1.  Pre-Business Clearance CDP

a)  Pre-ASP

Source Selection Team Membership

--  Are there appropriate, knowledgeable, and qualified source selection team members, to include a sufficient number, assigned?

--  Did the briefers effectively articulate their decisions/justifications?

ASP Brief/Draft Acquisition Plan

--  Is the requirement captured by performance-based objectives?

--  Is the requirement defined to capture the minimum program objectives and can it be realistically proposed to?

--  Are the requirements documents (including operational capability requirements) translatable into appropriate, evaluative criteria?

--  Does the market research support the requirements, acquisition strategy and recommendations?

--  Does the risk analysis include contractors' risk as well as government's?

--  Does the risk analysis address and support the recommendations of contract type, pricing structure, type of source selection?

--  Were other contractual vehicles considered, i.e. GSA, multiple award contracts, other DoD contracts, etc.? Was a cost/benefit analysis performed?

--  Are there special contract requirements?

--  Are potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) issues addressed?

--  Are the milestones established by focusing on the key events and with realistic dates to accommodate accomplishing the actions required of the key events? (i.e. is the source selection pacing event driven and not schedule driven?)

--  Do the milestones include review/participation by a MIRT?

--  Does the briefing support the recommendations, i.e. type of contract, pricing structure, type of source selection, etc.

--  Is the acquisition strategy executable?

--  If using ASP as an acquisition plan - are there sufficient details, either in the brief or in the notes - that the ASP can be approved as the acquisition plan?

--  If there has been any consolidation of contracts, were the bundling and consolidation analysis performed prior to deciding on an acquisition strategy? Is the basis for bundling or consolidation justified?

--  If this is a single-award IDIQ, do any of the exceptions at 10 USC 2304a(d) apply?

b)  RFP Sections L and M

--  Are evaluation criteria appropriate (i.e. limited key discriminators based on risk analysis) in order to select the best value contractor?

--  Are cost considerations appropriate for strategy? If one of the criteria is to evaluate Most Probable Life Cycle Costs (MPLCC) this is a "red flag" - were lessons-learned from previous source selections where MPLCC was used discussed before recommending it as a criteria? Was required approval obtained? Was rationale and methodology thoroughly explained and executable?

--  If most probable cost (MPC) is being evaluated - is it only for the instant contract?

--  Are the criteria defined so that they are finite, measurable, and prioritized?

--  Was a side by side comparison of Sections L & M made to ensure how what is being asked for will be used in the evaluation process?

--  If a full-trade off source selection, does the evaluation identify and prioritize specific trade space or performance thresholds for which the government is willing to pay more? Is it clear from the evaluation criteria what the offeror would provide that the government would constitute more advantageous?

--  Are minimum thresholds and maximum performance objectives clearly defined?

--  Are requirements stated in certain terms such that the evaluators will be able to assess whether the offeror meets or exceeds a particular outcome?