48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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16 sections with “evaluation team”

  • 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…
  • 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 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 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 15.303 Responsibilities.
    …on or group of acquisitions. (b) The source selection authority shall— (1) Establish an evaluation team, tailored for the particular acquisition, that includes appropriate contracting, legal, logistics, technical, and other expertise to e…
  • FAR 3.104-3 Statutory and related prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements.
    …uring contracting officer, the source selection authority, a member of a source selection evaluation board, or the chief of a financial or technical evaluation team in a procurement in which that contractor was selected for award of a contr…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials.
    …istrative contracting officer, source selection authority, member of the source selection evaluation board, or chief of a financial or technical evaluation team for a contract in an amount in excess of $10 million. (b) The Contractor shall…
  • FAR 16.001 Definitions.
    …-Fee Board in determining the amount of award fee to be earned by the contractor for each evaluation period. Rollover of unearned award fee means the process of transferring unearned award fee, which the contractor had an opportunity to ea…
  • DFARS 244.305-70 Policy.
    …es. (f) Mitigating the risk of deficiencies on specific proposals. (1) Source selection evaluation teams shall discuss identified deficiencies and their impact in all reports on contractor proposals until the deficiencies are resolved. (…
  • FAR 36.303-1 Phase One.
    …hase One of the solicitation(s) shall include— (1) The scope of work; (2) The phase-one evaluation factors, including— (i) Technical approach (but not detailed design or technical information); (ii) Technical qualifications, such as— (…
  • FAR 52.248-2 Value Engineering—Architect-Engineer.
    …d without delay to, the schedule set forth in the contract. The services shall include VE evaluation and review and study of design documents immediately following completion of the 35 percent design state or at such stages as the Contracti…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …opment of performance standards, statements of work, or specifications. Source selection evaluation board means any board, team, council, or other group that evaluates bids or proposals.
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …iews are a specialized form of cost analysis. Should-cost reviews differ from traditional evaluation methods because they do not assume that a contractor's historical costs reflect efficient and economical operation. Instead, these reviews …
  • FAR 31.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs.
    …whatever name, of scientific and technical knowledge in the design, development, test, or evaluation of a potential new product or service (or of an improvement in an existing product or service) for the purpose of meeting specific performa…
  • DFARS 215.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …ices contracted through third parties that result in unnecessary pass-through costs. (H) Evaluation of ability to use integrated developmental and operational testing and modeling and simulation to reduce overall costs. (I) Identification…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.