Attachment J.3 - Adjectival Rating Definitions.pdf

Adjective Technical/Management/Personnel Definition

Past Performance Definition

Exceptional An Exceptional proposal has the following characteristics:

• A comprehensive and thorough proposal of exceptional merit.

• Proposal meets and fully exceeds the

Government expectations or exceeds RFQ requirements and presents very low risk or no overall degree of risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

• Strengths significantly outweigh any weaknesses that may exist.

The offeror’s performance of previously awarded relevant contract met contractual requirements and exceeded many to the government’s benefit. The company performed with very few or minor problems, for which corrective actions taken were, or are, expected to be highly effective. Performance of completed contracts was either consistently of the highest quality or exhibited a trend of becoming so. The offeror’s past performance record leads to an extremely strong expectation of successful performance.

Very Good A Very Good proposal has the following characteristics:

• A proposal demonstrating a strong grasp of the requirements.

• Proposal meets RFQ requirements and presents a low overall degree of risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

• Strengths significantly outweigh any weaknesses that exist.

The offeror’s performance of previously awarded relevant contracts met contractual requirements and exceeded some to the government’s benefit. The company performed with some minor problems, for which corrective actions taken were or are expected to be effective. Performance of completed contracts was either consistently of high quality or exhibited a trend towards becoming so. The offeror’s past performance record leads to a strong expectation of successful performance.

Satisfactory A Satisfactory proposal has the following characteristics:

• A proposal demonstrating a reasonably sound response and a good grasp of the requirements.

• Proposal meets RFP requirements and presents a moderate overall degree of risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

• Strengths outweigh weaknesses.

The offeror’s past performance of previously awarded relevant contracts met contractual requirements. The company performed with some problems, for which corrective actions taken by the contractor were, or are expected to be, effective. Performance of completed contracts was consistently of adequate or better quality or exhibited a trend toward becoming so. The offerors past performance record leads to an expectation of successful performance.

Marginal A Marginal proposal has the following characteristics:

The offeror’s performance of previously awarded relevant contracts did not meet some contractual requirements. The contractor’s performance reflected some

• The proposal shows a limited understanding of the requirements.

• Proposal meets some or most of the RFQ requirements, but presents a significant overall degree of risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

• Weaknesses equal or outweigh any strengths that exist.

serious problems for which the contractor either failed to identify or implement corrective actions in a timely manner, or for which the correctible actions implemented were, or are expected to be, only partially effective. Performance of completed contracts was consistently of mediocre quality or exhibited a trend toward becoming so. The offeror’s past performance record leads to an expectation that successful performance might be difficult to achieve or that it can occur only with increased levels of government management and oversight.

Unsatisfactory An Unsatisfactory proposal has the following characteristics:

• The Proposal does not meet the RFQ requirements or requires a major rewrite of the proposal.

• Presents an unacceptable degree of risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

• Deficiencies and significant weaknesses demonstrate a lack of understanding of the Government’s needs.

• Weaknesses and or deficiencies significantly outweigh any strengths that exist.

The offeror’s performance of previously awarded relevant contracts did not meet most contractual requirements and recovery, if any, did not occur within the stated period of performance. The contractor’s performance reflected serious problems for which the offeror either failed to identify or implement corrective actions were mostly ineffective. Performance of completed contracts was consistently of poor quality or a trend toward becoming so. The offeror’s past performance record leads to a strong expectation that successful performance would not be achieved or that it can occur only with greatly increased levels of government management and oversight.

Neutral Not applicable. The offeror lacks a record of relevant or available past performance history.

Based on this, there is no expectation of either successful or unsuccessful performance.