T/F: Performance-Based
Started by anonymous · Jul 11, 2011 · 4 replies
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anonymous
Jul 11, 2011 · 14y ago
True or false: The following is a Performance-Based Services Acquisition (PBSA):
The contract is an indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract.
The contract work statement is a Performance Work Statement (PWS) with "generalized" task areas describing work to be performed.
The contract states that work to be performed will be defined at the task order level.
Task order work statements are Statements of Work (SOW) and task orders are not performance-based in and of themselves.
The contract includes award term incentives.
The contract includes a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) that describes how the contractor can achieve each award term.
The QASP states that the contractor must receive an overall past performance rating of "Very Good" in the current period to receive a subsequent award term. For example, if the contractor receives an overall past performance rating of "Very Good" in Year 1 of the contract Base Period, the contractor is given Award Term 1 (Year 3) as an incentive.
The QASP states that the 5 performance objectives are the 5 standard past performance criteria as listed in the Contractor's Performance Assessment System (CPARS). They are: Quality of Product/Service, Schedule, Cost Control, Management, and Small Business Utilization.
The QASP states the performance standard is an overall "Very Good" past performance rating for each past performance criterion.
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baierle
Jul 11, 2011 · 14y ago
number 4 is what makes it NOT PBSA. I don't have trouble with the rest, although a bit extensive.
This must be Navy.
; - )
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anonymous
Jul 12, 2011 · 14y ago
baierle,
Can you clarify your position? Is it your position that an IDIQ contract cannot be performance-based if delivery/task orders issued against it are not performance-based?
As a reminder, FAR 37.601(
states:Performance-based contracts for services shall include?
(1) A performance work statement (PWS);
(2) Measurable performance standards (i.e., in terms of quality, timeliness, quantity, etc.) and the method of assessing contractor performance against performance standards; and
(3) Performance incentives where appropriate. When used, the performance incentives shall correspond to the performance standards set forth in the contract (see 16.402-2).
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Guest Vern Edwards
Jul 12, 2011 · 14y ago
The question does not make sense. Under an IDIQ contract you have to look at each task order. It is the task orders that are or are not performance-based, not the contract. You could issue some task orders as performance-based and others as not performance-based.
Why on earth are the award-term criteria in the QASP? A QASP is supposed to describe the plan for doing contract quality assurance. It is not supposed to serve as an award-term plan.
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baierle
Jul 12, 2011 · 14y ago
Can you clarify your position? Is it your position that an IDIQ contract cannot be performance-based if delivery/task orders issued against it are not performance-based?
Yes. Based on the info in #4, that is my opinion. If the info in #4 is known to me at the onset, I would not set the procurement up as PBSA and would not code it as such when reporting.
It seems disingenous to do otherwise.