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As prescribed in 15.304-90(f)(2), insert the following provision:

52.215-9022 Contractor Past Performance Evaluation - Automated Systems (JAN 2009) - DLAD

(a) General.

(1) Past performance is an indicator of a contractor’s ability to perform satisfactorily on future awards.

(2) When used in best value source selections, past performance information will be evaluated based upon a comparative assessment among contractors from which quotes/offers were received.

(b) Scope. Past performance information shall not be used in this acquisition to -

(1) determine a contractor’s technical acceptability;

(2) make responsibility determinations.

(c) Past Performance Systems:

(1) The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) will evaluate a contractor’s past performance, including, but not limited to, their record of conforming to specifications, conformance to the standards of good workmanship, adherence to contract schedules, and commitment to customer satisfaction. DLA will utilize the following information systems in evaluation of contractor past performance: Automated Best Value System (ABVS); Past Performance Information Retrieval System - Statistical Reporting (PPIRS-SR).

(2) The ABVS is the DLA Legacy computerized past performance system that collects a contractor’s existing past performance data and translates it into a numeric score. The contracting officer then uses the score as an additional evaluation factor when making best value award decisions.

(3) The PPIRS-SR is a web-enabled, government-wide application that collects quantifiable delivery and quality contractor past performance information from the Department of Defense (DoD) contracting activities.

(4) Definitions:

(i) “Score(s),” as used in this provision, refers to the ABVS assessment of a contractor’s delivery and quality performance on past DLA contracts.

(ii) “Classification(s),” as used in this provision, refers to the PPIRS-SR assessment of a contractor’s delivery and quality performance on past DoD contracts, including DLA.

(5) ABVS Scores:

(i) DLA assigns an ABVS score to each contractor based on the contractor’s past performance. Contractors receive scores for performance in each Federal Supply Class (FSC scores). The FSC scores are based on DLA consolidated performance history. A contractor may have multiple FSC scores but will have only one DLA score, which is a compilation of the contractor’s FSC scores for all business conducted with DLA.

(ii) The ABVS score is a combination of a vendor's delivery and quality scores; scores range from zero to a perfect score of 100.

(iii) Scores are calculated daily based upon two years of data.

(iv) ABVS delivery scores provide quantification of the number and severity of contractor-caused delinquencies, terminations, cancellations, and withdrawals for products in that FSC (or, if the contractor has no history for the particular FSC, for all products the contractor provided to DLA within the time period under consideration).

(v) ABVS quality scores reflect the number and type of quality complaints (product and packaging nonconformances) issued against a contractor for products in that FSC or for all products it provided to DLA, as described in (iv), above.

(vi) Data sources for past performance information include:

(A) Product Data Reporting and Evaluation Program (PEDREP);

(B) Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP);

(C) DLA Preaward Contracting System (DPACS).

(vii) DLA will make negative quality and delivery data reflected in the ABVS score available to contractors daily for review and challenge.

(viii) For further details concerning ABVS Score calculations and contractor data challenge procedures, refer to the ABVS website at http://www.dscr.dla.mil/UserWeb/proc/ABVM/Abvm.htm

(6) PPIRS-SR Classifications

(i) PPIRS-SR classifications are based on Federal Supply Class (FSC).

(ii) Classifications are calculated monthly based upon three years of data.

(iii) PPIRS-SR Classifications are comprised of a Delivery Score and a Quality color ranking.

(iv) The PPIRS-SR delivery score is based upon the total number of contract line items received and on weighted late deliveries.

(v) The contractor quality performance ranking is based upon a comparison among all contractors within an FSC.

(vi) Data sources for past performance information include:

(A) Product Data Reporting and Evaluation Program (PEDREP);

(B) Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP);

(C) DLA Preaward Contracting System (DPACS);

(D) Automated Best Value System (ABVS).

(vii) PPIRS-SR will make negative quality and delivery data reflected in the PPIRS-SR Classification available to contractors for review and challenge.

(viii) For details concerning PPIRS-SR Classification calculations and contractor data challenge procedures, refer to the “PPIRS-SR Procedural Guide for Application Development” at: http://www.ppirs.gov/ppirs-sr/ppirssrmanual102004.pdf

(7) Evaluation Using ABVS Scores and PPIRS-SR Classifications

(i) The Contracting Officer will first evaluate contractors using the ABVS FSC score for the solicited FSC in effect at the time of evaluation. The Contracting Officer will use a contractor’s DLA score to evaluate a contractor without an FSC score for that particular FSC. The Contracting Officer may consider the volume of business on which the FSC score is based as a measure of confidence in the score’s indication of performance risk. The Contracting Officer may choose to use the DLA score if the volume of business would tend to make the FSC-specific score an inadequate indicator of performance risk. The Contracting Office also may use the DLA score if the FSC scores among contractors are relatively equal. For non-NSN items, the Contracting Officer will evaluate using a contractor’s DLA score in effect at the time of evaluation. Contractors with no performance history for the particular FSC or any other FSC, Agency-wide, for the timeframe being rated will be evaluated neither favorably nor unfavorably, and will be assigned a “999.9” in ABVS.

(ii) In order for the Government to assess performance risk, if the quoter/offeror having the lowest evaluated price also has an ABVS FSC score below 70 and would potentially be bypassed under best value in favor of a higher priced quoter/offeror with a higher ABVS FSC score, then past performance evaluation will be accomplished using PPIRS-SR, in lieu of ABVS, for all quotes/offers received.

(iii) Evaluation of PPIRS-SR delivery assessments will be based upon a numerical scale ranging from 0 (low) to 100 (high). A ‘0’ (zero) delivery score with

‘0’ (zero) lines is used to designate instances wherein the contractor has no history for the particular FSC being rated.

(iv) In PPIRS-SR, contractor quality will be assessed based upon relative ranking among all contractors within a given FSC.

(v) In the case of a contractor without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available in the PPIRS-SR, the contractor will be evaluated neither favorably nor unfavorably on past performance.

(vi) Contractor caused discrepancies or delinquencies will be reflected in a contractor's past performance assessment. Repair, replacement or reimbursement of quality and packaging defects will not provide relief of negative DLA performance data. Contractor caused delivery extensions, regardless of consideration paid, will be reflected in the delivery score.

(8) The Contracting Officer may collect and analyze other information in addition to ABVS/PPIRS-SR past performance information for requisitions in excess of the SAT.

(End of Provision)