Atch_4_Addenda_to_FAR_52.212-2_Evaluation.pdf

FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items

(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 will be used to evaluate offers:

(1) Technical Acceptability, as broken down to Experience, Education & Licensure; and

(2) Price

(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 will 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, will 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.

Addendum to FAR 52.212, Evaluation - Commercial Items

The following is inserted as new paragraph (d) of the provision:

“(d) BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD: Award will be made to the lowest Total Proposed

Price (TPP) offer that meets the technical acceptability factor. The evaluation process will include the following:

(1) Technical Acceptability Factor. The government will evaluate technical proposals on a pass/fail basis and assign an Acceptable or Unacceptable rating as described in Table 1 below.

Table 1. Technical Ratings

Rating Description

Acceptable Proposal meets the requirements of the solicitation.

Unacceptable Proposal does not meet the requirements of the solicitation.

Each proposal will be evaluated against “Required Qualifications” in paragraph 4 of respective

PWS as summarized in Table 2 below:

Table 2. Technical Acceptability Subfactors

Subfactor/

PWS para

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or

Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)

1.

Experience

FNP PWS para. 4.1.

Minimum of one (1) year experience in an outpatient clinical setting within the last five (5) years..

LPN/LVN PWS para. 4.1. ~ 4.1.1.

Performing care and treatment of patients;

operating and maintaining therapeutic equipment; properly administering oral and parenteral medications; conducting paraprofessional portions of physical examinations; or assisting in medical treatment of patients in accordance with established procedures and protocols, within the LPN or LVN scope of practice.

Shall have practiced as an LPN or LVN performing hands-on patient care in the outpatient clinical setting for at least one (1) year experience within the last five (5) years

2.

Education

FNP PWS para. 4.2.

Graduate of a baccalaureate degree program in nursing (BSN) accredited by a national nursing accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of

Education. Maintenance of Basic Life

Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life

Support (ACLS) certification is mandatory. Recertification will be provided by the MTF at no cost to the contractor. Completion of accredited program leading to the award of Family

Nurse Practitioner (FNP) credential status.

LPN/LVN PWS para. 4.2.

Must have successfully completed all education and training requirements leading to and graduated from an accredited national, state or military equivalent school for Practical Nursing or Vocational Nursing.

3.

Licensure

FNP PWS para. 4.3.

Possess and maintain an active

(characterized by present activity, participation, practice, or use); current (not revoked, suspended, or lapsed); valid (the issuing authority accepts and considers professional performance and conduct in determining continued licensure); and unrestricted (not subject to state imposed stipulations or restriction pertaining to the scope, location, or type of practice ordinarily granted to all other applicants for similar licensure in the granting jurisdiction) license from a U.S.

jurisdiction as a licensed Nurse

Practitioner (NP). All licenses must be unencumbered and remain in effect during contract employment. The contractor must be in good standing, and under no restrictions, with the state licensure board

LPN/LVN PWS para. 4.3.

Must have and maintain throughout course of contract, a current, active, valid, unrestricted license (with no limitations, stipulations or pending adverse actions) to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse

(LPN) or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) from a US jurisdiction.

in any state in which a license is held or has been held within the last 10 years

(2) Price Evaluation Factor. Only offers meeting Technical Acceptability factor will be evaluated for Price factor. The government will rank all offers by total proposed price (TPP).

The price evaluation will document the fairness and reasonableness of the TPP.

Evaluating the option price does not obligate the government to exercise the options.

(3) Offerors are cautioned to submit sufficient information and in the format specified in

52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, of this solicitation. Offerors may be asked to clarify certain aspects of their proposals. Exchanges conducted to resolve minor or clerical errors will not constitute discussions and the contracting officer reserves the right to award a contract without the opportunity for proposal revision. The government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective offerors. The government, however, reserves the right to conduct discussions if deemed in its best interest.

(4) Award will be made to the lowest priced offer(s), based on total proposed price, which meets the technical acceptability standard.”

(End of Addendum to FAR 52.212-2)