Common use of ELEGIBILITY TO PERFORM AS A PRIME CONTRACTOR ON TASK ORDERS Clause in Contracts

ELEGIBILITY TO PERFORM AS A PRIME CONTRACTOR ON TASK ORDERS. BACKGROUND Quality of service delivery and socioeconomic public policy (e.g. small business contracting and credit) are key reasons why government customers use the Alliant Small Business GWAC (Alliant SB.) Quality of service delivery is assured by 1) the rigorous evaluation process required of contractors to win a position on Alliant SB, 2) ongoing surveillance of contractor performance and 3) the flexible customer-controlled task order evaluation process. In support of socioeconomic public policy all Alliant SB prime contractors had to initially qualify as small business concerns (SBCs) in the open market in order to be identified as a SBC on Alliant SB. As time passes circumstances can change and a given contractor is no longer considered a SBC in the open market, but in more limited circumstances an Alliant SB prime contractor is no longer a SBC on Alliant SB. In order for a task order awarded under Alliant SB to receive small business credit the Alliant SB prime contractor must be a SBC on Alliant SB, and not have become an other than a SBC on Alliant SB. FAR 52.219-28 addresses triggers requiring prime contractors on long-term contracts, including Alliant SB, to re-represent small business size status in the open market and to apply the results to the long-term contract by updating the contract’s FPDS records and to also consider other impacts. One of those triggers, applying to all prime contractors on Alliant SB, is prior to the 6th contract year/in association with the Alliant SB option period. IMPACT TO ALLIANT SB PRIME CONTRACTORS OF BECOMING OTHER THAN A SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN ON ALLIANT SB FAR 52.219-28 and FAR 17.207(e)(2) prompt the Alliant SB contracting officer to consider the effect of Alliant SB prime contractor size on the upcoming Alliant SB option. Both Alliant SB prime contractors and Alliant SB customers will benefit from the contracting officer dispositioning those matters before the option period. Hence, beginning 03 FEB 2014 the following terms and conditions apply governing if Alliant SB prime contractors may compete for and perform as prime contractors on Alliant SB option-period task orders: o Task order awards competed pursuant to the fair opportunity to be considered standard described in FAR 16.505 may only be made to Alliant SB prime contractors that are considered SBC on Alliant SB. Hence, Alliant SB prime contractors that are considered other than a SBC on Alliant SB are not eligible to compete as Alliant SB prime contractors for such task orders and should not respond to Alliant SB requests for information (RFI), requests for quotation (RFQ) or requests for proposals (RFP) subject to a fair opportunity to be considered.

ELEGIBILITY TO PERFORM AS A PRIME CONTRACTOR ON TASK ORDERS. BACKGROUND Quality of service delivery and socioeconomic public policy (e.g. small business contracting and credit) are key reasons why government customers use the Alliant Small Business GWAC (Alliant SB.) Quality of service delivery is assured by 1) the rigorous evaluation process required of contractors to win a position on Alliant SB, 2) ongoing surveillance of contractor performance and 3) the flexible customer-controlled task order evaluation process. In support of socioeconomic public policy all Alliant SB prime contractors had to initially qualify as small business concerns (SBCs) in the open market in order to be identified as a SBC on Alliant SB. As time passes circumstances can change and a given contractor is no longer considered a SBC in the open market, but in more limited circumstances an Alliant SB prime contractor is no longer a SBC on Alliant SB. In order for a task order awarded under Alliant SB to receive small business credit the Alliant SB prime contractor must be a SBC on Alliant SB, and not have become an other than a SBC on Alliant SB. FAR 52.219-28 addresses triggers requiring prime contractors on long-term contracts, including Alliant SB, to re-represent small business size status in the open market and to apply the results to the long-term contract by updating the contract’s FPDS records and to also consider other impacts. One of those triggers, applying to all prime contractors on Alliant SB, is prior to the 6th contract year/in association with the Alliant SB option period. IMPACT TO ALLIANT SB PRIME CONTRACTORS OF BECOMING OTHER THAN OTHERTHAN A SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN ON ALLIANT SB FAR 52.219-28 and FAR 17.207(e)(2) prompt the Alliant SB contracting officer to consider the effect of Alliant SB prime contractor size on the upcoming Alliant SB option. Both Alliant SB prime contractors and Alliant SB customers will benefit from the contracting officer dispositioning those matters before the option period. Hence, beginning 03 FEB 2014 the following terms and conditions apply governing if Alliant SB prime contractors may compete for and perform as prime contractors on Alliant SB option-period task orders: o Task order awards competed pursuant to the fair opportunity to be considered standard described in FAR 16.505 may only be made to Alliant SB prime contractors that are considered SBC on Alliant SB. Hence, Alliant SB prime contractors that are considered other than a SBC on Alliant SB are not eligible to compete as Alliant SB prime contractors for such task orders and should not respond to Alliant SB requests for information (RFI), requests for quotation (RFQ) or requests for proposals (RFP) subject to a fair opportunity to be considered.