PHA Training Methodology Evaluation Criteria.pdf

Methodology & Evaluation Criteria Adjectival Ratings

The Government will award a Firm Fixed Price Contract resulting from Solicitation No.

95332A22R00008 on the basis of best value tradeoff process utilizing an adjectival rating methodology as described below. The Government intends to issue a single award as a result of the solicitation issuance to the responsible vendor whose offer conforms to the solicitation requirements and is considered the best value in meeting the requirement need as stated in the Statement of Work (SOW), price and other factors considered. All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are significantly more important than cost or price. The Government reserves the right to conduct tradeoffs among cost or price and non-cost factors and to accept other than the lowest priced proposal. The vendor with the highest adjectival ratings across non-price factors and which proposes a fair and reasonable pricing offer will be identified as the successful awardee.

Technical Factors - Adjectival Scale The Government will evaluate the technical proposal in accordance with the following adjectival scale:

Adjectival Rating Description

Exceptional Greatly exceeds all minimum requirements of the criteria; has a high probability of success; contains no weaknesses or deficiencies.

Good Exceeds all the minimum requirements of the criteria; has an above average probability of success; contains no significant weaknesses and only minor, correctable weaknesses exist.

Acceptable Meets all the minimum requirements of the criteria; has an average probability of success; no significant weaknesses and any deficiencies can be readily corrected.

Marginal Fails to meet one or more of the minimum requirements of the criteria; low probability of success; major weaknesses and/or significant number of deficiencies exist.

Unacceptable Fails to meet any of the minimum requirements of the criteria;

proposal needs major revisions; very low probability of success.

Offerors shall submit the following information with their offer. Failure to do so will render an offer ineligible for award.

(1) One (1) copy of the Technical Volume, Volume 1 Page Limit: Not to Exceed (NTE) 25 pages, not including cover page and key personnel resumes/CVs submitted in the appendix.

(2) One (1) copy of the Past Performance Volume, Volume 2 Page Limit: Not to Exceed (NTE) 10 pages.

(3) One (1) copy of the Cost/Price Volume containing the completed and signed RFQ package with prices provided for all quantities within each contract line item. Volume 3 Page Limit: Not to Exceed (NTE) 10 pages.

Note: Offer responses must be submitted in two separate volumes, namely a technical volume, and a price volume. Pricing information must not be referenced in the technical volume. Any technical volume containing pricing will be deemed non-responsive and not evaluated for award.

Factor 1: Technical Merit/Approach The Contractor’s proposal shall address each area of the Statement of Work (SOW) requirements in sufficient detail to demonstrate a clear understanding of the requirement needs and the understanding of the expertise required for successfully meeting the requirements needs. The proposal shall address the contractor’s technical approach to designing/developing public-health-focused training content and materials for AmeriCorps members and grantee staff in partnership with AmeriCorps; revising and updating existing AmeriCorps training modules to align with Public Health AmeriCorps program design; and sourcing subject matter experts in public health to facilitate and present specific topics to AmeriCorps members and grantee staff.

Specifically, the proposal must demonstrate the contractor’s ability to accomplish all of the following tasks outlined in the SOW:

1. Project Plan and Timeline

2. Project Management

3. Design virtual training content and develop training material for “AmeriCorps 101” grantee onboarding

4. Design virtual training content and develop training material for Public Health AmeriCorps supervisor orientation

5. Develop facilitated/recorded training modules for Public Health AmeriCorps supervisor orientation

6. Design virtual training content and develop training material for Public Health AmeriCorps member orientation

7. Develop facilitated/recorded training modules for Public Health AmeriCorps member orientation

8. Design virtual training content and develop training material for a Life After Public Health

AmeriCorps curriculum

9. Develop facilitated/recorded training modules for Life After Public Health AmeriCorps curriculum

10. Design public health virtual career fair to occur in the spring of 2023

11. Source subject matter experts to create content and facilitate training

12. Develop framework for Supervisor and Member Communities of Practice

13. Identify three public health 201 specific pathways based on issue-area

14. 508 Compliance Requirements and Reasonable Accommodations

15. Post Event (make payment to all subcontracted vendors and reconcile charges)

Additional merit will be assigned to offers which exceed the stated requirements by raising the assigned adjectival rating in concert with the additional benefit afforded the government.

Factor 2: Personnel Qualifications:

The Contractor’s proposal shall include a resume and/or curriculum vitae for proposed key personnel. This document shall be evaluated for expertise in public health, designing/developing virtual training content and training materials, facilitating online training, and recruiting and coordinating subject-matter experts. The proposed key personnel must possess experience with curriculum development and online training in a public health context.

Factor 3: Past Performance The Contractor shall provide a list of two (2) contract awards or purchase orders awarded within the past five (5) years, similar in size and scope to the requirements outlined in requirement document. Experience must be specific to the elements of RFQ 95332A22R00008 and shall include the following information for each contract or purchase order listed:

a. Name of Contracting Organization

b. Total Contract Value

c. Description of Requirement and Specific Responsibilities of the Offeror as they relate to the requirement

d. Contract Period of Performance

Past Performance shall be evaluated for relevance to the current requirement in subject area as detailed in the SOW. Ratings will be assigned either a favorable, unfavorable, or neutral rating where no previous history is obtained and/or where less than the requested two reference are obtained.

AmeriCorps may also use CPARS (see www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/eb/cpars.html) and/or any past performance information/knowledge of the contractor on any CNCS contract, similar in scope within the last 2 years, to assess each Offeror’s past performance.

Cost/Price Factor Offeror(s) cost/price proposal will be evaluated for reasonableness. For a price to be reasonable, it must represent a price to the government that a prudent person would pay when consideration is given to prices in the market. Normally, price reasonableness is established through adequate price competition, but may also be determined through cost and price analysis techniques as described in FAR 13.106-3. The Offeror shall submit firm fixed prices for all items listed in the

SOW.

Evaluation of Options It is anticipated that any requirement awarded from RFQ 95332A22R00008 will contain option provision(s) and periods(s). In accordance with FAR clause 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options, (July 1990) the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all option quantities to the total price of the basic requirement, except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government’s best interests. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise an available option(s).