Source Selection
These are limited exchanges with offerors that may occur when award without discussions is contemplated.
What are clarifications?
n this contract type, the contractor generally bears the greatest cost risk.
What is a fixed-price contract?
Unless an exception or other statutory authority applies, COs must promote and provide for this when soliciting offers and awarding Government contracts.
What is full and open competition?
During contract performance, this party is primarily responsible for controlling the quality of supplies or services delivered.
Who is the contractor?
This standard form is used for contract modifications.
What is SF 30?
In a competitive source selection, discussions are not required to be identical for every offeror; instead, they are this.
What are tailored to each offeror’s proposal?
This prohibited contract type pays the contractor a fee based on a percentage of its costs.
What is a cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost contract?
Sealed bids, competitive proposals, combinations of competitive procedures, and other competitive procedures are methods for meeting this competition requirement.
What is full and open competition?
The process of formally accepting a completed product causes title to transfer to the Government.
What is Government acceptance?
This UCF section contains the contract clauses.
What is Section I?
At a minimum, discussions must address deficiencies, significant weaknesses, and this information when the offeror has not yet had an opportunity to respond.
What is adverse past-performance information?
his analysis evaluates a proposed price without evaluating separate cost elements or proposed profit.
What is price analysis?
An agency may exclude a particular source to establish or maintain this type of source arrangement.
What are alternative sources?
The FAR parts most associated with contract administration and closeout is this one.
What is FAR Part 42 and FAR Part 4?
This UCF section lists attachments, exhibits, and other documents incorporated into the contract.
What is Section J?
The proposal-evaluation criteria and their relative importance must be clearly stated in this document.
What is the solicitation?
This analysis evaluates individual cost elements and profit or fee when certified cost or pricing data are required.
What is cost analysis?
This FAR part covers competition requirements.
What is FAR Part 6?
A contractor should tender only supplies or services that meet these.
What are contract requirements?
This UCF section contains representations, certifications, and other statements of offerors or respondents.
What is Section K?
This source-selection approach awards to the lowest-priced technically acceptable offeror, assuming all stated requirements are met.
What is Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA)?
This analysis is used on cost-reimbursement contracts to evaluate probable cost and determine whether proposed costs are realistic for the work.
What is cost realism analysis?
This FAR part covers required sources of supplies and services.
What is FAR Part 8?
This form documents contract completion and is associated with closeout actions.
What is DD Form 1594, Contract Completion Statement?
This UCF section contains evaluation factors for award.
What is Section M?