Past Performance Handbook, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER 1

EVALUATING PAST PERFORMANCE

“By increasing attention to contractor performance on in-process contracts and ensuring that past performance data is readily available for source selection teams, agencies are reaping two benefits: (1) better current performance because of the active dialog between the contractor and the government; and (2) better ability to select high quality contractors….” OFPP¹

The evaluation of past performance is not a new concept. It has been a long-established requirement that an offeror’s past performance be examined as part of the responsibility determination made just before contract award.² Relatively new, however, are the requirements to consider an offeror’s past performance as an evaluation factor for source ...