Purpose of the Source Selection Plan
The source selection plan serves several purposes, including:
- Defining a specific approach for soliciting and evaluating proposals.
- Describing the evaluation factors and subfactors, their relative importance, and the methodology used to evaluate proposals.
- Providing essential guidance to the solicitation developers, especially for putting together the solicitation sections dealing with proposal preparation and evaluation.
- Serving as a charter and guide for the source selection team on the roles of the members and the conduct of the entire source selection from proposal evaluation, through the cost/price/technical tradeoff, award decision, and debriefing.