SFO_-_SNA_Tables___Benches_EVAL_FACTORS.docx

Evaluation Factors for Award Socorro Field Office, BLM Socorro Nature Area Tables and Benches

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items. (OCT 2014) The Government intends to award the contract to a responsible party whose proposal is responsive to the solicitation process and provides “Best Value to the Government” on a Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis.

A Technical Evaluation Panel consisting of no less than three members will conduct the initial evaluation. Upon completion of the evaluation period, the panel will review each proposal and make their final award recommendation to the Contracting Officer. Provide your bid in two separate volumes:

Volume 1 – Pricing.

Volume 2 – Non-pricing, which includes information of evaluation factors.

Quotes will be evaluated for acceptability but will not be ranked using the non-cost/price factors. To be eligible for award, offerors must receive a rating of “acceptable” in every non-price factor/subfactor. In the interest of economy and efficiency, the Government will start by evaluating the technical quote of the lowest-priced offeror and will award to that offeror if the technical quote is rated “technically acceptable”. If the lowest offeror receives a rating of “unacceptable” in any of the non-cost factors, the Government will then move on to evaluating the technical quote of the next lowest offeror and so on until a quote is rated “technically acceptable”. Therefore, the technical quote of the non-low-price offerors may or may not be evaluated.

The following factors and sub-factors will be used to determine technical acceptability:

Factor #1 -Technical Capability of Item Offered

Subfactor #1 – Ability of Item to Meet Required Specifications - To receive a rating of “acceptable” for this subfactor, offer must at a minimum, demonstrate adequate technical capability of the item offered to meet or exceed the item specifications.

Factor # 2 -PRICE: Award will be made to the lowest priced offeror that is evaluated as “acceptable” for all non-price factors.

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