Evaluation Criteria.pdf

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EVALUATION CRITERIA

52.212‐2 Evaluation‐Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

1) Technical Capability The technical proposal is a narrative description of how the offeror proposes to accomplish the Statement of Work as identified in the Request for Proposals (RFP).

The technical proposal shall include education and experience of contractor’s personnel who will perform the Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) services. The experience evaluation based on the description of the type of test equipment and methodologies contractor’s personnel uses in the inspection, testing, troubleshooting and repair of healthcare facilities medical and dental equipment.

Proposal must identify the possession of the necessary organization, experience and technical skill to perform healthcare technology management services including:

‐ CMS, TJC, AAAHC, NFPA 101 Life Safety, NFPA 99, Occupational Safety and Health Act.

‐ Certifications for HTM, BMET, CBET, CHTM.

‐ Test Equipment ‐ Medical & Dental equipment

2) Past Performance The technical proposal must include a list of similar contracts, government (Federal and/or Native American tribes) and/or commercial awarded to the offeror, as well as other work experience in the Healthcare Technology Management services field. The similar work must contain the same type of service requirements outlined in the Statement of Work. The offeror must demonstrate its record of successful performance in past by including the following information:

‐ The offeror must identify one contract/project which is considered to be most successful and the reasons for its success.

‐ The offeror will identify two other similar contracts/projects and indicate the record of performance.

‐ For each of the above contracts/projects, the offeror will provide the name, address and telephone number of the organization and/or government, a point of contact, the dollar value, dates of the contract, contractor personnel that was contract/project lead, contract/project results and successes, and contract/project references.

‐ The offeror must identify capability to provide services that comply with national healthcare accreditation policies.

Cost / Price: Cost and pricing data shall be transparent to clearly identify the cost/price responsibilities of the Government and Contractor.

(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.

Technical and past performance, when combined, significantly more important than cost or price.

Basis of award is best value with tradeoffs.

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EVALUATION CRITERIA

52.212‐1 Instructions to Offerors‐Commercial Items.

To be considered, prospective offeror’s shall submit a complete proposal by the closing date and time of this solicitation. The Government intends to make an award without discussion therefore the initial proposal shall contain the offeror’s best price and technical standpoint.

The Contractor and all Subcontractors shall be prepared to submit additional information upon request such as but not limited: proof of identification, employment eligibility verification, and any other information or paperwork needed to conduct a background investigation.

Offeror’s are expected to fully examine the solicitation and instructions. Failure to do so shall be at the offeror’s own risk. Offeror shall furnish all information required by the solicitation and shall be held responsible for full knowledge of all information contained therein.

Facsimile: Not Acceptable

E‐mailed proposals/amendments/inquiries: (Recommended) All e‐mailed correspondence shall have a proper e‐mail subject line in the following format for identification purposes. Failure to properly label an e‐mail as instructed may result in accidental deletion due to spam identification. IHS is not liable for incomplete e‐mail attempts.

Format Example:

RFP# xxxxx / Biomedical Technician

E‐mailed attachments:

Shall be formatted in a printer friendly version using standard copy paper size of 8‐inches x 11‐inches. Do not embed the proposal into the e‐mail body, use attachments.

PROPOSAL

The proposal must be prepared and submitted in 4 volumes. Each volume shall be separate and complete in itself so that evaluation of one can be accomplished independently from evaluation of the others. Volume I (Solicitation, Offer, Award), Volume II (Technical Proposal) shall not contain any reference to cost & price, Volume III (Cost Proposal), Volume IV (Past Performance).

Volume I – Solicitation, Offer, Award

1. Provisions ‐ Offeror shall complete and submit will proposal if not already complete and available in the company SAM registration.

2. Shall acknowledge all amendments and include all revisions as a result of an amendment.

3. Provide the Dun & Bradstreet number and Cage Code used to create the company SAM registration.

4. If small business status the company shall be properly registered in SAM as a small business to include any subcategory such as IEE, HUBZone, SDVOSB, etc.

5. Identify a primary point of contact in the event there are questions or concerns upon review.

Volume II – Technical Proposal Volume III – Cost & Pricing Proposal Volume IV – Past Performance

All documents submitted must be clear and legible in order to be considered.