Attch_7_52.212-2_Evaluation_-_Commercial_Items.pdf

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) This competitive Request for Quote (RFQ) will be conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

The Government will award a contract resulting from this RFQ to the responsible quoter whose quote conforms to the RFQ and will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes:

1. Price

2. Technical Acceptability

3. Past Performance

All quoters will be ranked by total contract price from low to high, and will then be evaluated for both Technical and Past Performance. Technical and Past Performance will be evaluated on a “Acceptable/ Unacceptable” basis.

Quoters shall receive a “Acceptable” rating for both Technical and Past Performance in order to be eligible for award. The government will evaluate the 4 (four) lowest priced quoters for technical acceptability, past performance acceptability and price reasonableness. Should the lowest priced quoters not receive an acceptable technical and past performance rating and cannot be remedied through minor corrections, the process will continue in order of price until 4 (four) quoters with acceptable technical and past performance rating and fair and reasonable price are identified or all quotes have been evaluated. Award will be made to the quoter with the lowest proposed price and receiving an “Acceptable” rating for both Technical and Past Performance.

Quoters are cautioned to submit sufficient information and in the format specified in the preparation instructions.

Quoters may be asked to clarify certain aspects of their proposal or respond to adverse past performance information to which the quoter has not previously had an opportunity to respond.

A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror by the Government 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 a offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate quotes for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that a quote is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). In accordance with FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, the Government will evaluate 50% (or 6 months’ worth) of the final option year price to determine the price to be fair and reasonable in the case that this extension clause needs to be utilized.

(c) By submission of its quote, in accordance with the instructions in clause 52.212-1 “Instructions to Offerors”, the quoter accedes to all solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and Performance Work Statement requirements. All quotes shall be treated equally for technical portions and performance records. Quoters must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. The evaluation process shall proceed as follows:

EVALUATION OF PRICE

Price will be evaluated using techniques established in FAR 15.404-1 to ensure the Government receives a fair, reasonable and balanced price. If the Government cannot determine the proposed pricing to be fair and reasonable, other than cost and pricing data will be obtained from the quoters. The Government will evaluate quotes for award purposes by adding the total price for all CLINS including basic period, option years, and fifty percent (50%) of the last option period price to cover the option to extend services IAW clause 52.217-8.

There is a great expectation of competition for this requirement; quoters are cautioned to present their best price quote up-front. Price quotes shall represent the quoters best effort to respond to the solicitation.

NOTE: Evaluation of the option periods shall not obligate the Government to exercise such options.

Option to Extend Services. Both the solicitation and resultant contract shall contain FAR Clause 52.217-8, entitled “Option to Extend Services”. This clause allows for up to an additional six month continued contract performance if required. Interested quoters shall not include pricing in their quote for this clause as fifty percent (50%) of the last option period shall be used solely for evaluation purposes of such pricing only if an extension is required IAW clause 52.217-8

Materially Unbalanced Quote: If the contracting officer sees a wide variation in prices, the contracting officer can consider the need to amend the solicitation or ask the quoter(s) appropriate questions. Unbalanced pricing poses an unacceptable risk to the Government and may be a reason to reject a quote.

EVALUATION OF TECHNICAL

The technical rating reflects the degree to which the quoters technical volume meets or does not meet the minimum performance or capability requirements. The focus is on the ability of the quote to meet the minimum requirements of the PWS. Each quoter shall submit information clearly identifying how they will meet the following technical criteria:

Factor 1 – The quoter shall detail their process for obtaining personnel with the necessary qualifications and experience to support this requirement described in the PWS showing evidence of current certification/licenses needed to maintain bullet trap systems for the business and individuals.

Factor 2 – The quoter shall provide the capability to respond within the required time for services calls, during Standard and Non-Standard Duty Hours. Offeror shall provide outlined procedures to meet this requirement.

Technical quotes will be evaluated on a “Acceptable/ Unacceptable” basis. To receive a rating of “Acceptable,” the quoter must adequately address their plan to meet the above mentioned technical criteria. Quoters must receive a rating of “Acceptable” for technical in order to be eligible for award. Quotes that exceed the evaluation criteria will not receive higher ratings.

TABLE 1. Technical

Rating Description

Acceptable The quote clearly meets the minimum technical requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable The quote does not clearly meet the minimum technical requirements of the solicitation.

(i) Factor 3 - Past Performance.

Past Performance will be rated on an “Acceptable” or “Unacceptable” basis at the overall factor level using the ratings shown below.

Table 1-2: Past Performance Evaluation Ratings Rating Definition

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 has no reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

There are three aspects to the past performance evaluation. The first is to determine whether the offeror’s performance information is recent and second, is the performance information relevant to the effort to be acquired (this acquisition). The third aspect is to determine how well the offeror performed on those contracts and the quality of product or service provided.

The past performance information to be evaluated on each offeror will be information retrieved from CPARS and PPIRS as well as information available through other Government sources (i.e. key Government officials) regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience, or sub-contractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement.

In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance, or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonable assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance (see FAR

15.305 (a) (2) (iv)). Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have “Unknown” past performance.

In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, “Unknown” shall be considered “Acceptable”.

The Government evaluators will conduct an in-depth review and evaluation of all available performance data to determine how closely the work performed under those efforts relates to the proposed effort. The evaluation will consider the recency, relevancy, and quality of each performance reference as it relates to this acquisition when assigning the past performance rating. The main purpose of the past performance evaluation is to appropriately consider each offeror’s demonstrated record of contract compliance by supplying products and services that meet users’ needs, including business relations, management, schedule and performance quality constraints.

Recency. Recency will be assigned a rating of “Recent” or “Not Recent” for each relevant Past Performance Information (PPI) including CPARS or PPIRS report. Performance occurring within the last three years from the date of issuance of this solicitation will be considered “recent”. Reports on contracts with less than six months of performance will not be considered.

Relevancy. In evaluating relevancy, the Government will assign a rating of “Relevant” or “Not Relevant”. Relevant performance for this acquisition is to have provided similar dining facility services for cleaning of cooking exhaust hoods, ducts and fans for a federal or DoD agency.

Performance Quality. The Government will evaluate the quality of work performed for each PPI contract reference reviewed. The Government will evaluate the offeror’s demonstrated record of contract compliance in supplying products and services that meet user’s needs, including quality, cost and schedule. Performance assessed as “Satisfactory”, “Very Good”, or “Exceptional” shall be considered compliant with contract requirements. Any performance area assessed as “Marginal” or “Unsatisfactory” shall be rated as Unacceptable.

(a) 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).

(b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror by the Government 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.

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