Test a supplier against the responsibility standards
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Copy each condition that asks about finances, schedule capacity, past performance, integrity, organization, equipment, or location. Mark any condition that would treat a supplier as not responsible only because it has no relevant performance history. Do not decide that a supplier is responsible or excluded.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides responsibility under FAR 9.104-1. A prospective contractor must have adequate financial resources or the ability to obtain them, be able to meet the delivery or performance schedule given its other commitments, have a satisfactory performance record, a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics, the necessary organisation, experience, controls, and technical skills or the ability to obtain them, the necessary equipment and facilities or the ability to obtain them, and be otherwise qualified and eligible. A contractor shall not be determined responsible or nonresponsible solely because it lacks relevant performance history, except as provided in FAR 9.104-2, which was not opened. FAR 19.502-2 uses the same idea of a responsible small business when a set-aside depends on receiving offers from at least two of them. The opened text does not forbid asking about experience with the buying agency, beyond that limit on using a lack of history as the sole ground.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes assembling provisional schedules. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Trace every relied-on figure to its source, confirm dates and assumptions, and independently recalculate totals or derived amounts.
- Review operative clauses in the complete document, including definitions, cross-references, schedules and inconsistencies with the instructions.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.