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only requirements that do not in some manner call for information technology 

would be considered outside the scope of the COMMITS NexGen contract. 

Step 3:  

Prepare Statement of Requirement  (SOR), Source Selection Criteria, and 

Task Order Management Plan 

As the title implies, the Statement of Requirements presents the requesting 

activities requirements.  It is this document, along with the source selection 

criteria, that Contractors will use to prepare proposals for evaluation.  The 

SOR is the most important document in the process.  The SOR must fully 

detail the entire requirement, as that will be the primary source of information 

used by the Contractors to prepare their proposals. The SOR should not just 

be limited to technical details: logistics requirements, data deliverables, 

special instructions or conditions should also be described.  For information 

technology services, it is important that the SOR be written as a performance 

based requirement.  Preparation of the SOR and the source selection criteria 

is the responsibility of the requiring activity unless the activity requests the 

CITS office support.  

Following the solution based structure, the COMMITS NexGen contracts 

have no contract pricing.  This gives Contractors the latitude to propose 

various solutions which that they feel will give the best value to the 

Government, at the time of requirement.  Requesting activities are 

encouraged to perform market research in drafting the SOR.  This could 

include seeking and receiving input or suggestions from the COMMITS 

NexGen Contractors as well as other sources.  However, COMMITS NexGen 

Contractors are prohibited from preparing Statements of Requirements. 

Preparation of the Source Selection Criteria will also be accomplished by the 

requiring activity.  These criteria may be different for each SOR, but may 

include Price, Technical Solution, Management Approach, Past Performance 

and/or Small Business Participation.  

In addition to identifying the evaluation criteria, the requesting activity can 

further identify the functional area, and category they wish for the fair 

opportunity competition to take place.  For example, the nature of the 

requirement should identify which functional area would be best to request a 

solution, e.g., Information System Security Support Services.  Within the 

functional area, the requesting activity can further identify the category (i.e., 

small, small disadvantaged, small disadvantaged 8(a), or small women 

owned business) they want the competition to be conducted.  This allows the 

requesting activity to select and receive acquisition credit based on the 

selected category's status.   

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