nkd9 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Hoping wifcon might be able to provide some insight. This is a FAR 15 acquisition using best-value tradeoff. Assume the Statement of Work stated that work must be complete no later than 09/25/2020. Multiple proposals were received. A large number of offerors (60% of them) indicated in their proposals that the completion date in our Statement of Work would not be possible to meet and gave completion dates ranging from 01/05/2020 to 02/05/2020. Can the Government accept one of the proposals with a later completion date if the CO determines that the later date is acceptable to the Government? If for some reason your answer is no, what if we enter into discussions and allow all offerors to indicate their period of performance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mansfield Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 nkd9, You would need to amend the RFP to allow for alternate delivery dates, or to specify a later delivery date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ji20874 Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) So, 40% of offers will meet your date? Award to one of them, if you have confidence in them. Or, do you want to change (relax) a requirement? Do a solicitation amendment. Send it just to offerors or the open market as appropriate (see FAR 15.206(c) and (e)). When early delivery or completion is desired but not mandatory, you can let that be part of the trade space -- an earlier date (if you have confidence in it) will result in a higher rating as part of the tradeoff, all else being equal. Edited July 30, 2020 by ji20874 added FAR citation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retreadfed Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 nkd9, also keep in mind FAR 15.206(e) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Culham Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 If 52.215-1Alt II is in the solicitation note paragraph (c)(9) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constricting Officer Posted July 29, 2020 Report Share Posted July 29, 2020 Question just for fun nkd9 - Are the 40% of the offerors that are capable of the required completion date more expensive and you don't have the funding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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