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RFI's and Industry Days can be used to capture scoring examples the government hasn't considered.
What are types of market research?
Source Selection Process where the Government ranks technical proposals from highest to lowest.
What is Highest Technically Rated Offeror (HTRO)?
Proceudres outlined in L & M of the Solicitation/RFP.
Where are the Instructions to Offerors and Evaluation Criteria in the Solicitation?
Highest evaluated score without downward adjustments.
What offeror is selected as the highest technically rated offeror?
Transparency of process and low likelihood of discussions reduces this type of risk.
What is the protest risk under HTRO?
Contract type for efforts such as A&AS and Engineering Support.
What are Services Contracts?
No tradeoff and objectively scored source selection type in the best interests of the government.
What is the Best Value Continuum source selection type?
Weighted Scoring Matrix.
What is included in the RFP for evaluation criteria?
Cost/Price substantial consideration but not as important as non-cost factors.
How are evaluation criteria weighted?
Realistic and reasonable price determination of the highest ranked offeror.
How do you determine the awardee under HTRO?
Persons with technical expertise critical to the success of the acquisition.
Who are the technical evaluators on the source selection team?
HTRO usage is not restricted under these procedures.
What is DoD Source Selection Procedures?
Objective, self-scoring technical matrix.
What are the evaluation criteria used in the Solicitation/RFP?
Evaluated for realism.
What are cost type efforts?
Multiple award IDIQ, Single Award IDIQ and C-Type.
What are some types of contracts that can be awarded under HTRO Source Selections?
Requirement for fast, streamlined process that prioritizes recent work over price.
What is a HTRO acquisition strategy?
Ensure compliance with FAR 15.403-1(c)(1).
What is Adequate Price Competition?
Often included in the solicitation to establish top limits for rates.
What are ceiling rates?
Self-scoring evaluation process flow.
What does the source selection team use to rank all proposals?
Can objectively assess their own "probability of win."
Who is the offeror?
Lowering barriers to entry increases this.
What is competition?
Not feasible to support these kinds of contracts where the offeror cannot share details from past efforts.
What are classified contracts?
Must obtain their buy in to the process and no wiggle room in the evaluations.
Who is the mission partner/customer?
Procedure when substantiating documents fail to adequately explain or team cannot validate.
What is a downward adjustment?
Developed by GSA in 2013 for A&AS.
What is OASIS?