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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 27. CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT |
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Chapter 27-16. PROCUREMENT BY COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS |
Section 27-1699. DEFINITIONS
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1699.1When used in this chapter, the following words have the meanings ascribed:
Alternate technical concept: A proposed change to a District-supplied base design configuration, project scope, design criterion, or construction criterion that the District determines is equal to or better than a requirement in a request for proposals.
Base compensation: A fixed monthly payment that the District pays the providers of employment services in support of the District’s TANF Employment Program for performing specific duties and delivering specific services. Base compensation varies depending on the size of the provider’s not-employed PIT.
Clarification - communication with an offeror for the sole purpose of eliminating minor irregularities, informalities, or apparent clerical mistakes in the proposal. It is achieved by explanation or substantiation, either in response to District inquiry or as initiated by the offeror.
Deficiency - a material failure of a proposal to meet a District requirement or a combination of significant weaknesses in a proposal that increase the risk of unsuccessful contract performance to an unacceptable level.
Director - the Director of the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP) or the District of Columbia Chief Procurement Officer (CPO).
Discussion - any oral or written communication between the District and an offeror (other than communications conducted for the purpose of minor clarification) whether or not initiated by the District, that involves information essential for determining the acceptability of a proposal, or provides the offeror an opportunity to revise or modify its proposal.
Individual Responsibility Plans (IRP): A written agreement developed jointly by a TANF customer and the providers of employment services in support of the District’s TANF Employment Program that acts as the customer’s roadmap to securing employment and becoming self-sufficient. The IRP outlines specific steps that the customer agrees and commits to take in order to address and remove barriers, and find and retain employment.
Outcome-based compensation: A variable monthly payment that the District pays the providers of employment services in support of the District’s TANF Employment Program for achieving outcomes defined by the District. The outcome-based payment varies depending on the number of payment points that the provider achieves and the volume of outcomes within each payment point.
Payment point: Payment point refers to elements of the TANF employment services provider’s incentive compensation. The compensation is structured to encourage the provider to deliver distinct results or outcomes. Achievement of each outcome triggers a specific payment amount. Payments points are independent of each other. Consequently, it is feasible for the provider to achieve more than one (1) payment point for a given customer in any given month.
Point-In-Time caseload (PIT): Also referred to as caseload, is the number of TANF customers (or cases) that the provider of employment services in support of the District’s TANF Employment Program is serving in a given period or at any given time. The provider shall be managing two (2) types of PIT:
(a) A not-employed PIT (such as a caseload of not-employed TANF customers); and
(b) An employed PIT (such as a caseload of employed customers).
Price - cost plus any fee or profit applicable to the contract type.
Solicitation – request for proposals (RFP), except as provided otherwise in § 1601.
Technical analysis - the examination and evaluation by personnel having specialized knowledge, skills, experience, or capability in factors set forth in a proposal.
Unsolicited proposal – a written proposal that is submitted to an agency on the initiative of the submitter for the purpose of obtaining a contract with the District that is not in response to a solicitation.
Visual quality concept - an offeror’s description of its approach to meeting the project design appearance goals set forth in the RFP.