3._Technical_Acceptability_Evaluation_Criteria.docx

Technical Acceptability Evaluation Criteria Factor 1. Experience

1. Address all of the following required experience:

A. The vendor’s professional history in relation to performing the tasks included in the statement of work, for Government, public programs or service organizations.

B. Evidence that the vendor has the resources, capacity and management support infrastructure to ensure the delivery of the service outlined in the statement of work.

a. A description of the vendor’s technical approach to meet the objectives and tasks outlined in the SOW.

b. Provide a break-out of how staff members will perform the individual tasks listed in the SOW.

C. The resumes of the vendor’s key personnel who will support the statement of work.

a. Resumes must document at least three years of experience in identifying interviewing and evaluating applicants for a service program.

b. Resumes must document performing follow-up activities after initial meetings with potential applicants including providing additional information or providing support during the application process.

c. Resumes must document experience in creating, entering and maintaining electronic applicant portfolios containing contact demographic and personal interest information.

d. Resumes must document experience in developing and presenting presentations to different types of audiences, collecting contact information from attendees, and providing follow-up information.

e. Resumes must document experience in building relationships with different organizations, agencies, programs and their alumni and stakeholders to generate applicants.

f. Resumes must document developing and presenting program status reports accompanied by statistical analysis, charts and graphs.

g. Resumes must document the vendor’s experience in developing a marketing program to a targeted audience.

h. Resumes must document the vendor’s experience in identifying potential applicants via social media, electronic job boards, search engines and traditional media and determining the best way to interest them in participating in a program.

Resumes must document the vendor’s experience in developing marketing materials and distributing them in hard copy, electronically or posted on social

Factor 2. Statement of understanding Vendor must provide a statement of understanding and agreement that employee(s) selected to support the work requirements of the SOW will be expected to be dedicated to the requirement for a period of no less than six months. At such time when a replacement employee is necessary, the personnel change will be approved by the COR prior to commencement of work.

Factor 3. Past performance Past performance: Quoters' past performance information will be evaluated based on information obtained from the Government database called Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS). Vendors can provide references from past or current clients.

PASS (P): Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a high expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

FAIL (F): Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

NEUTRAL (N): No recent/relevant performance record is available or the offeror’s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned.

Factor 4. Price The contractors’ price quotations will be evaluated by CLIN level and award will go to the contractor whose technically acceptable quote has the lowest price.