Past Performance in Source Selection, An Evaluation Guide

Abstract

This pamphlet describes an innovative way to evaluate contractor past performance during the source selection process. The Army Materiel Command (AMC) contracting activities helped to develop, test and implement this approach which results in smarter procurement decisions and better contracts. The distinctive feature of this program is that it uses information that is outside of the offeror's proposals to evaluate past performance. No longer must contracting activities rely solely upon the very contractors being evaluated for past performance information. Now contracting officers can use independent sources of information to determine how well those contractors performed in the past. A thorough evaluation of past performance identifies the relative performance risks associated with competing proposals and thereby serves to ensure that awards are made to good performers rather than to just good proposal writers. AMC-P 715-3, Vol 4, Past performance in-source selection, An evaluation guide, Source selection, Contracting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1993
Accession Number
ADA275779

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Army Procurement
  • Best Practices
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Procurement
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Factors
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.