6.  Decision Activities

6.1.  The Decision Briefing is held after the initial proposal evaluations are complete, if the award will be made without discussions, or after completion of final proposal evaluations, when discussions were conducted.

[6.2]

6.2.1.  In using the best value approach, the government seeks to award to an offeror who gives the government the greatest confidence that it will best meet our requirements affordably. This may result in an award being made to a higher-rated, higher-priced offeror where the decision is consistent with the evaluation factors and the Source Selection Authority reasonably determines that the technical or service superiority and/or overall business approach and/or lower risk and/or superior past performance of the higher priced offeror outweighs the cost difference. The Source Selection Authority, using sound business judgment, bases the source selection decision on an integrated assessment of the evaluation factors and subfactors.

6.2.3.  Typically, the Source Selection Evaluation Team Chairperson, Contracting Officer, and other members of the source selection team draft the Source Selection Decision Document.  Paragraph 7.12 describes the Source Selection Decision Document.

[6.5]

6.5.1.  Only one consensus recommendation will be presented to the SSA.  This recommendation, which must be based on the evaluation criteria contained in section M of the RFP, will be presented to the SSA by the SSAC.  If an SSAC is not used, then it will be presented to the SSA by the SSET Chairperson.  In either event, if a significant disagreement exists, any team member will be afforded the opportunity to present a minority opinion to the SSA.

6.6.  Reference the "Community Advice" section of the AFFARS Library, Part 5315 for advice on debriefings and associated documentation.