D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 27, § 1552
Two-step Bidding Solicitation
Authority: The Chief Procurement Officer of the District of Columbia (CPO), pursuant to the authority set forth in sections 401, 402, 409, 414, 1102, and 1106 of the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-371; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-354.01, 2-354.04, 2-354.14, 2-361.02 and 2-361.06 (2011 Repl.)) (Act). Source: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 1442 (February 26, 1988); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 3714 (March 6, 2012)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 6290, 6310 (June 1, 2012).District of Columbia, Office of the Secretary
1552.1 Each request for technical proposals shall be publicized and distributed in accordance with chapters 13 and 16 of this title and shall include, at least, the following:
- (a) A description of the goods or services required;
- (b) A statement of intent to use the two-step method;
- (c) The requirements of the technical proposal;
- (d) The evaluation criteria;
- (e) A statement that the technical proposals shall not include prices or pricing information;
- (f) The date and hour by which the proposal must be received;
- (g) A statement that in the second step only bids based upon technical proposals determined to be acceptable, either initially or as a result of discussions, will be considered for awards and that each bid in the second step must be based on the bidder's own technical proposals;
- (h) A statement that offerors should submit proposals that are acceptable without additional explanation or information, that the District may make a final determination regarding the acceptability of the proposal solely on the basis of the proposal as submitted, and that the District may proceed with the second step without requesting further information from any offeror, provided that the District may request additional information from offerors of proposals that it considers reasonably susceptible of being made acceptable and may discuss proposals with these offerors;
- (i) A statement that a notice of unacceptability will be forwarded to the offeror upon completion of the proposal evaluation and final determination of unacceptability; and
- (j) A statement either that only one (1) technical proposal may be submitted by each offeror or that multiple technical proposals may be submitted.
1552.2 When specifications permit different technical approaches, multiple proposals may be authorized if it would be in the best interests of the District.
1552.3 The request shall indicate that information on delivery or performance is not binding on the District and that the actual delivery or performance requirements will be contained in the IFB issued under step two.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 1442 (February 26, 1988).