.

Dredging is defined as removal of contaminated sediment located within a water body by hydraulic or mechanical means (i.e., soil excavations and removal of stockpiled soil does not meet the definition) and the project description must include each of the following:

Handling of saturated sediments (such as dewatering, stabilization/solidification, storage, or disposal of sediments).

Water quality monitoring performed before, during, or after dredging.

Habitat protection measures implemented before, during, or after dredging.

Site restoration measures performed after dredging.

Work around and protection of structures or utilities is defined as the use of controls to protect an existing structure or utility from damage or loss of service during dredging operations. Notification of one-call, dig-safe, or other utility locate service to merely avoid a utility or structure does not meet this definition.

One of the two company experience projects presented SHALL be a cost reimbursable contract awarded by the Federal Government. A cost reimbursable contract is defined as a cost-plus incentive fee, cost-plus fixed fee, or a cost-plus award fee contract. A time and materials contract or labor hour contract does not meet the definition of a cost reimbursable contract. If one of the two company experience projects presented is not a cost reimbursable contract awarded by the Federal Government, the offeror will be considered ineligible for award.

One of the two company experience projects presented SHALL be/have been performed by the offeror in New York or New Jersey. If one of the two company experience projects presented is/was not performed in New York or New Jersey, the offeror will be considered ineligible for award.

Based on evaluation of the offeror’s proposal, the proposal will be assigned one of the following ratings for the Company Experience Factor:

Rating Description Acceptable Proposal meets ALL requirements of the solicitation. The offeror has demonstrated experience via its two projects that meet ALL specified criteria.

Unacceptable Proposal does not meet ALL requirements of the solicitation. The offeror has not demonstrated experience via its two projects that meet ALL specified criteria.

Factor 2 – Performance Confidence

The Performance Confidence evaluation considers each offeror's demonstrated recent and relevant record of performance. Absent any record of recent and relevant past performance information or if the past performance information is not available, the offeror will not be evaluated either favorably or unfavorably on performance confidence.

The Government will review the past performance information submitted with the proposal for the Factor 1 projects.

The Government may interview the representative that completed the PPQ and reserves the right to interview other individuals on behalf of the representative, if the representative is not available.

The Government will not reveal the names of individuals providing reference information about an offeror’s past performance. The offeror may have the opportunity to respond to adverse past performance information to which it has not previously had an opportunity to comment.

The Government will review past performance information retrieved through CPARS, using all CAGE codes/UEI numbers of the offeror and any joint venture members (if applicable) identified in the offeror’s proposal whose experience is being relied on for Factor 1. The Government will only consider evaluations from the 20 most recent and relevant contracts or orders in CPARS. In the event that an offeror has less than 20 relevant contracts or orders in CPARS, the Government will consider evaluations for all of the offeror’s relevant contracts or orders in CPARS.

It is important to note that performance assessments are periodically removed from CPARS due to their age. The offeror is responsible for understanding its own past performance information contained in CPARS during the Government’s past performance evaluation.

The Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs) and Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) are the primary source of information on past performance;

however, the Government reserves the right to consider past performance information from other sources.

First, the Government will evaluate the past performance information for recency.

Recency, as it pertains to past performance information, is a measure of the time that has elapsed since performance occurred.

All past performance information retrieved from the CPARS database is considered recent.

CPARS evaluations and PPQs submitted for Factor 1 projects will be considered recent if the projects are within the allowed timeframe specified in Section L for Factor 1.

Second, the Government will determine how relevant each recent piece of past performance information is to the work described in the solicitation. The relevancy determination will be based on how similar the work is in comparison to the work detailed in Section C.

The Government will assign each recent piece of past performance information one of the relevancy ratings shown in the following table:

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

Not Relevant Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Third, the Government will evaluate the quality of the recent and relevant performance, including general trends and usefulness of the information, and incorporate the results into a performance confidence assessment. The offeror shall be assigned one of the ratings in the table below:

Rating Description Acceptable Based on the offeror’s performance record, the

Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort, or the offeror’s performance record is unknown.

Unacceptable Based on the offeror’s performance record, the Government does not have a reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

(End of Section M)