SECTION M  _______________________________________________________


EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD


1.  General_Information:  The Contracting Officer is responsible 

for SECTION M.  This section identifies the price related factors, 

other than the bid price that will be considered in evaluating 

bids and awarding the contract (see FAR Subpart 14.201-8).


2.  Instructions:  The PWS writer should provide the following 

type of information to the Contracting Officer if appropriate:


    a.  Factors other than price (including technical proposals or 

quotations requested), which will be given paramount consideration 

in the awarding of the contract, when an award is to be based upon 

technical and other factors.  In addition to price or cost, the 

solicitation must clearly inform bidders of one (1) the significant 

evaluation factors, and two (2) the relative order of importance the 

Government attaches to price and all related factors.  Numerical 

weights, which may be employed in the evaluation of proposals, 

must not be disclosed in solicitations.  


    b.  Statements of information required to enable evaluation of 

technical and financial capabilities.


    c.  Any information pertaining to evaluation and award when 

first article approval is involved (Ref: FAR Subpart 9.3).









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    d.  Identification of special factors, such as Government 

costs or other expenditures, including reliability and 

maintainability requirements, which must be considered in the 

evaluation of proposals or quotations.  


      NOTE_TO_WRITER:  Unsatisfactory Contractor performance 
can often be prevented by a proper technical evaluation.







































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