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Evaluating Proposals and Making the Award Decision

This is the stage of the source selection process that everyone has been preparing for: proposal evaluation and contract award.

The proposal evaluation process can be very lengthy and complicated depending on the nature of the RFP and evaluation criteria. Upon receipt of proposals, the contracting officer (CO) reviews them for compliance with the stated proposal preparation instructions and distributes them to evaluators. The evaluators must evaluate the proposals in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. It is important to note that several months may have elapsed since writing the RFP, ...

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