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2 of 172 terms matching "CPARS"
Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System
The government's official system for rating contractor performance. Your CPARS ratings follow you and are read by evaluators on future bids.
When you see it
Annually during performance and at contract completion.
Do you need it
You do not register for it; the government writes the evaluation. You get to comment, so read every rating and respond.
Where it comes from
Managed by the Naval Sea Logistics Center for the whole federal government.
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Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System
The government's official system for rating contractor performance. Your CPARS ratings follow you and are read by evaluators on future bids.
When you see it
Annually during performance and at contract completion.
Do you need it
You do not register for it; the government writes the evaluation. You get to comment, so read every rating and respond.
Where it comes from
Managed by the Naval Sea Logistics Center for the whole federal government.
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Past Performance Information Retrieval System
The retrieval side of the performance data. It was where evaluators pulled CPARS ratings; it has been retired and folded into CPARS.gov.
When you see it
In older solicitations and templates that still reference it.
Do you need it
Nothing to do. Treat references to it as references to CPARS.
Where it comes from
Retired; functions absorbed into CPARS.
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