DoD Source Selection Procedures SSEB
Started by FARSightedPro · Jul 2, 2025 · 3 replies
- FOriginal post
FARSightedPro
Jul 2, 2025 · 11mo ago
When assigning members to a Source Selection Team, I have always stuck to a best practice of not having team members overlap on assigned teams. For example, the PCO should only be performing the role of PCO and should not be on the pricing team or the tech eval team. A member of the tech team should not also be on the price eval team - the evaluations should be independent and the tech eval shouldn't be influenced by price. Is this how everyone else is doing it? It's not explicitly stated in the procedures that they can't overlap, but it was in a training manual that I was given years ago. I can never point someone to direct guidance when they disagree except for the chart showing the roles and that they are individual teams.
- M
Matthew Fleharty
Jul 7, 2025 · 11mo ago
Why do you think it is a best practice to not have people on multiple teams?
What if you only have a small shop with minimal people?
Or only one person who has any experience leading a source selection?
Since you're referring to the DoD Source Selection Procedures, has the DoD been successful in implementing and utilizing those procedures and following the practice you detail in your post? If not, why would you want to continue to do it, especially when you claim it isn't "explicitly stated in the procedures that they can't overlap..."?
In short, what do you think is best and why?
- J
Jamaal Valentine
Jul 7, 2025 · 11mo ago
On 7/2/2025 at 7:35 AM, FARSightedPro said:
Is this how everyone else is doing it?
No.
- F
FARSightedPro
Jul 22, 2025 · 10mo ago
On 7/7/2025 at 12:54 PM, Matthew Fleharty said:
In short, what do you think is best and why?
It was in a training manual I received when I first started. We have always had complex teams and more than enough people to commit to the SSEBs without overlapping roles on the same acquisition. With the DRP, it's not so much the case anymore. I will need to ease up on this I guess. I just assumed it was done like this everywhere.