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Making Trade-Off Decisions

At this stage in the competitive source selection process, the evaluators have assessed the final proposal revisions and are ready to brief the source selection authority (SSA). The SSA makes the contract award decision based on a comparative assessment of the proposals against the source selection criteria stated in the RFP. Although the SSA may use reports and analysis prepared by the evaluators, the final source selection decision must represent the SSA’s independent judgment.

The selection decision must not only identify the differences between proposals, but also their strengths, weaknesses, and risks relative to ...

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