The policies for the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) Contractor Performance System (CPS) used by
most civilian agencies are contained in National Institutes
of Health (NIH) Policy Manual, 6015-2 - PAST PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION, Release Date: 9/30/2001. This is located at:
http://www1.od.nih.gov/oma/manualchapters/contracts/6015-2/.
The Department of Defense has also issued
its own Past Performance Policy Guide titled: "A Guide
to Collection and Use of Past Performance Information (Version
3)" dated May 2003. This guide is located at: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/Docs/PPI_Guide_2003_final.pdf