Section H 

c. All costs associated with preparation, presentation, and/or discussion of the 

Contractor s TO proposal shall be at the Contractor s expense. Post award TO 

administration is an allowable expense. The Contractor is responsible for 

determining the most appropriate method for recovering such costs (e.g., direct 

or indirect charges to Task Orders) based on its standard accounting practices. 

d. The Government will use a three tier ordering process for task order 

competition as described in Section C.2.  Certified Contractors under NAICS 

codes with $6 million or $12.5 million size standards will be allowed to compete 

on Task Orders with a life cycle value equal to or less than $5 million (Tier I). 

Contractors certified with a size standard of $21 million or 500 employees will 

compete on Task Orders with a life cycle value between $5 million and $40 

million (Tier II).  Contractors certified under the 1500 employee NAICS codes will 

only compete for Task Orders with a life cycle value at more than $40 million 

(Tier III).  The only exception to this approach is for follow on Task Orders in 

which the incumbent Contractor may compete.   Tier I and Tier II Contractors are 

eligible to compete in upper tiers.  The Government reserves the right to deviate 

from this ordering methodology if it is determined to be in the best interest of the 

Government.   

The below graph illustrates the above process: 

Can bid upstairs 

1500 

Person

>$40 m

$21M   

500 Person 

Between $5m

Cannot bid downstairs 

and $40m 

$6M   

(unless incumbent) 

= to or <$5m 

$12.5M 

e. No work will be performed and no payment will be made except as authorized 

by a TO. 

f. The Contracting Officer s selection decision on each TO request shall be final 

and shall not be subject to the protest or disputes provisions of the contract, 

except for a protest that the TO improperly increases the scope, period, or 

maximum value of the contract.  

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