AGC Submits Regulatory Comments

AGC submitted comments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council on Sept. 29, in response to a proposal by the government that would standardize past performance evaluation factors and performance ratings.  The proposal also would require that all past performance information be entered into the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), the government-wide past performance feeder system. AGC's comments centered on concerns that CPARS would retain all interim data in all final performance evaluations, a significant change from the current past performance evaluation process.  In turn, this change would mean that all interim information would also remain in the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS).  AGC strongly recommends that all interim information should be replaced by subsequent interim and final performance evaluations.  The communication process between the government and contractors should continue to be simple by maintaining the proven, successful mode of communication that has already served the federal procurement process well. To view a copy of AGC's comment, click here. For more information, please contact Marco Giamberardino at (703) 837-5325 or giamberm@agc.org.