52.212-2_Evaluation.docx

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

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 shall be used to evaluate offers:

Factor 1: Technical Factor 2: Past Performance Factor 2: Price

Award will be made to the offeror provided its technical and past performance is acceptable, and the price is determined to be fair and reasonable. A neutral rating will be considered as acceptable past performance.

(1) ELECTRONIC OFFERS. Offerors may submit electronic offers in response to this solicitation. The offer must arrive by the time specified in the solicitation to the following email address:

keith.andrews.civ@mail.mil

(2) Offerors must email Keith Andrews to verify receipt of the offer. The Government will not be responsible for any failure of transmission or receipt of the offer, or any failure of the offeror to verify receipt of the emailed offer. All questions pertaining to this requirement must be received electronically by NLT 10 November 2016, 10:00 am.

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Evaluation Factors. The following factors will be evaluated:

Factor 1. Technical. Technical merit ratings reflect the Government’s confidence in each offeror’s ability, as demonstrated in its quote, to perform the requirements stated in the solicitation. In evaluating the quote risk, the Government will make an independent judgment of the probability of success and the impact of failure.

1. Award will be made to the vendor who is deemed responsible and responsive, whose quotation reflects a complete understanding of the Statement of Work (SOW), and represents the best value to the Government. To be eligible for award, a quotation must meet all technical requirements per the Instructions to Contractors, conform to all required terms and conditions, and provide all information required. The technical area will be evaluated on an “acceptable” or “unacceptable” basis. Only those quotations determined to be technically acceptable will be evaluated on price. If the quotation received is determined to be unacceptable, the vendor will be excluded from competition and will not be considered for award.

FACTOR 2. Past Performance. The offeror’s performance will be rated in terms of performance risk. A performance risk rating (acceptable or unacceptable) will be assigned dependent upon the evaluator’s assessment of the level of confidence in the offeror’s performance record. Past Performance will be evaluated based on assessments of the performance under relevant, current and prior contracts for the last three years.

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 (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.”

Evaluation of past and present performance will be subjective based on consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances. The currency, content, general trends, and relevance of the information in contractor's performance will be considered. Providing incorrect references and phone numbers may render your quote as unacceptable.

The government may also consider and use any additional information from its own files, databases such as the Past Performance Information Retrieval System, references provided by the offeror, or from any source it deems appropriate. The Government may survey references to verify information provided and may survey other sources known to the Government.

If adverse past and present performance information is obtained, the respective point of contact may be contacted to obtain additional information about the circumstances surrounding the situation. Offerors will be given an opportunity to address unfavorable reports of past and present performance to which the offeror has not had a previous opportunity to respond. The offeror's response, or lack thereof, will be taken into consideration. If an offeror does not have a past and present performance history relating to the solicitation, the offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably, and a neutral rating will be given for this factor. Offerors receiving a rating of neutral will be considered for award.

Factor 3. Price will be evaluated separately from the technical factor and will be evaluated for fairness and reasonability in terms of:

A. That the prices are consistent with and reflect the proposed requirement.

B. Price analysis techniques will be used to evaluate an offeror’s quote, but will not be scored. Pricing will be evaluated for fair and reasonable in terms of the Government’s requirements. The Government is interested in quotes that meet the requirements with acceptable risk, at a fair and reasonable price.

C. Given that FAR 52.217-8 provides that the Government may exercise the Option to Extend Services at the rates specified in the contract (i.e., the rates in effect when the Extension of Services option is exercised), for purposes of evaluating the Option to Extend Services, the Contracting Officer will consider the prices submitted for the base year and each option year, since those are the binding prices should the Option to Extend be exercised.