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135 sections with “evaluation factor”: the first 40

  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    (a) The award decision is based on evaluation factors and significant subfactors that are tailored to the acquisition. (b) Evaluation factors and significant subfactors must— (1) Represent the key areas of importance and emphasis to be co…
  • DFARS 215.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …ure, teaming arrangement, or subcontractor. (A) See PGI 215.304(c)(i)(A) for examples of evaluation factors. (B) Proposals addressing the extent of small business performance shall be separate from subcontracting plans submitted pursuant …
  • DFARS 215.370-2 Evaluation factor.
    …horization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Pub. L. 109-163), the contracting officer may use an evaluation factor that considers whether an offeror intends to perform the contract using employees or individual subcontractors who are members of th…
  • DFARS 247.301-71 Evaluation factor or subfactor.
    … requirement for transportation of items outside the contiguous United States, include an evaluation factor or subfactor that favors suppliers, third-party logistics providers, and integrated logistics managers that commit to using carriers…
  • DFARS 215.370 Evaluation factor for employing or subcontracting with members of the Selected Reserve.
  • FAR 12.602 Streamlined evaluation of offers.
    (a) When evaluation factors are used, the contracting officer may insert a provision substantially the same as the provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation— Commercial Products and Commercial Services, in solicitations for commercial products or c…
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    (a) Proposal evaluation is an assessment of the proposal and the offeror's ability to perform the prospective contract successfully. An agency shall evaluate competitive proposals and then assess their relative qualities solely on the facto…
  • FAR 19.1307 Price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns.
    (a) The price evaluation preference for HUBZone small business concerns shall be used in acquisitions conducted using full and open competition. The preference shall not be used— (1) Where price is not a selection factor so that a price ev…
  • FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …d in 12.301(c), the Contracting Officer may insert a provision substantially as follows: Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021) (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the re…
  • FAR 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns.
    As prescribed in 19.1309(b), insert the following clause: Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (OCT 2022) (a) Evaluation preference. (1) Offers will be evaluated by adding a factor of 10 percent to the…
  • DFARS § 215.305 215.305 Proposal evaluation.
    (a)(2) Past performance evaluation. (A) When a past performance evaluation is required by FAR 15.304, and the solicitation includes the clause at FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns, the evaluation factors shall include the…
  • FAR 13.106-2 Evaluation of quotations or offers.
    …All quotations or offers shall be considered (see paragraph (b) of this subsection). (b) Evaluation procedures. (1) The contracting officer has broad discretion in fashioning suitable evaluation procedures. The procedures prescribed in par…
  • FAR 52.247-51 Evaluation of Export Offers.
    As prescribed in 47.305-6(e), insert the following provision: Evaluation of Export Offers (JAN 2001) (a) Port handling and ocean charges—other than DOD water terminals. Port handling and ocean charges in tariffs on file with the Bureau of…
  • FAR 15.606-2 Evaluation.
    (a) Comprehensive evaluations shall be coordinated by the agency contact point, who shall attach or imprint on each unsolicited proposal, circulated for evaluation, the legend required by 15.609(d). When performing a comprehensive evaluatio…
  • FAR 25.106 Determining reasonableness of cost.
    (a) The contracting officer— (1) Must use the evaluation factors in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section unless the head of the agency makes a written determination that the use of higher factors is more appropriate. If the determination…
  • FAR 25.503 Group offers.
    …o all line items contained in the offer, determine for each line item whether to apply an evaluation factor (see 25.504-4, Example 1). (1) First, evaluate offers that do not specify an award restriction on a line item basis in accordance w…
  • FAR 25.504 Evaluation Examples.
    The following examples illustrate the application of the evaluation procedures in 25.502 and 25.503. The examples assume that the contracting officer has eliminated all offers that are unacceptable for reasons other than price or a trade ag…
  • FAR 35.007 Solicitations.
    (a) The submission and subsequent evaluation of an inordinate number of R&D proposals from sources lacking appropriate qualifications is costly and time-consuming to both industry and the Government. Therefore, contracting officers should i…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    … completeness of past performance submissions. Agency procedures for the past performance evaluation system shall— (i) Generally provide for input to the evaluations from the technical office, contracting office, program management office,…
  • FAR 45.202 Evaluation procedures.
    …ssessing Government property. This shall be done by adjusting the offers by applying, for evaluation purposes only, a rental equivalent evaluation factor as specified in FAR 52.245-9. (b) The contracting officer shall ensure the offeror's …
  • FAR 52.247-50 No Evaluation of Transportation Costs.
    …tative or general delivery places for the purpose of evaluating transportation costs: No Evaluation of Transportation Costs (APR 1984) Costs of transporting supplies to be delivered under this contract will not be an evaluation factor for…
  • DFARS 212.7004 Procedures.
    …cessary to meet DoD's minimum requirements (see 227.7102 and 227.7202); (3) Describe the evaluation factors for selecting proposals to include— (i) Technical and importance to agency programs as the primary evaluation factors; (ii) Price…
  • DFARS 225.502 Application.
    …d products are exempt from application of the Buy American or Balance of Payments Program evaluation factor. (B) If the acquisition is also subject to a Free Trade Agreement, then eligible products of the applicable Free Trade Agreement co…
  • DFARS 247.372 DD Form 1654, Evaluation of Transportation Cost Factors.
    …ortation office for development of cost factors for use by the contracting officer in the evaluation of f.o.b. origin offers.
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …ntracting officer may not use Alternate I when Alternate II applies. (c) When the use of evaluation factors is appropriate, the contracting officer may— (1) Insert the provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Services, in solicitation…
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    …roposals; allow reasonable interpretation of the proposal; or facilitate the Government's evaluation process. Such communications shall not be used to cure proposal deficiencies or material omissions, materially alter the technical or cost …
  • FAR 17.106-2 Solicitations.
    Solicitations for multiyear contracts shall reflect all the factors to be considered for evaluation, specifically including the following: (a) The requirements, by item of supply or service, for the— (1) First program year; and (2) Multi…
  • FAR 25.502 Application.
    …icitation specifies award on the basis of factors in addition to cost or price, apply the evaluation factors as specified in this section and use the evaluated cost or price in determining the offer that represents the best value to the Gov…
  • FAR 25.504-4 Group award basis.
    …elect B. Item 4: Low offer A is noneligible. Since neither offer is a domestic offer, no evaluation factor applies; select A. Item 5: Low offer B is noneligible; apply a 20 percent factor to Offer B. Offer A is still higher than Offer B; …
  • FAR 25.605 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.
    …unreasonable, in accordance with section 25.604, then the contracting officer shall apply evaluation factors to the offer incorporating the use of such foreign construction material as follows: (1) Use an evaluation factor of 25 percent, a…
  • FAR 35.008 Evaluation for award.
    … The contracting officer should therefore take special care in reviewing the solicitation evaluation factors to assure that they are properly presented and consistent with the solicitation. (c) When a small business concern would otherwise…
  • FAR 47.306 Transportation factors in the evaluation of offers.
    When evaluating offers, contracting officers shall consider transportation and transportation-related costs as well as the offerors' shipping and receiving facilities.
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …s and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or (3) Is an 8(a), HUBZone, service-disa…
  • FAR 52.225-9 Buy American—Construction Materials.
    …mestic offer and determine whether the cost of that offer is unreasonable by applying the evaluation factor listed in paragraph (b)(3)(i)(A)(1) of this clause. (3) The procedures in paragraph (b)(3)(i)(A)(2) of this clause will no longer a…
  • FAR 52.225-11 Buy American—Construction Materials Under Trade Agreements.
    …mestic offer and determine whether the cost of that offer is unreasonable by applying the evaluation factor listed in paragraph (b)(4)(i)(A)(1) of this clause. (3) The procedures in paragraph (b)(4)(i)(A)(2) of this clause will no longer a…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ices, outputs may take the form of information, advice, opinions, alternatives, analyses, evaluations, recommendations, training and the day-to-day aid of support personnel needed for the successful performance of ongoing Federal operations…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …ing the basis for using a reverse auction (when applicable),the timing for submission and evaluation of proposals, and the relationship of evaluation factors to the attainment of the acquisition objectives (see subpart 15.3). When an EVMS i…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …ty must provide the request for quotation (RFQ), which includes the statement of work and evaluation criteria (e.g., experience and past performance), to schedule contractors that offer services that will meet the agency's needs. The RFQ ma…
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    …. (iii) Solicitations are not required to state the relative importance assigned to each evaluation factor and subfactor, nor are they required to include subfactors. (iv) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3206(c), for DoD, NASA, and the Coast…
  • FAR 15.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
    …When using the lowest price technically acceptable process, the following apply: (1) The evaluation factors and significant subfactors that establish the requirements of acceptability shall be set forth in the solicitation. Solicitations s…

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