SSEB LPTA Plan v2.docx

Source Selection Plan in Accordance with FAR 12.6-Steamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items

This solicitation 75H70324R000023 for a commercial services contract, is for Landscaping Management and Maintenance. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services stated in the Performance Work Statement. The contractor shall provide all trained personnel, equipment, supplies, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and any other items necessary to perform maintenance and services as defined in this Performance Work Statement including any Attachments of this source selection plan. The solicitation was solicited accordance with FAR 12.602(b). Factors for evaluation include the following: Technical Capability, Past Performance and Price (the Price factor will be evaluated by contracting and not the technical team evaluating the Technical Capability and Past Performance). Each factor is equal in importance: Technical Capability, Past Performance and Price.

EVALUATION FACTORS

Factor 1 Technical Capability:

· Offeror must demonstrate their technical capabilities and technical experience by providing a minimum of three (3) and no more than five (5) projects within the last five (5) years, of similar size and scope, comparable to the activates listed in the PWS for landscape services.

· Offeror shall furnish a detailed list of staffing, including Job Titles, suitable to satisfy the requirements of the PWS.

· Offeror must establish it has the technical ability to develop and prepare a comprehensive Landscape Maintenance Plan, in accordance with the PWS (Landscape Maintenance Plan and Landscape Management Plan are the same thing and used interchangeably)

· Offeror must establish it has the technical ability to develop and prepare a comprehensive Landscape Management Plan, in accordance with the PWS.

A detailed description must address all areas mentioned above to be deemed “technically acceptable” for factor 1.

Factor 2 Past Performance: Offeror must provide a minimum of three (3) and no more than five (5) recent past performance and must include dates of coverage with point of contact with names, phone numbers and/or email addresses. Recent past performances will be within the last five (5) years. The requirement considers work comparable in size and scope to the related work required in the PWS for landscape services.

Factor 3 Price – Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA). Award will be made to offeror utilizing LPTA not trade-off procedures. LPTA and the evaluation of the lowest offeror will be evaluated first and if deemed technically acceptable, no other offeror will be evaluated. If not deemed technically acceptable, then the next lowest priced offeror will be evaluated until deemed technically acceptable.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) 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.

All technical team reviewers will be give the non-disclosure form to sign before give the lowest priced offeror to evaluate. If the lowest priced offer is technically acceptable, no other offeror will be evaluated. However, if the lowest priced offeror is not deemed technically acceptable, then the next lowest offeror will be evaluated by the technical team until one is deemed technically acceptable. If this occurs, then a debriefing will be given to the non-technically acceptable offeror.