You are a contracting officer for a negotiated competitive acquisition for ship repair. The estimated value of the acquisition is $ XXXXXXXXXXQuestion: Which one of the following is true regarding the...

You are a contracting officer for a negotiated competitive acquisition

for ship repair. The estimated value of the acquisition is $650.000.Question: Which one of the following is true regarding the evaluation of past performance as part of the source selection? (Assume that if evaluation is required, it will be waived.)a. Past performance is required to be evaluated for the source selection.b. past performance is not required to be evaluated for the source selectionc. The requirement to evaluate past performance for the source selection can only be waived if the contracting officer documents the reason is not appropriate evaluation factor for the acquisition. -Please complete correct response and state FAR reference with correct citation