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			      <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">536.602-1</ph> Selection criteria.</title>
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						            FAR 36.602-1 requires that agencies include “location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of locality of the project” as one of several selection criteria.</p>
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								                 Do not use this evaluation factor as a minimum qualification requirement for determining whether a firm is eligible to compete for a proposed project.</p>
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								                 This factor must not exceed 5percent of the total weight of all evaluation criteria. In order to receive the maximum score for this factor, the architect-engineer firm(s) must demonstrate that at least 35 percent of the architect-engineer contract services (based on the total contract price) will be accomplished within the geographical boundaries established for the project.</p>
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								                Under an approved class deviation from FAR 36.602-1(a)(5), this factor does not apply to projects that the Chief Architect of GSA determines have national significance.</p>
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						             The public announcement (FedBizOpps notice) for a proposed project should identify the general geographical area of the project by either:</p>
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								                 A radius in miles or other appropriate unit of measure.</p>
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								                 The Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, county(ies), state(s) surrounding the project, or other appropriate geographic boundaries.</p>
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						             Architect-engineer selections under the Design Excellence Program must apply the geographical evaluation criteria in the second phase.</p>
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						             The public announcement (FedBizOpps notice) must provide the number of calendar days the architect-engineer of record has to establish a production capability within the general geographical area of the project. You may allow the architect-engineer of record up to 45 calendar days after contract award to establish this production capability.</p>
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