5.1.2  Approach #2 - Rank by Price, Evaluate Specified Number for Technical, Assess Performance

Step 1 - Rank all proposals by price.

Step 2 - Evaluate a specified number of the lowest priced proposals for technical acceptability, if applicable, and price reasonableness.  

Note:  The number of proposals selected and surveyed will depend on the total number and quality of proposals received. For purposes of efficiency consider reducing the number of offers to the lowest priced proposals (usually the first five to seven).  The number selected is the choice of the contracting officer.

Step 3 - Assess performance confidence for a specified number of the lowest priced technically acceptable offerors.  SSA does an integrated best value assessment of the evaluated offerors.