Streamlined Technical Evaluations

[ContractSpecialistTJohn]

Hello All!

 

I am wondering if anybody has experience implementing the PIL (procurement innovation lab) streamlined procedures for technical evaluations.  I am interested in your best practices lessons learned for implementing confidence ratings for technical factor, where technical is significantly more important than price.  What was your approach for documenting the consensus report and confidence levels.

With regard to evaluation under the mission suitability and technical/management factors, the solicitation stated that the agency “will consider the Offeror’s approach and the risks associated with the approaches proposed,” and make “confidence assessments” regarding the offeror’s understanding of the requirements and the likelihood of successful contract performance, assigning ratings under each factor of: high confidence, some confidence, or low confidence.

[Neil Roberts]

Isn't PIL a Homeland Security only practice? Are you looking for approaches other than those in the primer at

https://www.fai.gov/media-library/item/procurement-innovation-lab-pil-primer ?

[ContractSpecialistTJohn]

The agency does not dictate the approach that is to be used, there is room for innovation for our procurements to utilize streamlined strategies.

[formerfed]

I’ve seen this a dozen times or so.  The most efficient consensus is done without doing individual evaluations.  The evaluators read (or hear) responses, convene and discuss, and write up results virtually.  A whiteboard often helps.  

[formerfed]

On 10/15/2020 at 6:34 PM, Neil Roberts said:

Isn't PIL a Homeland Security only practice? 

The PIL ordering isn’t anything special and something any agency can do.  It’s all consistent with the FAR.  The difference is PIL just shows what is permitted within existing authorities while many agencies use FAR 15 type procedures.