best value Evaluation Criteria beamline mask.pdf

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Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue Lemont, IL 60439

EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR BEAMLINE MASKS

November 29, 2021

SCOPE

The scope of this offer is to build beamline masks as shown in the engineering drawings.

The contractors are provided detailed build-to-print drawings and statements of work clearly outlining the tolerances to dimensions and various processes needed to fabricate.

The technical evaluation team will review the packages submitted by the Offeror’s. The engineering drawings, the technical specifications for manufacturing the parts along with the testing requirements provided to the vendors will form the basis for the evaluation.

Listed below are the various criteria for the evaluation of the bid packages.

Evaluation of vendor proposals will be performed for each of three categories: 1) Technical Criteria, 2) Past Performance, and 3) Proposal Risk, as detailed below.

1 TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

For proposal evaluation against Technical capabilities, the Contractor shall provide as part of their response a description of the plan for the items listed below

No. Criteria Listed by Order of Importance 1 Demonstrate capability to meet the tolerances as shown in the engineering drawings 2 Demonstrate the ability to vacuum braze glidcop 3 Demonstrate capability to meet delivery schedule 4 Demonstrate capability to adequately conduct UHV vacuum testing of components 5 Contractors QA and ES&H program

ALL EVALUATION FACTORS, OTHER THAN COST OR PRICE, WHEN

COMBINED, ARE APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO COST OR PRICE.

2 PAST PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Contractors shall be evaluated on their past performance in providing similar equipment and services to those solicited in this RFP, and shall provide documentation needed by the representative of Argonne National Laboratory to adequately evaluate the Contractor’s capability to provide the specified system. Argonne National Laboratory reserves the right to send representatives to visit prospective supplier sites to gather additional pre-bid qualification information. Contractors are encouraged to supply a brief description of their available manufacturing, test, research and development, and maintenance facilities.

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In addition to any other information that the Contractor shall provide to allow Argonne to evaluate past performance, each Contractor shall furnish with their proposal the following information:

1. A list of three (3) contracts in the past five years that have been awarded to the Contractor of approximately the same dollar magnitude as Contractor’s proposal, that have been completed and are as similar as possible in nature to the requirements covered by the technical specifications.

2. The list should provide the following information for each contract:

a. Contract Title

b. Contract Number

c. Date of Award

d. Client’s Name and Address

e. Contract Amount

f. Name of Client’s Contract(s) regarding performance evaluation

g. Telephone/Fax/E-mail numbers for Client Contract(s)

h. A copy of the Contractor’s latest audited financial statement.

i. Any sharable performance data.

3 PROPOSAL RISK

Proposal Risk shall be considered with respect to all other factors. Evaluation of Proposal Risk includes consideration of: Contractor’s demonstration of understanding of scope; risk of successful performance of the contract; ability and commitment to service and support the system and its operation over the system’s lifetime after successful execution of the award; details of service contracts, numbers, and proximity of service personnel; service response time; service contract cost; etc.