(a) Use 52.213-9001 ALT I, Evaluation Factor for Source Inspection Alternate I with 52.213-9001 when destination inspection is specified in the solicitation and the solicitation will result in the award of a contract where multiple delivery orders will be issued, i.e., Long Term Contract (LTC).
Evaluation of simplified acquisitions/quotations involving source inspection. The provision at 52.213 -9001, Evaluation Factor for Source Inspection, shall be inserted in all simplified acquisition solicitations. It shall be exercised for the acquisition of items normally requiring destination inspection (see FAR 46.402 and 46.403), when source inspection is specified for offerors under either of the following conditions: the offeror has a history of delivering nonconforming material on destination assigned contracts/purchases; or the offeror insists that inspection be performed at source, despite the Government’s determination that source inspection is unnecessary. When source inspection is to be performed under either of these conditions, the contracting officer shall exercise the provision at 52.2 13-9001 and add $250 to that offeror’s quoted price. If multiple source inspections are required, the evaluation factor will be multiplied by the number of inspections required, and that figure will be added to the offerors quoted price.
(b) Evaluation of simplified acquisitions/quotations involving the conduct of preaward surveys (PASs). [This paragraph pertains only to those contracting offices that have decided, in accordance with 15.304(c)(95), to use the PAS evaluation factor coverage therein.] The provision at 52.215-9001, Evaluation Factor for Preaward Survey, shall be inserted in simplified acquisition solicitations and exercised when a PAS is required to determine the responsibility of prospective contractors described in 15.304(c)(95)(A) through (F).
(c) Disposition of unsolicited quotations.
(1) Unsolicited quotations need not be evaluated except when it is feasible and
practicable to do so in order to:
(A) Satisfy the requirements of FAR 13.104 to provide for maximum
practicable competition; or
(B) Consider alternate offers to provide competition for sole source items (also see 17.7501(b)(4)).
(2) Contracting personnel should return quotes to the offeror with an explanation
of the reason(s) the quote is not being considered for award. This explanation may take the following form:
Sir/Madam:
We received your quotation but are unable to evaluate it for the following reason(s):
___ Request for Quotation (RFQ) Number or other identifying number was not included.
___ The quote did not contain the following certification requirements:
(Enter the certification requirements which are missing.)
___ The quote offers an alternate item, but evaluation data sufficient to evaluate your quote were not included. (Identify the missing data.)
___ Other. (State other reasons for returning quotation here.)
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(d) All solicitations issued under this Part, both written and oral, will be assigned a unique request for quotations number ("Q", "T", or "U" in PIIN position 9, as appropriate), to be used for the primary identification of the solicitation. While the procurement request number may be cited as an additional reference number in solicitations, it must be used in conjunction with an RFQ number.
