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Bill would end reviews of performance evaluations — Washington Technology
Bill would end reviews of performance evaluations — Washington Technology. Companies would lose the opportunity to respond to performance reviews written by government officials under a new contracting...
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McCaskill/Webb bill removes ‘discussion’ from contractor past performance...
Last week, FCW reporter Matthew Weigelt reported on legislation introduced by Senators McCaskill and Webb that eliminates discussions between companies and agencies related to contractor past...
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Should contractors keep the right to respond to reviews? — Federal Computer Week
There’s some buzz around a provision in the newly introduced Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform Act that would eliminate the ability established in the Federal Acquisition Regulation for a...
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Agencies get freedom to freely write past performance reviews — Federal...
Under a new bill, contractors would not have an opportunity to see or comment on a contracting officer’s past performance reviews. Does the benefit justify the consequences? via Agencies get freedom to...
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Smaller Piece Of The Pie For Small Businesses
With the end of the fiscal year upon us, the “feeding frenzy,” as I like to call it, is in full swing. With possible sweeping budgets on the horizon through sequestration, and overall declines in...
View ArticleCracking the code on past performance — FCW
Over the years, the federal government has institutionalized past performance in its deliberations over contracts big and small — so much so that it has become a complicated, sometimes bewildering and...
View ArticleGAO: Subcontract With Incumbent Didn’t Mandate High Past Performance Score
In a recent bid protest decision, the GAO held that an agency had properly assigned the offeror a mere “Satisfactory” past performance score, despite a subcontracting relationship with the incumbent,...
View ArticleGAO: Incumbent Not Entitled To Highest Past Performance Rating
In a recent bid protest decision, the GAO confirmed that the mere fact that an offeror is the incumbent contractor does not require the procuring agency to assign the offeror a particular past...
View ArticleTwo Isn’t Greater Than Five, GAO Reminds Agency
GAO sustained a protest recently where an agency had given higher past performance scores to a proposal with two relevant examples of past performance than a proposal with five relevant examples....
View ArticleAgency Need Not Put Dollar Value On “Relevant” Past Performance
In a recent bid protest decision, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims rejected a protester’s assertion that the solicitation was required to identify a specific dollar value associated with relevant past...
View ArticlePast Performance Evaluation Must Heed Solicitation’s Definitions
An agency’s past performance evaluation must be consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation criteria. GAO recently reaffirmed this rule, by sustaining a protest challenging an agency’s departure from...
View Article8(a) Protege Not Entitled To Mentor-Protege JV’s Past Performance
A former 8(a) protege was not automatically entitled to take advantage of the past performance it obtained as part of a mentor-protege joint venture Continue reading →
View ArticleInsufficient Experience Information Sinks Offeror’s Proposal
An offeror’s failure to provide the type of past performance information mandated by a solicitation led to the offeror’s elimination from consideration for a major GSA contract. Continue reading →
View ArticleEvaluation Of Subcontractor Past Performance Not Required For FSS Procurements
For Federal Supply Schedule procurements, agencies are not required to evaluate past performance references of subcontractors, unless the solicitation provides otherwise. Continue reading →
View ArticleGovernment References Didn’t Complete PPQs? “Too Bad,” Says GAO
As a recent GAO decision demonstrates, if the solicitation requires offerors to return completed PPQs, the agency need not independently reach out to government officials who fail to complete those...
View ArticleJoint Venture Past Performance: Agency Could Consider Work Split
In evaluating a WOSB joint venture’s past performance, the procuring agency considered each joint venture member’s contemplated percentage of effort for the solicitation’s scope of work, and assigned...
View Article“Using” an Affiliate’s Past Performance: GAO Explains the Test
A recent GAO opinion sheds some light on that question. Not meeting the GAO’s guidelines for describing the detailed involvement of the affiliate can have a harsh result—a sustained protest if award...
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