[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR715.305]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

             CHAPTER 7--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 715_CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart 715.3_Source Selection

 

Sec. 715.305  Proposal evaluation.



    (a)(1) [Reserved]

    (2) USAID shall use the information on offerors made available from 

the NIH Contractor Performance System to evaluate past performance. 

(Access to the system by USAID contracting office personnel is 

authorized by the USAID Past Performance Coordinator, E-mail address: 

AIDNET: Past Performance@op.spu@aidw/Internet: 

pastperformance@usaid.gov.)

    (b) A justification is to be written by the Contracting Officer and 

placed in the official file to support the decision to reject all 

proposals and to cancel the procurement.

    (c) The Contracting Officer may authorize release of proposals 

outside the Government for evaluation--

    (1) When an Evaluation Assistance Contract (EAC) is required to 

provide technical advisory or other services relating to the evaluation 

of proposals; or

    (2) When an individual other than a government employee, known as a 

Non-Government Evaluator (NGE), is selected to serve as a member of a 

USAID technical evaluation committee, the Contracting Officer shall 

obtain a signed and dated certification and agreement from each NGE and 

EAC that they will safeguard the proposals and information therein and 

that they perceive no actual or potential conflict of interests. (An 

acceptable certification appears under ADS Chapter 302).



[64 FR 16648, Apr. 6, 1999; 64 FR 25405, May 11, 1999, as amended at 65 

FR 36642, June 9, 2000]