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Source Selection Methods Key

KEY TO METHODS OF SOURCE SELECTION The Procurement Policy Board (PPB) of the City of New York has by rule defined the appropriate methods of source selection for City procurement and reasons justifying their use. The CR procurement notices of many agencies include an abbreviated reference to the source selection method utilized. The following is a list of those methods and the abbreviations used:

CSB
Competitive Sealed Bidding (including multi-step)
Special Case Solicitations / Summary of Circumstances:
CSP
Competitive Sealed Proposal (including multi-step)
CP/1
Specifications not sufficiently definite
CP/2
Judgement required in best interest of City
CP/3
Testing required to evaluate
CB/PQ/4
CSB or CSP from Prequalified Vendor List/Advance qualification screening needed
CP/PQ/4
DP
Demonstration Project
SS
Sole Source Procurement/only one source
RS
Procurement from a Required Source/ST/FED
NA
Negotiated Acquisition
For ongoing construction project only:
NA/8
Compelling programmatic needs
NA/9
New contractor needed for changed/additional work
NA/10
Change in scope, essential to solicit one or limited no. of contractors
NA/11
Immediate successor contractor required due to termination/default
For Legal services only:
NA/12
Specialized legal services needed; CP not advantageous
WA
Solicitation Based on Waiver/Summary of Circumstances (Client Services/CSB or CP only)
WA1
Prevent loss of sudden outside funding
WA2
Existing contractor unavailable/immediate need
WA3
Unsuccessful efforts to contract/need continues
IG
Intergovernmental Purchasing (award only)
IG/F
Federal
IG/S
State
IG/O
Other
EM
Emergency Procurement (award only). An unforeseen danger to:
EM/A
Life
EM/B
Safety
EM/C
Property
EM/D
A necessary service
AC
Accelerated Procurement/markets with short-term price fluctuations
SCE
Service Contract Extension/insufficient time; necessary service; fair price
Award to Other Than Lowest Responsible Responsive Bidder or Proposer/Reason (award only)
OLB/a
Anti-Apartheid preference
OLB/b
Local Vendor Preference
OLB/c
Recycled preference
OLB/d
Other: (specify)
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