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Unauthorized Commitment or Creative Contracting
dgm replied to Slumdog's topic in Contract Award Process
What I've witnessed is unauthorized commitments being somewhat common, always ratified, and when ratified the Part 1 requirements aren't always addressed as properly as they probably should be. I've also spoken with friends in other offices where ratifications are treated very seriously and it sounds like are rarely ratified. Occasions where Part 1 requirements aren't followed have been rare or non-existent from what I've seen.
I love these myth buster blog entries you are doing. They are very useful both in improving my understanding and my ability to better communicate and explain things to some of the program offices I work with.
dgm replied to Bailers's topic in Contract Award Process
I'm assuming you put in 52.212-5 and you checked 52.225-1 (I'm guessing that is the one you checked but whatever one acutally applies is fine) then you may be ok. The main thing is being able to evaluate the quote with the percentages in Part 25 (e.g. 6 or 12 percnet). In the representations and certifications in 52.212-3(f)(3) (and I believe all the reps and certs clauses have this), or the relevant clause you checked from above, there is the following language, "The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR Part 25." Thus, as long as you include the Part 12 clauses and provisions, and check the the applicable clauses in 52.212-5, those Part 25 evaluation factors (12 percent / 6 percent) are, in my opinion, in your solicitation and you can evaluate using them per Part 25 policies and procedures because it is in the representations and certifications they are required to fill out and amend as appropriate for a paritcular submission. Or when you said you only included the restrictions clause you only checked that box as far as the 25 clauses in 52.225-1 is concerned?
Is the myth buster for this that you can simply not rate them at all on past performance i.e. past performance is a non-factor for them? This one confused me a bit. I note that the OFFP site states (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/procurement/contract_perf/best_practice_re_past_perf.html): "FASA also states that an offeror for which there is no information on past contract performance or with respect to which information on past contract performance is not available, may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past contract performance." For example, if you were point scoring and past performance was worth 10 points out of a total 110. Offeror A may get 89 out of 110 and Offeror B, who has no past performance information available, may get 89 out of a total of 100. Assuming price is equal, award would then go to offeror B?
dgm replied to contractor100's topic in Contract Award Process
Well, I read it more that it articulates when you can although I suppose that is the same as saying you can't except here is when you can. If it doesn't fit in one of those scenarios then it would seem the answer is no, you cannot. Of course, there are a ton of things done across the government that aren't compliant. So a better answer may be you can't do it and be compliant with the regs if you don't meet the criteria that permits that contract type to be used with commercial items. Task orders are contracts in the legal sense of the term at least.
Good question. My guess is they intend on issuing labor hour or T&M task orders and when they say FFP they are referring to fixed, loaded labor rates being set as opposed to the definition in 16.202 "A firm-fixed-price contract provides for a price that is not subject to any adjustment on the basis of the contractor?s cost experience in performing the contract." 16.202 defines T&M as, " Description. A time-and-materials contract provides for acquiring supplies or services on the basis of? (1) Direct labor hours at specified fixed hourly rates that include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit; and (2) Actual cost for materials (except as provided for in 31.205-26(e) and (f))." Seems that T&M/Labor hour would fit the best based on the information provided. The government said payment would be based on actual hours worked rather than a total, non-adjustable price.