3154_-_Evaluation_Criteria.pdf

EVALUATION CRITERIA

A. Product Evaluation Criteria

1. Degree to which the proposal demonstrates increased safety, durability, performance, and reliability. Durable, for the purpose of evaluation, is defined as highly resistant to wear, corrosion, decay, etc.

2. Degree to which the proposal best meets or exceeds the preferred features outlined in

Section C.

B. Past Experience Evaluation Criteria

Past Experience as used here means the offeror's and proposed sub-contractor’s experience with the design and fabrication of winches and gear reducers, within the past three years.

C. Past Performance Evaluation Criteria

Past Performance means the offeror’s performance on previous contracts for similar types of work. It includes formal ratings and surveys from Government systems, corporate experience, history of project completions or terminations, and input from previous customers, any information obtained from customer references.

The Government may, at its discretion, independently contact customers or representatives of other Contracting officers to validate information provided by offerors.

D. Schedule Evaluation Criteria

1. Shortest delivery schedule for all items proposed.

2. Risk of unsuccessful project completion based on payment schedule

E. Price Evaluation Criteria

"Price Reasonableness". The competitiveness of the offeror's price proposal will be evaluated, taking into consideration the most probable price of doing business with the offeror, based on the merits of the technical proposal.

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

The Government intends to award a contract on the basis of “Best Value.” The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose proposal, conforming to the solicitation, will be most advantageous to the Government.

Quotes will be reviewed for completeness in satisfying the requirements of this Solicitation and evaluated on their merit against the evaluation factors listed below.

Technical Factors: Price Factors:

Product Price Reasonableness

Past Experience

Past Performance

Schedule

The Technical Factors are listed in descending order of importance. The Technical Factors as a whole are more important than Price; however, Price remains a significant factor in determining

“Best Value”.

The Government may award a contract on the basis of initial quotes received without discussions; therefore, each initial offer should contain the Offeror’s best terms.

The Government reserves the right to award the contract to the Offeror whose quote is not the lowest in price.