Evaluation of Commercial Items.docx

52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, technical acceptability and price considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(1) Technical capability/acceptability of the services/items offered to meet the Government requirement.

(2) Price

(b) Technical acceptability will be evaluated on an Acceptable/Unacceptable basis.

The government will evaluate technical acceptability first. An offeror shall obtain an acceptable rating to continue in the competition. Offerors who rate unacceptable in technical acceptability will be removed from further consideration for award. Acceptable or Unacceptable ratings are described in para (d) below. Technical acceptability shall consist of the contractor providing a technical capability statement which meets the Government’s needs as described in the Performance Work Statement and this Request for Quote. A successful description will provide the government confidence that the project is structured to be executable for the resources indicated. The technical capabilities statement shall be clear, concise, and shall include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims. The description should not simply rephrase or restate the government's requirements but, rather, shall provide convincing rationale to address how the offeror intends to meet these requirements. Offerors shall assume that the government has no prior knowledge of their PWS and will base its evaluation on the information presented by the offeror.

(c) Price will be evaluated to determine realism and reasonableness of the quoted price. Unreasonable/Unrealistic offers cannot be selected for award.

(d) ACCEPTABLE: Clearly meets the minimum requirements of the RFQ.

UNACCEPTABLE: Does not clearly meet the requirements of the RFQ.

(e) 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.

(g) Contract Award (not applicable to Invitation for Bids)-The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; may accept technically acceptable offers other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.