Is there a dollar threshold for contract solicitations when it becomes mandatory or required to include a Performance Requirements Summary (PRS)?
A12 No, there is not a dollar amount where use of a PRS become mandatory. It depends more on the type of requirement and the type and level of surveillance required to ensure the contractor is meeting the performance standards. We’ve seen it used more in requirements for recurring services than for other types of efforts (e.g., development of human resources software system). One of the things that will come into play is the type and level of the quality assurance plan proposed by the offerors. If their quality control plan seems pretty complete (and if they do what they proposed), then the level of surveillance performed by the Government could be reduced (in fact, that’s a great incentive for the contractor!). If a PRS is going to be the surveillance tool, it’s really helpful to create the PRS and PWS together because it gets the Government’s IPT thinking about how they’re going to determine whether or not the contractor hit the mark. It’s easy to say “The contractor should do this.”
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