§ 2415.604 - Responsibilities.

(b) The technical requirements related to source selection shall be performed by a Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP). Generally, a TEP will consist of three to five voting members, with one member serving as the chairperson. For more complex procurements, the TEP may add advisors and/or a committee structure to focus on specific technical issues or concerns. For inexpensive or routine acquisitions of equipment, supplies or services, the TEP may consist of one technical representative. The TEP is responsible for documenting the evaluation of all proposals as appropriate to the source selection approach in use, and for making the source selection recommendation(s).

(c)(4) The selection of the source(s) for contract award shall be made by:

(i) The contracting officer for awards using the “lowest-priced technically-acceptable proposal” approach; or,

(ii) The Source Selection Official (SSO) for awards based on the “best value” approach.