Common use of Evaluation and Award Clause in Contracts

Evaluation and Award. The award will be made to a responsible offeror whose offer follows the RFQ instructions, meets the eligibility requirements. This RFQ will use the tradeoff process to determine best value as set forth in FAR 15.101-1. That means that each offer will be evaluated and scored against the evaluation criteria and evaluation sub-criteria, which are stated in the table below. Chemonics will award a subcontract to the offeror whose proposal represents the best value to Chemonics and the Strategic Communications Support Activity project. Chemonics may award to a higher priced offeror if a determination is made that the higher technical evaluation of that offeror merits the additional cost/price. Evaluation points will not be awarded for cost, but for overall evaluation purposes of this RFP, technical evaluation factors other than cost, when combined, are considered approximately equal to cost factors. Cost will primarily be evaluated for realism and reasonableness. If technical scores are determined to be nearly equal, cost will become the determining factor. In evaluating proposals, Chemonics will use the following evaluation criteria and sub-criteria:  Technical – 50 points: Responsiveness to the RFQ Scope of Work and technical qualification requirements. Chemonics will evaluate whether the offeror has experience in providing high-quality events organization services.  Corporate Capabilities – 30 points: Chemonics will evaluate the capabilities and expertise of the offeror to provide the services.  Past Performance – 20 points: Offerors must include 3 (three) past performance references of similar work (under contracts or subcontracts) previously implemented as well as contact information for the companies for which such work was completed. Contact information must include at a minimum: name of point of contact who can speak to the offeror’s performance, name and address of the company for which the work was performed, and email and phone number of the point of contact. Chemonics will assess the past performance of the Offerors by contacting three references who may indicate the Offeror's past performance for projects of similar size and scope. Please note that if there are significant deficiencies regarding responsiveness to the requirements of this RFQ, an offer may be deemed “non-responsive” and thereby disqualified from consideration. Chemonics reserves the right to waive immaterial deficiencies at its discretion. Best-offer quotations are requested. It is anticipated that award will be made solely on the basis of these original quotations. However, Chemonics reserves the right to conduct any of the following:  Chemonics may conduct negotiations with and/or request clarifications from any offeror prior to award.  While preference will be given to offerors who can address the full technical requirements of this RFQ, Chemonics may issue a partial award or split the award among various Vendors, if in the best interest of the Strategic Communications Support Activity Project.  Chemonics may cancel this RFQ at any time.  Chemonics may reject any and all offers, if such action is considered to be in the best interest of Chemonics.

Evaluation and Award. The award will be made to a responsible offeror whose offer follows the RFQ instructions, meets the eligibility requirements. This RFQ will use the tradeoff process to determine best value as set forth in FAR 15.101-1. That means that each offer will be evaluated and scored against the , evaluation criteria must be edited as needed; this option is the recommended default): and evaluation subis determined via a trade-criteria, which are stated in the table below. Chemonics will award a subcontract off analysis to the offeror whose proposal represents be the best value to Chemonics and based on application of the Strategic Communications Support Activity projectfollowing evaluation criteria. Chemonics may award to a higher priced offeror if a determination is made that the higher technical evaluation of that offeror merits the additional cost/price. Evaluation points Points will not be awarded for cost, but cost which will be primarily evaluated for realism and reasonableness. For overall evaluation purposes of this RFPRFQ, technical evaluation factors other than cost, when combined, are considered approximately equal to more important than cost factors. Cost will primarily be evaluated for realism and reasonableness. If technical scores are determined to be equal or nearly equal, cost will become the determining factor. In evaluating proposalsThe relative importance of each individual criterion is indicated by the number of points below: • Technical Know How, Approach and Methodology – 40 points: Chemonics will use assess whether the following evaluation criteria proposal explains, understands, and sub-criteria:  Technical – 50 points: Responsiveness responds to the RFQ objectives of the project as stated in the Scope of Work. Chemonics will also assess whether the proposed program approach and detailed activities and suggested timeline fulfill the requirements of executing the Scope of Work effectively and technical qualification requirementsefficiently. • Corporate Capabilities- 10 points: Chemonics will evaluate whether the offeror has company experience in providing high-quality events organization servicesis relevant to the project Scope of Work.  Corporate Capabilities – 30 points: Chemonics will evaluate the capabilities and expertise of the offeror to provide the services.  • Past Performance – 20 points: Offerors must include 3 three (three3) past performance references of similar work (under contracts or subcontracts) previously implemented as well as contact information for the companies for which such work was completed. Contact information must include at a minimum: the name of the point of contact who can speak to the offeror’s performance, name and address of the company for which the work was performed, and email and phone number of the point of contact. Chemonics will assess the past performance of the Offerors by contacting three (3) references who may indicate the Offeror's past performance for projects of similar size and scope. • Price – 30 points: Overall price of the quotation. Please note that if there are significant deficiencies regarding responsiveness to the requirements of this RFQ, an offer may be deemed “non-responsive” and thereby disqualified from consideration. Chemonics reserves the right to waive immaterial deficiencies at its discretion. Best-offer quotations are requested. It is anticipated that the award will be made solely on the basis of these original quotations. However, Chemonics reserves the right to conduct any of the following:  • Chemonics may conduct negotiations with and/or request clarifications from any offeror prior to the award.  • While preference will be given to offerors who can address the full technical requirements of this RFQ, Chemonics may issue a partial award or split the award among various Vendors, if in the best interest of the Strategic Communications Support Activity DCEO Project.  • Chemonics may cancel this RFQ at any time.  • Chemonics may reject any and all offers, if such action is considered to be in the best interest of Chemonics. Please note that in submitting a response to this RFQ, the offeror understands that USAID is not a party to this solicitation and the offeror agrees that any protest hereunder must be presented—in writing with full explanations—to the DCEO Project for consideration, as USAID will not consider protests regarding procurements carried out by implementing partners. Chemonics, at its sole discretion, will make a final decision on the protest for this procurement.

Evaluation and Award. The award will be made to a responsible offeror whose offer follows the RFQ instructions, meets the eligibility requirements, and is judged to be the most advantageous to Chemonics in terms of experience and delivery. This RFQ will use the tradeoff process to determine best value as set forth in FAR 15.101-1. That means that each offer will be evaluated and scored against the evaluation criteria and evaluation sub-criteria, which are stated in the table below. Chemonics will award a subcontract to the offeror whose proposal represents the best value to Chemonics and the Strategic Communications Support Justice Activity projectin Kosovo. Chemonics may award to a higher priced offeror if a determination is made that the higher technical evaluation of that offeror merits the additional cost/price. Evaluation points will not be awarded for cost, but for overall evaluation purposes of this RFPRFQ, technical evaluation factors other than cost, when combined, are considered approximately equal to significantly more important than cost factors. Cost will primarily be evaluated for realism and reasonableness. If technical scores are determined to be nearly equal, cost will become the determining factor. In evaluating proposals, Chemonics will use the following evaluation criteria and sub-criteria:  • Technical – 50 points: Responsiveness to the RFQ Scope of Work and technical qualification requirements. Chemonics will evaluate whether the offeror has experience in providing high-quality events organization services.  Corporate Capabilities – 30 40 points: Chemonics will evaluate assess whether the capabilities proposal explains, understands, and expertise responds to the objectives of the offeror project as stated in the Scope of Work. • Corporate Capabilities: 20 points: Chemonics will assess whether the proposal demonstrates the offeror’s knowledge related to provide technical sectors required by the servicesScope of Work? Offerors must present the ability and resources to produce high-quality animated videos.  Past Performance • Personnel Qualifications – 20 points: – Chemonics will evaluate the curriculum vitaes (CVs) of the proposed team members and evaluate if the offer has the experience and capabilities carry out the Scope of Work?? • Past Performance – 10 points: Chemonics will assess the past performance of the Offerors by contacting three references who may indicate the Offeror's past performance for projects of similar size and scope. Offerors must include [insert number, e.g. 3 (three) or 5] past performance references of similar work (under contracts or subcontracts) previously implemented as well as contact information for the companies for which such work was completed. Contact information must include at a minimum: name of point of contact who can speak to the offeror’s performance, name and address of the company for which the work was performed, and email and phone number of the point of contact. Chemonics will assess the past performance • Delivery- 10 points: The speed of the Offerors by contacting three references who may indicate the Offeror's past performance for projects of similar size and scope. delivery Please note that if there are significant deficiencies regarding responsiveness to the requirements of this RFQ, an offer may be deemed “non-responsive” and thereby disqualified from consideration. Chemonics reserves the right to waive immaterial deficiencies at its discretion. Best-offer quotations are requested. It is anticipated that award will be made solely on the basis of these original quotations. However, Chemonics reserves the right to conduct any of the following:  • Chemonics may conduct negotiations with and/or request clarifications from any offeror prior to award.  • While preference will be given to offerors who can address the full technical requirements of this RFQ, Chemonics may issue a partial award or split the award among various Vendors, if in the best interest of the Strategic Communications Support Justice Activity Projectin Kosovo.  • Chemonics may cancel this RFQ at any time.  • Chemonics may reject any and all offers, if such action is considered to be in the best interest of Chemonics.

Evaluation and Award. The An award will be made to a responsible the offeror whose offer follows the RFQ instructionsis determined to be responsive to this solicitation document, meets the eligibility criteria stated in this RFQ, meets the technical, management/personnel, and corporate capability requirements, and is determined to represent the best value to Chemonics. Best value will be decided using the “Tradeoff” process. This RFQ will use the tradeoff process to determine the best value as set forth in FAR 15.101-1value. That means that each offer will be evaluated and scored against the evaluation criteria and evaluation sub-criteria, which are stated in the table below. Chemonics will award a subcontract to the offeror whose proposal represents the best value to Chemonics and the Strategic Communications Support Activity project. Chemonics may award to a higher priced offeror if a determination is made that the higher technical evaluation of that offeror merits the additional cost/price. Evaluation points will not be awarded for cost, but for For overall evaluation purposes of this RFPRFQ, technical evaluation factors other than cost, when combined, are considered approximately equal to cost factors. Cost will primarily be evaluated for realism and reasonablenessmore important than cost. If technical scores are determined to be equal or nearly equal, cost will become the determining factor. In evaluating proposalsquotations, Chemonics International will use the following evaluation criteria and sub-criteria:  . Technical – 50 points: Responsiveness know- how Does the quotation clearly explain, understand, and respond to the RFQ objectives of the project as stated in the Scope of Work? 15 points Corporate Capabilities Chemonics International will evaluate whether the company's experience is relevant to the project's Scope of Work and technical qualification requirements. Chemonics will evaluate whether the offeror company has experience the capability to cover the locations listed in providing high-quality events organization servicesthe technical quotation.  Corporate Capabilities – 30 points: Chemonics will evaluate 25 points Price The overall cost presented in the capabilities and expertise of the offeror to provide the services.  offer 25 points Past Performance – 20 points: Offerors must include 3 (three) submit information from at least three contracts demonstrating their past performance references performance. These contracts must be relevant to the type of similar work (under contracts or subcontracts) previously implemented as well as contact information for services included in the companies for which such work was completedSOW. Contact information Each contract must include at a minimumthe following information: name client, duration of point services, price, type of contact who can speak to the offeror’s performance, name and address of the company for which the work was services performed, location of services delivered, and email and phone number points of the point of contactContact/References to confirm past performance. Chemonics will assess the past performance of the Offerors by contacting three references who may indicate the Offeror's past performance for projects of similar size and scope. 35 points Please note that if there are significant deficiencies regarding responsiveness to the requirements of this RFQ, an offer may be deemed “non-responsive” and thereby disqualified from consideration. Chemonics reserves the right to waive immaterial deficiencies at its discretion. Best-offer quotations are requested. It is anticipated that award will be made solely on the basis of these original quotations. However, Chemonics reserves the right to conduct any of the following:  • Chemonics may conduct negotiations with and/or request clarifications from any offeror prior to award.  • While preference will be given to offerors who can address the full technical requirements of this RFQ, Chemonics may issue a partial award or split the award among various Vendors, Vendors if in the best interest of the Strategic Communications Support Activity DCEO Tahfeez Project.  • Chemonics may cancel this RFQ at any time.  • Chemonics may reject any and all offers, offers if such action is considered to be in the best interest of Chemonics. Please note that in submitting a response to this RFQ, the offeror understands that USAID is not a party to this solicitation and the offeror agrees that any protest hereunder must be presented—in writing with full explanations—to the DCEO Tahfeez Project for consideration, as USAID will not consider protests regarding procurements carried out by implementing partners. Chemonics, at its sole discretion, will make a final decision on the protest for this procurement.