52_212-2_Addendum.doc

Solicitation No.

Attachment 2

Date

52.212-2

Addendum to Evaluation Factors for Award

1.0 Basis for Contract Award

This is a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection. LPTA means that the best value is expected to result from selection of the technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated price determined reasonable.

1.2 Number of Contracts to be Awarded

(If, after conducting a rigorous acquisition strategy with the program office & industry, there still may be a concern with executing an award, you may want to consider adding this statement at the end of the sentence: “…however, the Government reserves the right to make no award at all.” Use this additional statement “sparingly”.)The Government intends to award one (1) (insert number) contract for zero client monitors, smart-card enabled keyboards and optical mice Requirement(insert program name) .

1.3 Rejection of Unrealistic Offers

The Government may reject any proposal that is evaluated to be unrealistic in terms of program commitments, contract terms and conditions, or unrealistically high or low in price when compared to Government estimates, such that the proposal is deemed to reflect an inherent lack of competence or failure to comprehend the complexity and risks of the program.

1.4 Correction Potential of Proposals

The Government will consider, throughout the evaluation, the "correction potential" of any deficiency or uncertainty. The judgment of such "correction potential" is within the sole discretion of the Government. If an aspect of an offeror's proposal does not meet the Government's requirements and is not considered correctable, the offeror may be eliminated from the competitive range.

2.0 Evaluation Factors

2.1. Evaluation Process.

a. The evaluation factors are:

Factor 1: Technical Approach Factor 2: Price

(The subfactors listed above and in the next section, as well as the relative importance of the factors and subfactors, are for illustrative purposes only. For a slightly more complex example, see paragraph 2.4.3.1.1.)

b. Selection shall be made on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis. LPTA means that the best value is expected to result from selection of the technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated price determined reasonable. Technical acceptability will be evaluated on all compliant offers. Only those offerors determined to be technically acceptable, whether initially or as a result of discussions, will be considered for award. Next, price will be evaluated on technically acceptable offers and the proposals will be listed from lowest to highest price based on the total evaluated price. Technical tradeoffs will not be made and no additional credit will be given for exceeding acceptability.

(The following paragraphs (b. Mission Capability Factor) describe each of the evaluation factors. Tailor these to meet the requirements of your solicitation, including reordering the paragraphs to reflect the relative order of importance of the factors.)

3.0 Mission Capability Factor

3.1 Minimum Requirements

Technical Approach: This subfactor is met when the contractor has demonstrated that the equipment proposed meets the requirements described in the solicitation. The contractor must also provide all supporting documentation described in 52.212-1.

3.2 Rating Procedures

Factor 1. Technical Approach will be used to determine whether the proposal is Technically Acceptable.

3.3 Ratings.

The below ratings shall be assigned to Factor 1, Specific Technical Capabilities using the following criteria:

Subfactor 1. Technical Acceptable/Unacceptable Ratings

Acceptable Proposal: clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Proposal: does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation.

(For further discussion of the Past Performance factor and the Performance Confidence Assessment, see Section M Guide)

4. Price Factor

See Section M Guide for further discussion of Cost/Price Evaluation.

(Insert an explanation of how cost/price and the total evaluated cost/price (if different) to the Government will be evaluated. For example: cost/price of the basic effort only, basic plus all options, down select portions priced as Not-to-Exceeds*, life cycle costs, unit costs, a "Best Estimated Quantity," etc. Where applicable, costs/prices must be obtained and evaluated on all CLINs, for all years, including options.)

4.1 The offeror’s Price proposal will be evaluatedNote: The way Cost/Price is evaluated depends upon contract type. Use the following information to guide you in developing appropriate language to explain how the Government will calculate total evaluated cost/price when various contract types are used. This language should not be used without proper tailoring. If you are using more than one contract type, you will need to combine the concepts in more than one of the paragraphs below and must identify how the cost/price evaluations will be made for various CLINs if they differ as to contract type. If you will be evaluating cost based on life cycle costs or similar criteria, you must include special language for that.

(For Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) efforts) for award purposes, based upon the total price proposed for basic requirements (basic award).(NOTE: There could be situations that affect the bottom line evaluated price. These should be addressed as appropriate for your effort. An example is rental value for Government Furnished Property.)

(For Variable Quantities)

4.1.1 The offeror’s Price proposal will be evaluated, using one or more of the techniques defined in FAR 15.404, in order to determine if it is reasonable. For a price to be reasonable, it must represent a price to the Government that a prudent person would pay in the conduct of competitive business. Normally, price reasonableness is established through price analysis techniques as described in FAR 15.404. For additional information see FAR 31.201-3.

4.2 The Government will evaluate the affordability of each offeror’s Price proposal by comparing the total proposed price to the government’s independent estimate.

5.0 Discussions

(This subparagraph explains to offerors that the Government will evaluate all their information if discussions are held.)

If, during the evaluation period, it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government to hold discussions, offeror responses to Evaluation Notices (ENs) and the Final Proposal Revision (FPR) will be considered in making the source selection decision.

(See Section M Guide for further discussion of Discussions and tradeoff factors)