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EVALUATION PLAN GUIDE FOR LPTA

Note: The customer initially prepares this document. The contracting officer (KO) will review and assist the customer to jointly complete the final evaluation plan as needed.

Basis of evaluation: Lowest-Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA). As a general rule, LPTA should not be used to acquire performance based services.

Before completing the Evaluation Plan, please review the FAR Part 8/16 Ordering Procedures located at: https://www.ditco.disa.mil/DitcoContractingTemplates/doku.php?id=far_part_8-16_procedures_and_attachments

Non-Cost/Price Factors During the evaluation, the attached ratings will be used to determine if the following technical/management factors are Acceptable/Unacceptable (see Table 1). There is no requirement to consider past performance on this type of procurement and it is not recommended on LPTA unless you can demonstrate to the KO that it will provide meaningful discrimination between offerors. However, if past performance is to be considered, attached acceptable/unacceptable ratings will apply to past performance (see Table 2). The Technical/Management Factor/Subfactors and rating tables will be restated verbatim in the solicitation.

A. Technical/Management Approach:

In order for a contractor’s proposal/quotation to be rated Technically Acceptable overall, each of the following subfactors must be rated Acceptable.

(a) Subfactor 1: Furniture Specifications, PWS Paragraph 6.1.3. In order for this subfactor to be rated Acceptable, Furniture Specifications must be sized and configured to support the proposed service desk. The contractor must submit catalog information and product cut sheets to ensure they adhere to the requirements shown in the attachments.

B. Past Performance: There is no requirement to consider past performance for procurements under FAR Part 8 or Subpart 16.5, and doing so often results in a much longer evaluation process. Therefore, evaluation of past performance is NOT recommended unless you can demonstrate to the KO that it will provide meaningful discrimination between offerors. This is rarely the case when placing an order against a GSA Schedule or an IDIQ contract. In the event that past performance is considered on this LPTA requirement, it will only be done on the basis of acceptable/unacceptable and will be considered only after the technical proposal/quotation is determined acceptable.

Do you want to consider past performance: Yes__X__ No_____

The purpose of considering past performance is due to the fact that the furniture being requested needs to configured to support the proposed service desk. Timely and satisfactory installation is also a must and should be looked at under past performance.

Additionally, if considering past performance, complete the following:

Recency Assessment: Recent contracts are defined as those contracts presently being performed or which have been performed during the past three (3) years from the date of issuance of this solicitation. Past performance information that fails this condition will not be evaluated.

Cost/Price Factor

Since this requirement is based on LPTA, award will be made to the contractor that presents the lowest priced technically acceptable approach. The contractor’s price proposal will be evaluated to determine if it is reasonable and complete. Normally, price reasonableness is established through price analysis. The Government will determine completeness of the offeror's proposal by verifying that all solicitation requirements have been priced, figures are correctly calculated, and costs are presented in a clear and useful format. The Government reserves the right to conduct a realism analysis of the proposed price.

In addition, indicate whether or not you want the estimated total dollars available for this requirement to be disclosed to the vendors.

Yes _____. Disclose available funds $ ___________ No __X__. Do not disclose available funds.

Table 1. Technical/Management Ratings

Table 2. Past Performance Ratings

Enclosure 10a, EvalPlan/Ratings for LPTA 13 May 2013/v1.0