Comparison between FAR 8.405-2 Acquisitions vs. FAR 15 Negotiated Procurement
FAR Subpart 8.4, Federal Supply Schedules addresses procedures to ordering from Multiple Award Schedules (MAS), or also known as Federal Supply Schedules (FSS). The MAS program provides a simplified process for obtaining commercial supplies and services at prices associated with volume buying. In accordance with FAR Subpart 8.4, schedule users may issue an order not requiring or requiring a scope of work (SOW). The attention of this paper will be focused on FAR 8.405-2 which covers the procedures when a SOW is required. Furthermore, FAR 15 Negotiated procurement is used when a stand- alone contract is needed. This means that the requirements for specialized goods …show more content…
The ordering activity is responsible for considering the level of effort and the mix of labor proposed to perform a specific task being ordered, and for determining that the total price is reasonable. Furthermore, shall place the order with the schedule contractor that represents the best value. Similarly, FAR 15.305 describes the proposal evaluation as an assessment of the proposal and the offeror’s ability to perform the prospective contract successfully. An agency shall evaluate competitive proposals and then assess their relative qualities solely on the factors and subfactors specified in the solicitation. Evaluations may be conducted using any rating method or a combination of methods. The evaluation also covers relative strengths, deficiencies, significant weaknesses, and risks supporting proposal evaluation shall be documented in the contract file. During the evaluation process, both methods are required to follow the evaluation criteria stated during the solicitation stage. Additionally, both should use the more accurate techniques to select the best value for the government. A difference identified during evaluation is that, in FAR 8.405-2 is not mandatory to evaluate past performance, on the other hand FAR 15.304 states that past performance, shall be evaluated in all source selections for negotiated competitive acquisitions expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, except if the contracting officer documents the reason past performance is not an appropriate evaluation factor for the acquisition. It is important to note that although both methods are similar in the evaluation process, Federal Supply Schedules offers a simplified process, as a result the evaluation is less
FAR Subpart 8.4, Federal Supply Schedules addresses procedures to ordering from Multiple Award Schedules (MAS), or also known as Federal Supply Schedules (FSS). The MAS program provides a simplified process for obtaining commercial supplies and services at prices associated with volume buying. In accordance with FAR Subpart 8.4, schedule users may issue an order not requiring or requiring a scope of work (SOW). The attention of this paper will be focused on FAR 8.405-2 which covers the procedures when a SOW is required. Furthermore, FAR 15 Negotiated procurement is used when a stand- alone contract is needed. This means that the requirements for specialized goods …show more content…
The ordering activity is responsible for considering the level of effort and the mix of labor proposed to perform a specific task being ordered, and for determining that the total price is reasonable. Furthermore, shall place the order with the schedule contractor that represents the best value. Similarly, FAR 15.305 describes the proposal evaluation as an assessment of the proposal and the offeror’s ability to perform the prospective contract successfully. An agency shall evaluate competitive proposals and then assess their relative qualities solely on the factors and subfactors specified in the solicitation. Evaluations may be conducted using any rating method or a combination of methods. The evaluation also covers relative strengths, deficiencies, significant weaknesses, and risks supporting proposal evaluation shall be documented in the contract file. During the evaluation process, both methods are required to follow the evaluation criteria stated during the solicitation stage. Additionally, both should use the more accurate techniques to select the best value for the government. A difference identified during evaluation is that, in FAR 8.405-2 is not mandatory to evaluate past performance, on the other hand FAR 15.304 states that past performance, shall be evaluated in all source selections for negotiated competitive acquisitions expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, except if the contracting officer documents the reason past performance is not an appropriate evaluation factor for the acquisition. It is important to note that although both methods are similar in the evaluation process, Federal Supply Schedules offers a simplified process, as a result the evaluation is less