Competitive solicitations are evaluated based on stated criteria and each criteria is ranked in order of importance. Each of those criteria may contain sub-factors which themselves are ranked in order of importance. Besides rankings in importance, the criteria are also ranked in significance to other evaluation criteria. Thus a solicitation might provide something along the lines of the technical evaluation criteria are to be considered significantly more important than cost.
New Regulation Formalizes Ombudsman Practice and Identity for IDIQ Contracts
An ‘ombudsman’ is an official charged with addressing and/or investigating the interests of individuals’ or companies’