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equal importance but of lesser
importance to the Mooring Plan. The
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than the aforementioned plans.
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applications, or to reject a request for
extension and to proceed with other
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the right to re-open the solicitation
process at any point prior to donation of
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Dated: May 13, 2010.
A.M. Vallandingham,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate
General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Preferred Supplier Program (PSP)
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice of proposed policy letter.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, Acquisition and
Logistics Management (DASN (A&LM)),
is soliciting comments that the
Department of the Navy (DON) may use
in drafting a policy that will establish a
Preferred Supplier Program (PSP).
Under the PSP, contractors that have
demonstrated exemplary performance,
at the corporate level; in the areas of
cost, schedule, performance, quality,
and business relations would be granted
Preferred Supplier Status (PSS).
Contractors that achieved PSS would
receive more favorable contract terms
and conditions in DON contracts. Upon
approval of the policy by the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Research,
Development and Acquisition, DON
will initiate the pilot phase of the PSP.
DATES: DON invites interested parties
from both the public and private sectors
to provide comments to be considered
in the formulation of the final policy
letter. In particular, DON encourages
respondents to offer their views as
discussed below, in Section D,
‘‘Solicitation of Public Comment.’’
Interested parties should submit
comments, in writing, to the address
below, on or before July 23, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
E-mail: preferredsupplier@navy.mil.
Facsimile: 703–614–9394.
Mail: DASN (A&LM), Attn: Clarence
Belton, 1000 Navy Pentagon, Room
BF992, Washington, DC 20350–1000.
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite ‘‘Proposed DON PSP
Policy Letter’’ in all correspondence. All
comments received will be posted,
without change or redaction, to https://
acquisition.navy.mil/rda/home/
acquisition_one_source/
business_opportunities/
preferred_supplier, so commenters
should not include information that
they do not wish to be posted (for
example, personal or businessconfidential).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Clarence Belton, 703–693–4006 or
clarence.belton@navy.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
Companies in the private sector that
have implemented PSPs have
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significantly improved performance.
Cash flow, profit, and contract terms
and conditions that reduce contractor
costs and risk are powerful incentives
that can be used to motivate contractors
to perform at a high level. DON and its
contractors negotiate these key
components of the business
arrangement contract by contract. As a
result of this decentralized and
individual approach, DON loses an
extremely important opportunity. This
policy would establish the PSP to
recover that opportunity through the use
of favorable contract terms and
conditions that would be available to
Preferred Suppliers (i.e., suppliers that
have demonstrated exemplary
performance, at the corporate level, in
the areas of cost, schedule, performance,
quality, and business relations).
The proposed policy is now in the
conceptual stage. After consideration of
the comments, DON may publish a draft
proposed policy letter for additional
public comments.
B. Proposed Policy Letter Concepts
The general outline of the pilot phase
of the PSP, to be established under the
proposed policy letter, is set forth
below.
DASN (A&LM) shall be responsible
for the assessment of contractors under
the PSP. DASN (A&LM) will confer PSS
at the corporate level, and will not rate
individual affiliates or subdivisions of
corporations.
DASN (A&LM) shall use the
Contractor Performance Assessment
Reporting System (CPARS) as the
baseline data during the pilot phase of
the PSP. In the course of the pilot phase,
DON also will identify other sources of
data, including information available to
Navy program offices and government
contract administration organizations
that the Department may use to
supplement CPARS data in
implementing the PSP. The factors that
DASN (A&LM) will use to assess
contractors during the pilot phase
include, at a minimum, the following
CPARS areas:
Technical (Quality of Product);
Schedule;
Cost Control;
Management Responsiveness;
Management of Key Personnel;
Utilization of Small Business;
Other CPARS Factors As Appropriate.
DASN (A&LM) shall assess Energy
Efficiency for all contractors as an
‘‘excellence factor,’’ in addition to the
areas above.
During the pilot phase of the PSP,
DON will use a 5-star system based
upon the 5-color ratings used in CPARS,
as follows:
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C. Solicitation of Public Comment
PSP
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Yellow .............................................
Green ..............................................
Purple .............................................
Dark Blue ........................................
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1
2
3
4
DON will use the CPARS conversion
table above, based upon CPARS data,
and, as appropriate, other sources of
information and weighting factors.
Contractors must achieve at least a 3–
Star rating to be designated as a
Preferred Supplier.
If a contractor provides
documentation sufficient to establish
that it has an Energy Efficiency Program,
it will receive an additional star, up to
a maximum rating of 5 Stars. A 5–Star
rating can only be achieved if the
contractor maintains an active Energy
Efficiency Program, and otherwise has
received a 4–Star rating. Failure to
demonstrate an active Energy Efficiency
Program will not diminish the
contractor’s PSP rating.
During each fiscal year, DASN
(A&LM) shall reassess and rate the top
25 DON contractors. The top 25 DON
contractors will be determined by the
value of contract awards for the most
recent fiscal year. Other contractors may
apply to join the PSP. DASN (A&LM)
shall evaluate all applicants currently
eligible for assessment in CPARS using
the same process as it does to evaluate
the top 25 contractors. DASN (A&LM)
will establish a 30-day application
period that will begin no later than
January 1, annually.
In negotiating contracts with Preferred
Suppliers, DON contracting officers will
be authorized to offer some or all of the
following more favorable contract terms
and conditions:
Æ More favorable progress payments.
Æ Recognition of PSS in the
development of profit or fee based upon
weighted guidelines.
Æ Tailored contract reporting
requirements.
Æ Special award fee pools.
PSS shall not be used as a factor or
sub-factor in any source selection.
However, where the contracting officer
has a reasonable belief that a Preferred
Supplier may submit a bid or proposal,
the solicitation shall contain terms and
conditions that will be applicable, after
award, only if the successful offeror is
a Preferred Supplier.
These special terms and conditions,
applicable to contracts with Preferred
Suppliers, shall be consistent with the
limitations specified in regulations
promulgated pursuant to the Federal
Acquisition Regulatory System.
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DON invites interested parties from
both the public and private sectors to
provide comments for consideration in
the formulation of a policy letter
establishing the PSP. In particular, DON
seeks to better understand how to
incentivize contractors, at the corporate
level, to achieve sustained superior
performance in the areas of cost,
schedule, performance, quality, and
business relations. Accordingly, DON
welcomes feedback regarding the
following questions.
1. What clauses are currently being
used in government subcontracts, and
commercial contracts and subcontracts,
to incentivize superior performance, at
the corporate level, in the areas of cost,
schedule, performance, quality, and
business relations?
2. What solicitation provisions,
contract clauses, and performance
incentives will provide contractors with
the greatest motivation to achieve PSS?
3. Energy Efficiency is a critical DON
requirement significantly impacting the
successful achievement of DON’s
missions. How should a contractor’s use
of energy, as it relates to the entire lifecycle of a product—design,
manufacture, use, maintenance, and
disposal—be considered in the
designation of Preferred Suppliers?
4. Is there any other aspect of the
proposed PSP on which you wish to
comment?
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the CSP is to increase national
understanding of the charter school
model and to expand the number of
high-quality charter schools available to
students across the Nation by providing
financial assistance for the planning,
program design, initial implementation,
or expansion of charter schools, and to
evaluate the effects of charter schools,
including their effects on students,
student academic achievement, staff,
and parents.
The purpose of this competition
(CFDA 84.282M) is to award grants to
eligible applicants to enable them to
replicate or expand high-quality charter
schools with demonstrated records of
success, including success in increasing
student academic achievement. Eligible
applicants may use their CSP funds to
expand the enrollment of one or more
existing charter schools by substantially
increasing the number of available seats
per school, or to open one or more new
charter schools that are based on the
charter school model for which the
eligible applicant has presented
evidence of success.
Priorities: This competition includes
one absolute priority, three competitive
preference priorities, and one
invitational priority. We are establishing
these priorities for the FY 2010 grant
competition and any subsequent year in
which we make awards from the list of
unfunded applicants from this
competition, in accordance with section
437(d)(1) of the General Education
Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C.
1232(d)(1).
Absolute Priority: This priority is an
absolute priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Dated: May 14, 2010.
A. M. Vallandingham,
Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge
Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal
Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Innovation and Improvement;
Overview Information; Charter Schools
Program (CSP) Grants for Replication
and Expansion of High-Quality Charter
Schools; Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)
2010
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.282M.
Dates:
Applications Available: May 24, 2010.
Date of Pre-Application Meeting: June
8, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 7, 2010.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 7, 2010.
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Experience Operating or Managing
High-Quality Charter Schools
The applicant must have experience
operating or managing more than one
high-quality charter school. For
purposes of this priority, a high-quality
charter school is a school that shows
evidence of strong academic results,
based on the criteria described in
Selection Criterion (a), and has no
significant issues in the areas of student
safety, financial management, or
statutory or regulatory compliance. For
purposes of this competition, significant
issue means something that did, will, or
could lead to the revocation of a
school’s charter.
Competitive Preference Priorities:
These priorities are competitive
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Preferred Supplier Program (PSP)
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed policy letter.
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SUMMARY: The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Acquisition and
Logistics Management (DASN (A&LM)), is soliciting comments that the
Department of the Navy (DON) may use in drafting a policy that will
establish a Preferred Supplier Program (PSP). Under the PSP,
contractors that have demonstrated exemplary performance, at the
corporate level; in the areas of cost, schedule, performance, quality,
and business relations would be granted Preferred Supplier Status
(PSS). Contractors that achieved PSS would receive more favorable
contract terms and conditions in DON contracts. Upon approval of the
policy by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development
and Acquisition, DON will initiate the pilot phase of the PSP.
DATES: DON invites interested parties from both the public and private
sectors to provide comments to be considered in the formulation of the
final policy letter. In particular, DON encourages respondents to offer
their views as discussed below, in Section D, ``Solicitation of Public
Comment.''
Interested parties should submit comments, in writing, to the
address below, on or before July 23, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
E-mail: preferredsupplier@navy.mil.
Facsimile: 703-614-9394.
Mail: DASN (A&LM), Attn: Clarence Belton, 1000 Navy Pentagon, Room
BF992, Washington, DC 20350-1000.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite ``Proposed DON
PSP Policy Letter'' in all correspondence. All comments received will
be posted, without change or redaction, to https://acquisition.navy.mil/rda/home/acquisition_one_source/business_opportunities/preferred_supplier, so commenters should not include
information that they do not wish to be posted (for example, personal
or business-confidential).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clarence Belton, 703-693-4006 or
clarence.belton@navy.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
Companies in the private sector that have implemented PSPs have
significantly improved performance. Cash flow, profit, and contract
terms and conditions that reduce contractor costs and risk are powerful
incentives that can be used to motivate contractors to perform at a
high level. DON and its contractors negotiate these key components of
the business arrangement contract by contract. As a result of this
decentralized and individual approach, DON loses an extremely important
opportunity. This policy would establish the PSP to recover that
opportunity through the use of favorable contract terms and conditions
that would be available to Preferred Suppliers (i.e., suppliers that
have demonstrated exemplary performance, at the corporate level, in the
areas of cost, schedule, performance, quality, and business relations).
The proposed policy is now in the conceptual stage. After
consideration of the comments, DON may publish a draft proposed policy
letter for additional public comments.
B. Proposed Policy Letter Concepts
The general outline of the pilot phase of the PSP, to be
established under the proposed policy letter, is set forth below.
DASN (A&LM) shall be responsible for the assessment of contractors
under the PSP. DASN (A&LM) will confer PSS at the corporate level, and
will not rate individual affiliates or subdivisions of corporations.
DASN (A&LM) shall use the Contractor Performance Assessment
Reporting System (CPARS) as the baseline data during the pilot phase of
the PSP. In the course of the pilot phase, DON also will identify other
sources of data, including information available to Navy program
offices and government contract administration organizations that the
Department may use to supplement CPARS data in implementing the PSP.
The factors that DASN (A&LM) will use to assess contractors during the
pilot phase include, at a minimum, the following CPARS areas:
Technical (Quality of Product);
Schedule;
Cost Control;
Management Responsiveness;
Management of Key Personnel;
Utilization of Small Business;
Other CPARS Factors As Appropriate.
DASN (A&LM) shall assess Energy Efficiency for all contractors as
an ``excellence factor,'' in addition to the areas above.
During the pilot phase of the PSP, DON will use a 5-star system
based upon the 5-color ratings used in CPARS, as follows:
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Yellow........................................................ 1
Green......................................................... 2
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Dark Blue..................................................... 4
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DON will use the CPARS conversion table above, based upon CPARS
data, and, as appropriate, other sources of information and weighting
factors. Contractors must achieve at least a 3-Star rating to be
designated as a Preferred Supplier.
If a contractor provides documentation sufficient to establish that
it has an Energy Efficiency Program, it will receive an additional
star, up to a maximum rating of 5 Stars. A 5-Star rating can only be
achieved if the contractor maintains an active Energy Efficiency
Program, and otherwise has received a 4-Star rating. Failure to
demonstrate an active Energy Efficiency Program will not diminish the
contractor's PSP rating.
During each fiscal year, DASN (A&LM) shall reassess and rate the
top 25 DON contractors. The top 25 DON contractors will be determined
by the value of contract awards for the most recent fiscal year. Other
contractors may apply to join the PSP. DASN (A&LM) shall evaluate all
applicants currently eligible for assessment in CPARS using the same
process as it does to evaluate the top 25 contractors. DASN (A&LM) will
establish a 30-day application period that will begin no later than
January 1, annually.
In negotiating contracts with Preferred Suppliers, DON contracting
officers will be authorized to offer some or all of the following more
favorable contract terms and conditions:
[cir] More favorable progress payments.
[cir] Recognition of PSS in the development of profit or fee based
upon weighted guidelines.
[cir] Tailored contract reporting requirements.
[cir] Special award fee pools.
PSS shall not be used as a factor or sub-factor in any source
selection. However, where the contracting officer has a reasonable
belief that a Preferred Supplier may submit a bid or proposal, the
solicitation shall contain terms and conditions that will be
applicable, after award, only if the successful offeror is a Preferred
Supplier.
These special terms and conditions, applicable to contracts with
Preferred Suppliers, shall be consistent with the limitations specified
in regulations promulgated pursuant to the Federal Acquisition
Regulatory System.
C. Solicitation of Public Comment
DON invites interested parties from both the public and private
sectors to provide comments for consideration in the formulation of a
policy letter establishing the PSP. In particular, DON seeks to better
understand how to incentivize contractors, at the corporate level, to
achieve sustained superior performance in the areas of cost, schedule,
performance, quality, and business relations. Accordingly, DON welcomes
feedback regarding the following questions.
1. What clauses are currently being used in government
subcontracts, and commercial contracts and subcontracts, to incentivize
superior performance, at the corporate level, in the areas of cost,
schedule, performance, quality, and business relations?
2. What solicitation provisions, contract clauses, and performance
incentives will provide contractors with the greatest motivation to
achieve PSS?
3. Energy Efficiency is a critical DON requirement significantly
impacting the successful achievement of DON's missions. How should a
contractor's use of energy, as it relates to the entire life-cycle of a
product--design, manufacture, use, maintenance, and disposal--be
considered in the designation of Preferred Suppliers?
4. Is there any other aspect of the proposed PSP on which you wish
to comment?
Dated: May 14, 2010.
A. M. Vallandingham,
Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-12349 Filed 5-21-10; 8:45 am]
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