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CPARS Guidance


Guidance for the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System

This document defines the who, what, when, where, and why for writing evaluations.

Updated: December 2023

Improving Compliance


3 Ways to Improve your Agency‘s Compliance Metrics

This document summarizes how Compliance Metrics are calculated and ways to improve them.

Updated: March 2024

Integrity Records Overview


Integrity Records Overview

This document summarizes the functionality, records, requirements, and the workflow of the Integrity Records application.

Updated: December 2023

CPARS Manual


CPARS User Manual

This document defines how to navigate and use all the functionality found in the CPARS application.

Updated: December 2023

CPARS Evaluation Data Dictionary


CPARS Evaluation Data Dictionary

This document contains a view of the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) Evaluation Data Dictionary and directs the reader to various other documents for a more detailed picture of the data elements found within CPARS.

Updated: June 2023

Past Performance Data Dictionary


Past Performance Data Dictionary

This is a list of data elements on performance evaluations found in the View Performance section of CPARS.

Updated: July 2023

Product-Service Code (PSC) Mapping Matrix


Product-Service Code (PSC) Mapping Matrix

This provides codes to describe products, services, and research and development (R&D) purchased by the Federal Government and their thresholds for past performance reporting.

Updated: September 2022