Evaluators assign holistic ratings rather than strengths, weaknesses, deficiencies, or risks.
Confidence ratings are another form of adjectival rating that allow evaluators to assign ratings more holistically. May be used in acquisitions under FAR subparts 8.4 (orders/BPAs under schedules), 15.3 (source selections), and 16.505 (orders under multiple-award IDIQ contracts); as well as Part13 (Simplified Acquisitions). Only source selections under Subpart 15.3 require documentation of relative strengths, deficiencies, significant weaknesses, and risks; other acquisitions may use different approaches.
- Adjectival ratings that limit evaluators to a certain rating based on having a certain number of "strengths" or "weaknesses" are not flexible, and overly restrict the evaluators" ability to assign appropriate ratings. They also cause far too much controversy and re-work in our internal review processes
- Confidence ratings provide evaluators the ability to look more holistically at the strongpoints and weak points of an offer
- Confidence ratings, supported by rationale, are often more helpful to a selecting official
- SMALL BUSINESS BENEFIT: Evaluates offers holistically to capture raters’ overall confidence in the offeror’s likelihood to succeed, helping small businesses who may be stronger overall than some more seasoned larger businesses
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