D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 27, r. 27-1699
When used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed:
Alternate technical concept - a proposed change to a District-supplied base design configuration, project scope, design criterion, or construction criterion that the District determines is equal to or better than a requirement in a request for proposals.
Base compensation - a fixed monthly payment that the District pays the providers of employment services in support of the District's TANF Employment Program for performing specific duties and delivering specific services. Base compensation varies depending on the size of the provider's not-employed PIT.
Clarification - communication with an offeror for the sole purpose of eliminating minor irregularities, informalities, or apparent clerical mistakes in the proposal. It is achieved by explanation or substantiation, either in response to District inquiry or as initiated by the offeror.
Customer - a recipient of human care services.
Deficiency - a material failure of a proposal to meet a District requirement or a combination of significant weaknesses in a proposal that increase the risk of unsuccessful contract performance to an unacceptable level.
Director - the Director of the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP) or the District of Columbia Chief Procurement Officer (CPO).
Discussion - any oral or written communication between the District and an offeror (other than communications conducted for the purpose of minor clarification) whether or not initiated by the District, that involves information essential for determining the acceptability of a proposal, or provides the offeror an opportunity to revise or modify its proposal.
Individual Responsibility Plans (IRP) - a written agreement developed jointly by a TANF customer and the providers of employment services in support of the District's TANF Employment Program that acts as the customer's roadmap to securing employment and becoming self-sufficient. The IRP outlines specific steps that the customer agrees and commits to take in order to address and remove barriers, and find and retain employment.
Outcome-based compensation - a variable monthly payment that the District pays the providers of employment services in support of the District's TANF Employment Program for achieving outcomes defined by the District.
Point-In-Time caseload (PIT) -the number of TANF customers (or cases) that the provider of employment services in support of the District's TANF Employment Program is serving in a given period or at a given time.
Pre-qualification - the process by which the contracting officer determines whether a prospective service provider under a human care agreement is responsible.
Price - cost plus any fee or profit applicable to the contract type.
Solicitation - request for proposals (RFP), except as provided otherwise in § 1601 of this chapter.
Technical analysis - the examination and evaluation by personnel having specialized knowledge, skills, experience, or capability in factors set forth in a proposal.
Unsolicited proposal - a written proposal that is submitted to an agency on the initiative of the submitter for the purpose of obtaining a contract with the District that is not in response to a solicitation.
Voucher - a written authorization, to a service provider who has been awarded a human care agreement, to provide the services authorized in the agreement and described in the voucher directly to a customer identified in writing.
Visual quality concept - an offeror's description of its approach to meeting the project design appearance goals set forth in the RFP.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 27, r. 27-1699