What this opportunity is
The Department of Defense is seeking mechanical fabrication services under a Total Small Business Set-Aside, suitable for small businesses in the manufacturing sector (NAICS 332710). This opportunity involves multiple contract awards based on a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation notice, requiring offerors to meet specific pass/fail criteria, including Joint Certification Program registration and Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. Interested small businesses should prepare their best initial offers, as the government intends to award without discussions, and ensure compliance with all pass/fail requirements to be eligible for evaluation.
Analysis by Mindy, grounded in the SAM.gov notice.
Description
Attachment 3, Section M - Evaluation Factors for Award
1.0 BASIS FOR AWARD
1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION
(a) The Government intends to make multiple awards as a result of this RFQ. Awards shall be
made to Offeror(s) who are deemed responsible in accordance with FAR 9.104, whose quote
conforms to the RFQ requirements, and are determined to be Acceptable in accordance with the
factors listed in this RFQ.
(b) The Government intends to award multiple contracts without discussions (except for
clarifications), but reserves the right to conduct discussions if determined by the Contracting
Officer to be necessary. Therefore, each initial offer should contain the Offeror's best terms from
a technical standpoint.
(c) Future on-ramp competitors will be evaluated using the same criteria outlined in Section M of
this solicitation, unless otherwise modified in the on-ramp RFQ.
2.0 PASS/FAIL REQUIREMENT
Offers will be evaluated based on a Pass/Fail rating for the requirement below. Offerors must
receive a Pass rating under the Pass/Fail Requirement to be eligible for award. The Pass/Fail
rating criteria is as follows:
2.1 Joint Certification Program
The Government will confirm the Offeror's JCP registration is Active by verifying the Offeror's
CAGE code within the JCP system.
2.2 Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
The Government will determine whether the offeror has SPRS issued CMMC UID(s) at the
required CMMC level, or higher (as specified in DFARS clause 252.204-7025 ‘NOTICE OF
CYBERSECURITY MATURITY MODEL CERTIFICATION LEVEL REQUIREMENTS
(NOV 2025) ‘ paragraph (d) within this solicitation), for each contractor information system that
will process, store, or transmit FCI or CUI during task order performance.
2.3 Government Furnished Property Management Plan
The Government will determine whether the offeror has methods and systems in place for
managing GFP to comply with FAR 52.245-1 and DFARS 252.245-7005.
NOTE: No award will be made to any Offeror that does not meet all of the pass/fail requirements
at the time of RFQ closing. Therefore, the Government reserves the right to not evaluate an offer
further if the Offeror does not meet any of these requirements at time of RFQ closing.
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3.0 NON-PRICE FACTORS
3.1 The following table established all significant factors that will be considered in awarding this
BPA:
FACTORS SUBFACTORS
1. Technical Capability None
2. Past Performance None
Offeror quotes will be evaluated and assigned one of the adjectival ratings included in this RFQ
(listed in section 4.0 below) for each of the following non-price factors.
3.2 FACTOR 1: TECHNICAL CAPABILITY
3.2.1 Technical Approach and Capabilities: The Government will evaluate quotes to
assess each Offeror's understanding of the required work and its ability to accomplish a
substantial portion of the stated tasking.
3.2.2 Facilities: The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s description of its
facilities and the facilities available to the Offeror in order to accomplish the stated tasking.
3.3 FACTOR 2: PAST PERFORMANCE
The past performance evaluation assesses the degree of confidence the Government has in the
Offeror's ability to provide products and services that meet its customers' needs based on a
demonstrated record of performance. The Government may consider past performance
information contained in the Supplier Performance Reporting System (SPRS) and the Federal
Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS). The Government may also
use other information such as Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS)
of other data available from Government sources to evaluate an Offeror's past performance.
Additionally, the Government may also contact all or some of each Offeror's customers to obtain
past performance information. The Government reserves the right to limit or expand the number
of references it decides to contact, and contact references other than those provided by the
Offeror. The Government may consider past performance information obtained from sources
other than those identified by the Offeror, including Federal, State, and local Government
agencies, Better Business Bureaus, published media, and electronic databases. In the case of an
Offeror without a record of past performance or for whom information on the past performance
is not available, the Offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance.
4.0 EVALUATION
(a) The Government will perform an evaluation of the non-cost evaluation factors based on the
Offeror's quote. In order to be considered for award, an offeror must have an Acceptable rating in
every non-cost factor.
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(b) The term "technical," as used herein, refers to non-cost factors other than past performance.
The purpose of the technical factor is to assess whether the offeror's quote demonstrates an
understanding of and capability to perform the Statement of Work.
Table 1: Technical Ratings
Rating Description
Acceptable Quote meets the requirements of the solicitation
Unacceptable Quote does not meet the requirements of the solicitation
4.1 Evaluation of Past Performance
(a) The past performance evaluation is an assessment of the offeror's probability of meeting the
RFQ requirements. This assessment is based on the offeror's record of recent and relevant past
performance information that pertains to the products and/or services outlined in the RFQ
requirements.
The Government will initially evaluate whether the offeror's past performance is recent and
relevant to the effort to be acquired, using the table below:
Rating Description
Recent and
Relevant
Present/past performance effort occurred within three (3) years of the closing
date of the solicitation and involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and
complexities this solicitation requires.
Not Recent
or Relevant
Present/past performance effort occurred later than three (3) years of the
closing date of the solicitation or involved little or…
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