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49 sections with “past performance information”: the first 40

  • 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 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 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…
  • 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 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 …
  • 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 9.105-1 Obtaining information.
    …ation that is linked to FAPIIS such as from SAM, and CPARS, as well as any other relevant past performance information on the offeror (see 9.104-1(c) and subpart 42.15). In addition, the contracting officer should use the following sources …
  • 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 52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters.
    …10 (Pub. L. 111-212), all information posted in FAPIIS on or after April 15, 2011, except past performance reviews, will be publicly available. FAPIIS consists of two segments— (1) The non-public segment, into which Government officials an…
  • 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 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 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 …
  • DFARS 232.072-2 Appropriate information.
    …, or proprietor, as appropriate— (i) Planned for the current year; (ii) Paid during the past 2 years; and (iii) Deferred to future periods. (5) Business base and forecast that— (i) Shows, by significant markets, existing contracts and …
  • 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 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 16.103 Negotiating contract type.
    …cuss— (A) How the Government identified the additional risks (e.g., pre-award survey, or past performance information); (B) The nature of the additional risks (e.g., inadequate contractor's accounting system, weaknesses in contractor's in…
  • FAR 19.705-7 Compliance with the subcontracting plan.
    …ntracting Plan, specifying the material breach, which may be included in the contractor's past performance information, advising the contractor of the possibility that the contractor may have to pay to the Government liquidated damages, and…
  • FAR 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors—Competitive Acquisition.
    …luated cost or price and technical rating of the successful and the debriefed offeror and past performance information on the debriefed offeror. (iii) The overall ranking of all offerors, when any ranking was developed by the agency during…
  • 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 9.105-2 Determinations and documentation.
    …10 (Pub. L. 111-212), all information posted in FAPIIS on or after April 15, 2011, except past performance reviews, will be publicly available. FAPIIS consists of two segments— (A) The non-public segment, into which Government officials an…
  • 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 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 19.705-4 Reviewing the subcontracting plan.
    … contract administration office, as provided for in 19.706(a), and evaluate the offeror's past performance in awarding subcontracts for the same or similar products or services to small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabl…
  • 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 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 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 4.801 General.
    …ntract; or (iii) The contractor in a general way (e.g., contractor's management systems, past performance, or capabilities).
  • FAR 8.405-1 Ordering procedures for supplies, and services not requiring a statement of work.
    … best value, the ordering activity may consider, among other factors, the following: (1) Past performance. (2) Special features of the supply or service required for effective program performance. (3) Trade-in considerations. (4) Probab…
  • 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 15.202 Advisory multi-step process.
    …nt of qualifications and other appropriate information (e.g., proposed technical concept, past performance, and limited pricing information). At a minimum, the notice shall contain sufficient information to permit a potential offeror to mak…
  • FAR 15.204-5 Part IV—Representations and Instructions.
    …al or response parts, such as— (1) Administrative; (2) Management; (3) Technical; (4) Past performance; and (5) Certified cost or pricing data (see Table 15-2 of 15.408) or data other than certified cost or pricing data. (c) Section M…
  • FAR 15.605 Content of unsolicited proposals.
    …tion of effort; (5) Brief description of the organization, previous experience, relevant past performance, and facilities to be used; (6) Other statements, if applicable, about organizational conflicts of interest, security clearances, an…
  • FAR 25.702-4 Waiver.
    …d in consultation(s) pursuant to 25.702-4(b); (vi) Documentation regarding the offeror's past performance and integrity (see the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) including the Federal Awardee Performance Informati…
  • FAR 25.703-4 Waiver.
    … by section 6(b)(5) of the Iran Sanctions Act. (6) Documentation regarding the offeror's past performance and integrity (see the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) and the Federal Awardee Performance Information and…

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.