Evaluation_Criteria.doc

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52.212-2 EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (DEC 2014)

EVALUATION OF OFFERS – USING MINIMUM TECHNICAL CRITERIA, PRICE AND PAST PERFORMANCE FACTORS

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation in accordance with FAR 15.101-2 Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers.

(i) TECHNICAL CAPABILITY TO PERFORM

(ii) PAST PERFORMANCE

(iii) PRICE Offerors' proposals will be evaluated first under Factor (i) above, which represents MINIMUM acceptable criteria. Under this factor, products offered will be determined to be either technically acceptable or unacceptable. Failure to meet the minimum criteria for this factor will render the offer to be technically unacceptable and it may not be considered further for award. See paragraph (b) below.

Only those Offers which meet the minimum requirements established by Factor (i) will be further evaluated under Factors (ii) and (iii). In the second step of evaluating those offers determined under Factor (i) to be technically acceptable, Factor (ii), PAST PERFORMANCE, shall be evaluated and only those Offers which meet the minimum requirements established by Factor (ii) to have acceptable or unknown past performance will be further evaluated under Factor (iii), PRICE.

At the discretion of the Contracting Officer, the Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with Offerors’. Each initial offer should, therefore contain the Offerors’ best terms from both a price and technical standpoint.

(b) TECHNICAL CAPABILITY TO PERFORM, Factor i, represents MINIMUM acceptable criteria. Offerors' technical information will be used to determine whether the services proposed meet the specifications included in this solicitation. Services offered, as provided in Offerors' technical information, will be evaluated as technically acceptable or technically unacceptable. Offers which are determined to be technically unacceptable may not be considered further for award. Offerors must be rated technically "Acceptable" in all 21 criteria areas to receive an overall technically "Acceptable" and in order to be evaluated for Past Performance (Factor II). Failure to meet technically acceptable standards in any one of the 21 criteria areas may result in a finding of technically "Unacceptable" for the entire proposal and the proposal may not be considered further for award. The term "technical," as used herein, refers to non-cost factors other than past performance. The purpose of the technical factor is to assess whether the Offeror's proposal will satisfy the Government's minimum requirements. The Technical Evaluation Team shall evaluate the Offeror's proposal against these requirements to determine whether the proposal is acceptable or unacceptable, using the ratings and descriptions outlined in 52.212-2.

EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (DEC 2014).

A list of the minimum technical acceptability criteria is listed below:

Minimum Technical Acceptability Criteria

1.

A. Bachelor’s degree in music or church music; an acceptable equivalent of such a degree would be at least three years of experience in playing for Protestant worship services B. Experience directing choral music.

C. Experience playing organ/piano/electric keyboard for a variety of church hymns, and contemporary music as found in the prescribed Protestant worship aides.

Paragraph 2. Performance Work Statement

2. The contractor will be evaluated on the following components:

A. On-going flexibility and the ability to work well with the chapel staff, Protestant service and family members.

B. Success in providing quality customer services and support skills to the Protestant community.

C. Professionalism, timeliness, availability and thoroughness in accomplishing tasks and responsibilities.

Paragraph 8. Performance Work Statement

3. The contractor uses judgment, initiative and resourcefulness in deviating from established methods to modify, adapt, or refine broader guidelines to resolve specific complex and/or intricate issues and problems; treat specific issues or problems; and propose new policies and practices.

Must uphold and adhere to the highest standards of personal conduct, morals, and ethics for a professional and must always be conscious of the trusted position they hold and the reputation she or he embodies as a contractor of the NB San Diego Religious Ministries Program.

Paragraph 4. Performance Work Statement

4. The contractor performs primarily sedentary work. Some walking, standing, carrying of light items (i.e. microphones, music stands, hymnals), cleaning of immediate work area.

Paragraph 8. Performance Work Statement

A list of the technically acceptable/unacceptable ratings is listed below:

Technically Acceptable/Unacceptable Ratings

(c) Offeror’ s PAST PERFORMANCE information will be used to make a determination of whether the offeror has a satisfactory record of past performance. Offerors should, therefore, provide performance history and references to demonstrate satisfactory performance of similar contracts performed within the past three years.

PAST PERFORMANCE information should be provided on the form provided as an attachment to this solicitation. Information utilized will be obtained from these references as well as any other sources that may have relevant information.

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 (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.”

Past Performance Evaluation Ratings

(d) Price will be evaluated as Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA).

(e) 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, 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.

(End of Provision)

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