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90 sections with “evaluation factor for award”: 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…
  • 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 52.219-4 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 215.304 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 …
  • 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 52.214-22 Evaluation of Bids for Multiple Awards.
    As prescribed in 14.201-6(q), insert the following provision: Evaluation of Bids for Multiple Awards (MAR 1990) In addition to other factors, bids will be evaluated on the basis of advantages and disadvantages to the Government that might…
  • 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 9.104-6 Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.
    …s well as other past performance information on the offeror (see subpart 42.15). (2) For evaluation of information available through FAPIIS relating to an affiliate of the offeror, see 9.104-3(c). (3) For source selection evaluations of p…
  • 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 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 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 52.247-51 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 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 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 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 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …lect a value for each element from the list in paragraph (c) of this subsection using the evaluation criteria in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this subsection. (3) Compute the composite as shown in the following example: (4) Insert the amount…
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …) of this section, for a competitive solicitation, 10 U.S.C. 3208(d)(2) requires that the evaluation of items developed at private expense be based on an analysis of the total value, in terms of innovative design, life-cycle costs, and othe…
  • 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 12.303 Contract format.
    …ces, by reference (see SF 1449, Block 27a); (2) Any addendum to 52.212-1; (3) 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, or other description of evaluation factors for award, if used; and (4) 52.212-3, Offeror Repr…
  • 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 14.201-9 Simplified contract format.
    …by 14.201-6. Include any other information/instructions necessary to guide offerors. (3) Evaluation factors for award. Insert all evaluation factors and any significant subfactors for award. (4) Upon award, the contracting officer need no…
  • FAR 16.401 General.
    …e procedures for evaluating award fee and an Award-Fee Board for conducting the award-fee evaluation. Award-fee plans shall— (i) Be approved by the FDO unless otherwise authorized by agency procedures; (ii) Identify the award-fee evaluati…
  • FAR 25.204 Evaluating offers of foreign construction material.
    …ic offer; and (B) Determine the reasonableness of the cost of this offer by applying the evaluation factor listed in paragraph (b)(1)(i) to the low offer. (iii) The procedures in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section will no longer apply a…
  • 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 32.204 Procedures for contracting officer-specified commercial contract financing.
    …ms shall be included in the solicitation. Contract financing shall not be a factor in the evaluation of resulting proposals, and proposals of alternative financing terms shall not be accepted (but see 14.208 and 15.206 concerning amendments…
  • 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 52.219-28 Postaward Small Business Program Rerepresentation.
    …s and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) Used the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the Contractor waived the price evaluation preference; or (3) Was an 8(a), HUBZone, service-…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    (c) Include an evaluation factor regarding supply chain risk (see subpart 239.73) when acquiring information technology, whether as a service or as a supply, that is a covered system, is a part of a covered system, or is in support of a cov…
  • 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 252.236-7012 Military construction on Kwajalein Atoll—evaluation preference.
    … in 236.570(c)(2), use the following provision: Military Construction on Kwajalein Atoll—Evaluation Preference (MAR 1998) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision— (1) Marshallese firm means a local firm incorporated in the Marshall Is…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …ed BPAs, if applicable; and (viii) Basis for the award decision. This should include the evaluation methodology used in selecting the contractor, the rationale for any tradeoffs in making the selection, and a price reasonableness determina…
  • FAR 14.201-8 Price-related factors.
    The factors set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) below may be applicable in evaluation of bids for award and shall be included in the solicitation when applicable. (See 14.201-5(c).) (a) Foreseeable costs or delays to the Government res…
  • FAR 14.503-1 Step one.
    …ent to use the two step method. (3) The requirements of the technical proposal. (4) The evaluation criteria, to include all factors and any significant subfactors. (5) A statement that the technical proposals shall not include prices or …
  • 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 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …paragraph (b)(2) of this section. (c) Cost analysis. (1) Cost analysis is the review and evaluation of any separate cost elements and profit or fee in an offeror's or contractor's proposal, as needed to determine a fair and reasonable pric…
  • 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 32.107 Need for contract financing not a deterrent.
    …ontract financing as a handicap for a contract award; e.g., as a responsibility factor or evaluation criterion. (b) The contractor should not be disqualified from contract financing solely because the contractor failed to indicate a need f…

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