MANAGE HUMAN FACTORS IN CONTRACT/VENDOR

Purpose

This section explains the functions of the human factors professional in source selection. These functions include assisting in preparation of the proposal evaluation criteria and Source Selection Plan and participating as a member of the source selection team.

Timing

Human factors criteria must be developed to support source selections conducted in any acquisition phase.  In many instances, source selections are only conducted during Solution Implementation and In-Service Management phases.

“How To”

Since it is difficult to enforce compliance after a contract is awarded if vendor capabilities are inadequate, offerors must demonstrate the ability to incorporate human factors design criteria and guidelines into their system design and engineering before contract award.  The Government first plans the approach and then includes human factors requirements in the Screening Information Request (SIR), which includes the proposal evaluation criteria.  Offerors show they understand the requirements by making human factors commitments in their proposals. The offerors must demonstrate comprehension of and the ability to comply with the total system performance concept as well as their ability to integrate human considerations into system design and development. The human factors practitioner, having provided input to the source selection plan, helps determine how well offerors have met the human factors selection criteria.

Steps

Step 1  Provide Input to the Screening Information Request

Step 2  Provide Input to the Source Selection Plan

Step 3  Participate on the Source Selection Team

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