3 1.1.9 Present Initial SSEB Chair presents IEB to SSAC SSEB Chair 8 Evaluation Briefing to SSAC (If applicable) 3 1.1.10 Present Initial SSAC and SSEB present IEB to SSA SSAC Chair 4 Evaluation Briefing to SSA 3 Decision Obtain SSA SSA decides to either approve Competitive SSA 1 Point Preliminary Range and go into discussions, or to proceed Decision to contract clearance and then contract award 2 1.2 Issue Final During this phase the SSEB conducts CO 109 Proposal discussions with offeror(s) in the competitive Revision (FPR) range. This phase ends with a decision brief Request to the SSA to request the FPR. 3 1.2.1 Issue Notify offerors excluded from the competitive CO 1 Competitive range. Prepare pre-award debriefing as Range applicable. Notification 3 1.2.2 Release ENs & Initial Ratings are transmitted to each CO Concurrent Discussion ENs respective offeror remaining in the with other & Initial Ratings Competitive Range. Elements 3 1.2.3 Follow-up with Best practice is to meet with each offeror a CO 5 Offeror(s) day or so they get their ENs to give them a chance to ask questions - makes sure they completely understand the issues. It is advisable to extract the initial ratings information directly from the IEB slides (appropriately redacted) and provide it to each respective offeror after converting to .pdf or some other read-only file format. 3 1.2.4 Respond to ENs All offerors remaining in the competitive Offeror(s) 7 range will generate responses to the ENs given them. Some may have questions or need additional time before they can respond. While waiting for the EN responses, the SSEB can ensure they are ready to receive the responses by getting some just-in-time training from the ACE as a refresher on how to disposition EN responses.
3 1.1.9 Present Initial Evaluation Briefing to SSAC (If applicable) SSEB Chair presents IEB to SSAC SSEB Chair 8 3 1.1.10 Present Initial Evaluation Briefing to SSA SSAC and SSEB present IEB to SSA SSAC Chair 4 3 Decision Point Obtain SSA Preliminary Decision SSA decides to either approve Competitive Range and go into discussions, or to proceed to contract clearance and then contract award SSA 1 2 1.2 Issue Final Proposal Revision (FPR) Request During this phase the SSEB conducts discussions with offeror(s) in the competitive range. This phase ends with a decision brief to the SSA to request the FPR. CO 109 3 1.2.1 Issue Competitive Range Notification Notify offerors excluded from the competitive range. Prepare pre-award debriefing as applicable. CO 1 3 1.2.2 Release Discussion ENs & Initial Ratings ENs & Initial Ratings are transmitted to each respective offeror remaining in the Competitive Range. CO Concurrent with other Elements 3 1.2.3 Follow-up with Offeror(s) Best practice is to meet with each offeror a day or so they get their ENs to give them a chance to ask questions - makes sure they completely understand the issues. It is advisable to extract the initial ratings information directly from the IEB slides (appropriately redacted) and provide it to each respective offeror after converting to .pdf or some other read-only file format. CO 5 3 1.2.4 Respond to ENs All offerors remaining in the competitive range will generate responses to the ENs given them. Some may have questions or need additional time before they can respond. While waiting for the EN responses, the SSEB can ensure they are ready to receive the responses by getting some just-in-time training from the ACE as a refresher on how to disposition EN responses. Offeror(s) 7
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