Under DOD’s rating system, meeting contract performance (e.g. doing what is promised) will only yield the third highest out of a possible five ratings.  The five ratings include (1) Exceptional – meets requirements and exceeds many (2) Very Good – meets and exceeds some (3) Satisfactory – meets requirements (4) Marginal – does not meet some and (5) Unsatisfactory – does not meet most.  The ratings correspond to risk assessments (i.e. exceptional rating means “very low performance risk” while satisfactory means “moderate performance risk” and unsatisfactory means “very high performance risk”).  OFPP currently uses a five point scale (“0” being  unsatisfactory) with a sixth “plus” exceeding excellent but they have signaled they will adopt DOD’s rating method.

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