2.4  Format and Organization of Section M

Your Section M will consist essentially of solicitation provisions prescribed by the FAR and its supplements (DFARS, AFFARS, and applicable MAJCOM Supplements), as well as some "administrative and one-time use provisions" crafted specifically to describe your evaluation factors and communicate how your source selection decision will be made.  The organization and formatting of Section M will be accomplished by your contract preparation software (ConWrite, ACPS, or SPS).  The products resulting from these various automated tools differ somewhat in appearance.  These differences are immaterial.  The content of Section M is dependent, not on the software application used to draft it, but on what you are buying and how you plan to evaluate offers and select your source.  Your center Acquisition Center of Excellence or Contract Policy/Clearance office will help you determine what provisions are prescribed or recommended for your situation.  Follow the instructions of your contract preparation application in developing the solicitation provisions for your Section M and use the Administrative and One-Time Use Provisions in Subsection M-II of this template (M001, Source Selection, and M002, Evaluation Factors).  This guide and your acquisition support team will help you decide what to put in the provisions.  If you do not have a contract preparation software application, simply follow the format of the template, which is organized like the ConWrite program.