Eval_Criteria_-_Attach_2.pdf

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation of Commercial Items (October 2014)

(a) The Government will award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract resulting from this solicitation. Award will be made to the responsible vendor whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors and sub factors will be used to evaluate quotes based on technically “acceptable” lowest quote.

Quotes will be evaluated first under Factor 1 Technical Capability, which represents the MINIMUM acceptable criteria. Under this factor, products quoted will be determined to be either technically “acceptable” or

“unacceptable”. Failure to meet the minimum criteria for this factor will render the quote to be technically unacceptable and not be considered for award. Only those quotes which meet the minimum requirements established by Factor 1 Technical Capability will be further evaluated under Factor 2 Past Performance.

The following ratings will be used to evaluate Factor 1 Technical Capability:

Technical Ratings

Rating Description

Acceptable Vendor clearly meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation

Unacceptable Vendor does not clearly meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation

Factor 1: TECHNICAL CAPABILITY (NTE Total 10 pages)

Sub-factor 1: Technical Literature (NTE 10 Pages)

The vendor shall submit technical literature (in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(a)(4)) related to the vendor’s current capability, so that the technical specifications and/or literature submitted will clearly indicate that the MHE being offered will fulfill the requirement in accordance with the Statement of Work (attachment #1). Vendors that provide supporting technical literature that is determined to be sufficient for proper evaluation purposes to allow the

Government to make a reasonable determination of the vendor’s technical capability will be rated as “acceptable.”

Vendor’s that do not provide any supporting technical literature is determined to be insufficient for proper evaluation purposes to allow the Government to make a reasonable determination of the vendor’s technical capability will be rated as “unacceptable”.

Factor 2: PAST PERFORMANCE (NTE 6 Pages)

A vendor MUST receive a technical rating of ACCEPTABLE under factor 1 in order to continue on to the past performance evaluation.

The Government will evaluate a vendor’s past performance. Vendor’s are required to provide historical past performance data that will demonstrate similar work under a contract with a U.S. Government customer or commercial entities that is relevant as the required work specified under the applicable SOW.

The vendor shall provide a Past Performance Information (PPI) questionnaire (attachment #3) attached to this solicitation for similar types of work performed on prior Government or commercial company contracts within the last three years. At a minimum two historical contract references are required.

The following ratings listed below will be used to evaluate Factor 2 Past Performance:

Past Performance

Evaluation Ratings

Rating Description

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. (See note below)

UNACCEPTABLE Based on the offeror’s performance record, the Government does not have a reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

NEUTRAL Note: 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 reasonably assigned, the offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance (FAR 15.305 (a)(2)(iv)).

Therefore, the offeror shall be determined to have unknown (or “neutral”) past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, a neutral rating shall be considered “acceptable.”

Past performance will be rated on the basis on relevance, quality, delivery, service, and customer satisfaction.

The Government will give an “acceptable” past performance rating to quotes where the vendor has relevant past performance, no monetary assessment for non-conforming services, no terminations for default, and met contract requirements for timely delivery and customer service. The Government will not make award to a vendor that the

Government evaluates as “unacceptable” on past performance. To be eligible for award, the Government must evaluate the past performance factor as “acceptable”.

Only those quotes which meet the minimum requirements established by Factor 1 Technical Capability and Factor 2

Past Performance will be further evaluated under Factor 3 Price.

Factor 3: PRICE

Pricing shall be provided for each CLIN listed herein and a total cost for the entire effort as outlined in this solicitation. Failure to provide this information may render the quote unacceptable and not considered for award.

The Government intends to evaluate the quotes and award a FFP purchase order using Lowest Price Technically

Acceptable (LPTA) procedures without discussions. However, the Government reserves the right to hold discussions if deemed necessary. Each initial quote should therefore, contain the vendor’s most accurate terms from both a technical and pricing standpoint.