6.2  The SSA's Integrated Assessment and Best Value Decision

The SSA is required to integrate the evaluation results and apply sound business judgment to determine which offer represents the best value.  The SSA must consider all aspects of the evaluation (Mission Capability, Performance Confidence, Cost/Price Risk if applicable, and Cost/Price).  It is during this process that the SSA compares each offeror's proposal merits, as determined by the source selection evaluation team, against one another and identifies relative differences among the offerors.  It is the relative differences, and SSA's integration and valuation of these relative differences, that forms the basis for determining which offer represents the best value.  Again, the SSA's integrated assessment and award decision must be consistent with Section M of the solicitation.