How were the samples and examples selected?
A8 The Seven Steps team reviews documents submitted by agencies and searches FedBizOpps for newly-listed performance-based solicitations. The criteria used to select documents for posting can be found in FAR Subpart 37.6, where the mandatory requirements of performance-based solicitations and contracts are discussed. The team hopes that our samples and examples are “food for thought” and provide a foundation from which to work. Because (by definition) performance-based acquisition is based on the purpose of the work to be performed and desired outcomes, no one sample is likely to be an exact match for an agency to utilize without tailoring – each agency has a unique mission. There may be some “boilerplate language that can be copied and pasted, but the team hopes to provide a launch capability by providing samples and examples it has reviewed and approved as meeting the FAR criteria for a performance-based acquisition. Samples of both the statement of objectives (SOO) approach and the
