Warranty procedures
Potential conflicts of interest (for services) Historical information
Dates of past acquisitions for the supplies or services
Prevailing market conditions at those times
Quantities solicited and acquired for past ac- quisitions
Number of sources solicited for past acquisi- tions
Names of specific sources solicited
Number and names of offerors for past acquisi- tions
Any significant differences between govern- ment requirements documents for prior con- tracts and those for the current requirements
Length of past delivery or performance period, in days, weeks, months, or years
Months during which the supplies were deliv- ered or the services performed
Whether the contractor met the delivery targets
Free-on-board point
Need for premium transportation to ensure timely delivery
Costs of ownership associated with past acqui- sitions
Past acquisition methods employed
General terms of past contracts
Significant differences between terms of past contracts and those recommended for the cur- rent acquisition
Problems encountered during past contract performance
Pricing Factors
Prices paid for the supplies or service, and changes in the supply, service, or market since then
Historical differences between prices paid by the government and those paid by other buy- ers, and reasons for such
Whether additional suppliers are expected to enter the market
Relationship of the quantity the government intends to buy and the quantity that other enti- ties buy
Whether the planned volume will justify a lower-than-market price as a result of the sell- er's increased economies of scale
Whether the planned volume will be so large
as to drive the sellers to or beyond full capacity, resulting in unanticipated inflation
Whether the acquisition is for items that are at the leading edge of market demand (market demand is increasing) or at the back end (de- mand for the item is dropping)
Whether demand will be higher or lower at the time of award
Whether supply capacity is expected to keep pace with demand
Whether there is a cyclical pattern to supply and demand for the supply or service
Whether awarding 6 months in the future would result in lower prices than an immediate award (or if it would be better to stock up now at today's prices)
What forces (strikes, labor shortages, subcon- tractor bottlenecks, energy shortages, other raw material shortages) might drive up prices in the near future
What forces might lead the government to ex- pect lower prices in the future
Pricing strategies of firms in the market Implications for expected prices Availability of discounts for quantity buys
Which firms in the market are most likely to submit offers to a government solicitation
What features distinguish one service or item of supply from another
Which commercial supplies or services match most closely the government requirements document (as it currently reads in the purchase request)
Apparent tradeoff between features and price
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