1617 EVALUATION FACTORS OF PROPOSALS

1617.1 The evaluation factors that will be considered in evaluating proposals shall be tailored to each procurement and shall include only those factors that will have an impact on the source selection decision.

1617.2 The contracting officer shall include in the solicitation the evaluation factors, including price or cost and any significant sub-factors. The solicitation shall include the minimum requirements that apply to particular evaluation factors or significant subfactors.

1617.3 The contracting officer may include in the solicitation the numerical weights that may be used in the evaluation of the proposals.

1617.4 Evaluation factors shall be stated in descending order of importance.

1617.5

(a) Price or cost to the District shall be included as an evaluation factor in each RFP, except as otherwise provided in 1614.1(c) and (d).

(b) Subsection 1617.5(a) shall remain in effect through September 30, 2001.

1617.6 While the lowest price or lowest total cost to the District may be an important or even a deciding factor in most source selections, the District may select the source whose proposal offers the greatest value to the District in terms of technical merit and other factors.

1617.7 When awarding a cost-reimbursement contract, the cost proposal shall not be controlling. The contracting officer shall consider which offeror can perform the contract in a manner most advantageous to the District as determined by evaluation of proposals according to the established evaluation criteria.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 1456 (February 26, 1988); as Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 8464 (October 22, 1999); as Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 2168 (March 9, 2001); as Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 3038 (April 5, 2002); as Emergency Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 10653 (November 19, 2004)[EXPIRED]; as Emergency Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 5767 (June 17, 2005) [EXPIRED]; as Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 6354 (July 8, 2005).