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48 sections with “past performance evaluation”: the first 40

  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …me evaluation.) The contracting officer shall document the cost or price evaluation. (2) Past performance evaluation. (i) Past performance information is one indicator of an offeror's ability to perform the contract successfully. The curre…
  • 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 36.201 Evaluation of contractor performance.
    See 42.1502(e) for the requirements for preparing past performance evaluations for construction contracts.
  • FAR 36.604 Performance evaluation.
    See 42.1502(f) for the requirements for preparing past performance evaluations for architect-engineer contracts.
  • FAR 12.206 Use of past performance.
    Past performance should be an important element of every evaluation and contract award for commercial products and commercial services. Contracting officers should consider past performance data from a wide variety of sources both inside an…
  • FAR 13.106-2 Evaluation of quotations or offers.
    …fices may conduct comparative evaluations of offers. Evaluation of other factors, such as past performance— (i) Does not require the creation or existence of a formal data base; and (ii) May be based on one or more of the following: (A) …
  • FAR 15.304 Evaluation factors and significant subfactors.
    …source selection through consideration of one or more non-cost evaluation factors such as past performance, compliance with solicitation requirements, technical excellence, management capability, personnel qualifications, and prior experien…
  • FAR 42.1502 Policy.
    (a) General. Past performance evaluations shall be prepared at least annually and at the time the work under a contract or order is completed. Past performance evaluations are required for contracts and orders as specified in paragraphs (b)…
  • FAR 42.1503 Procedures.
    …gencies shall assign responsibility and management accountability for the completeness of past performance submissions. Agency procedures for the past performance evaluation system shall— (i) Generally provide for input to the evaluations …
  • FAR 42.1501 General.
    (a) Past performance information (including the ratings and supporting narratives) is relevant information, for future source selection purposes, regarding a contractor's actions under previously awarded contracts or orders. It includes, fo…
  • FAR 9.104-3 Application of standards.
    …the contractor's control, or that the contractor has taken appropriate corrective action. Past failure to apply sufficient tenacity and perseverance to perform acceptably is strong evidence of nonresponsibility. Failure to meet the quality …
  • FAR 9.104-6 Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.
    …owner, predecessor, or subsidiary identified for that offeror in FAPIIS, as 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 …
  • FAR 12.602 Streamlined evaluation of offers.
    …ailed than technical (capability of the item offered to meet the agency need), price, and past performance. Technical capability may be evaluated by how well the proposed products or services meet the Government requirement instead of prede…
  • FAR 15.306 Exchanges with offerors after receipt of proposals.
    … opportunity to clarify certain aspects of proposals (e.g., the relevance of an offeror's past performance information and adverse past performance information to which the offeror has not previously had an opportunity to respond) or to res…
  • FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (ii) price; (iii) past performance (see FAR 15.304); and include them in the relative order of importance of the evaluation factors, such as in descending order of impo…
  • DFARS 215.404-71-2 Performance risk.
    …es a high degree of integration or coordination; (C) The contractor has a good record of past performance; (D) The contractor has a substantial record of active participation in Federal socioeconomic programs; (E) The contractor provides…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …l options. Untimely payment means a payment to a subcontractor that is more than 90 days past due under the terms and conditions of a subcontract for supplies and services for which the Government has paid the prime contractor. (c)(1) The…
  • FAR 15.101-2 Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.
    …ost factors. If the contracting officer documents the file pursuant to 15.304(c)(3)(iii), past performance need not be an evaluation factor in lowest price technically acceptable source selections. If the contracting officer elects to consi…
  • FAR 17.207 Exercise of options.
    …lusion record in the System for Award Management (see FAR 9.405-1); (6) The contractor's past performance evaluations on other contract actions have been considered; and (7) The contractor's performance on this contract has been acceptabl…
  • FAR 42.1500 Scope of subpart.
    …e amount paid to contractors should be reflective of the contractor's performance and the past performance evaluation should closely parallel and be consistent with the fee determinations.
  • DFARS 207.106 Additional requirements for major systems.
    …given full and fair consideration to qualified sources in sourcing decisions as a part of past performance evaluations. (4) Whenever a source-of-repair decision results in a plan to award a contract for the performance of maintenance and s…
  • DFARS 217.7404-3 Definitization schedule.
    …r take other appropriate actions (e.g., documenting the noncompliance in the contractor's past performance evaluation or terminating the contract for default). (2) Contracting officers shall document in the contract file the justification …
  • DFARS 242.1502 Policy.
    (g) Past performance evaluations in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System— (i) Shall include an assessment of the contractor's performance against, and efforts to achieve, the goals identified in its comprehensive small bu…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    … best value, the ordering activity may consider, among other factors, the following: (i) Past performance. (ii) Special features of the supply or service required for effective program performance. (iii) Trade-in considerations. (iv) Pr…
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    …e urgency of the proposed purchase. (iv) The dollar value of the proposed purchase. (v) Past experience concerning specific dealers' prices. (2)(i) When soliciting quotations or offers, the contracting officer shall notify potential quot…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …ion, the contracting officer shall ensure that the effects of inefficient or uneconomical past practices are not projected into the future. In pricing production of recently developed complex equipment, the contracting officer should perfor…
  • FAR 15.506 Postaward debriefing of offerors.
    …technical rating, if applicable, of the successful offeror and the debriefed offeror, and past performance information on the debriefed offeror; (3) The overall ranking of all offerors, when any ranking was developed by the agency during t…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …contracting officer should consider the following when developing the procedures: (A)(1) Past performance on earlier orders under the contract, including quality, timeliness and cost control. (2) Potential impact on other orders placed wi…
  • FAR 25.302-5 Remedies.
    …tor's failure to comply with the requirements of this section in appropriate databases of past performance and consider any such failure in any responsibility determination or evaluation of past performance; and (3) In the case of award-fe…
  • FAR 28.204-3 Irrevocable letter of credit.
    … institution issuing the ILC had letter of credit business of at least $25 million in the past year, ILCs over $5 million must be confirmed by another acceptable financial institution that had letter of credit business of at least $25 milli…
  • FAR 35.007 Solicitations.
    …hould recommend potential sources that appear qualified, as a result of— (1) Present and past performance of similar work; (2) Professional stature and reputation; (3) Relative position in a particular field of endeavor; (4) Ability to …
  • FAR 36.603 Collecting data on and appraising firms' qualifications.
    …lassification (see 36.603(c)). (3) Recording any contract awards made to the firm in the past year. (4) Assuring that the file contains a copy of each pertinent performance evaluation (see 42.1502(f)). (5) Discarding any material that ha…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ror shall complete electronically); (9) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments; (10) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other …
  • FAR 52.225-26 Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    … comply with the requirements of this clause will be included in appropriate databases of past performance and considered in any responsibility determination or evaluation of past performance; and (3) If this is an award-fee contract, the …
  • DFARS 252.225-7039 Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States.
    … comply with the requirements of this clause will be included in appropriate databases of past performance and considered in any responsibility determination or evaluation of past performance; and (3) If this is an award-fee contract, the …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …art, but not all, of the work that has not been completed and accepted under a contract. Past performance means an offeror's or contractor's performance on active and physically completed contracts (see 4.804-4). Performance-based acquisi…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …(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 may be posted to GSA's electronic RFQ system…
  • FAR 9.106-4 Reports.
    … the prospective contractor plans, or has taken, corrective action. Lack of evidence that past failure to meet contractual requirements was the prospective contractor's fault does not necessarily indicate satisfactory performance. The narra…
  • FAR 15.102 Oral presentations.
    …bmitted in writing. (c) Information pertaining to areas such as an offeror's capability, past performance, work plans or approaches, staffing resources, transition plans, or sample tasks (or other types of tests) may be suitable for oral p…
  • FAR 15.201 Exchanges with industry before receipt of proposals.
    …f the proposal instructions and evaluation criteria, including the approach for assessing past performance information; the availability of reference documents; and any other industry concerns or questions. Some techniques to promote early …

FAR (chapter 1)

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