DEVRY PROJ 410 Week 3 DQ 2

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DEVRY PROJ 410 Week 3 DQ 2

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• It is very common to find buyers who fail to
  identify the RFP evaluation criteria during the
  project procurement planning process, and in
  fact, do not define the evaluation criteria until
  after proposals have been received and the
  evaluation process is set to begin. What do you
  think is the risk of waiting until bids have been
  received to establish the evaluation criteria to
  be used to select a preferred contractor?
• Besides evaluating the risk of waiting until bids
  are submitted, also consider the question from
  the potential vendors' point of view. Should
  vendors be aware of the evaluation criteria
  during the procurement phase, or after they have
  submitted their proposals/bids?

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• Finding buyers that fail to identify the RFP
  evaluation criteria during the project
  procurement planning process would hurt schedule
  and scope. Besides, if you get the proposals and
  read them before you create evaluation criteria,
  you run the risk of consciously or subconsciously
  creating evaluation criteria based on what you've
  read which could create a bias towards one of the
  proposals. Finally, without having your criteria
  set ahead of time, there is a high risk of
  setting yourself up with a bias opinion on
  proposals and not having an even playing field
  for others that come in.
• Qualifications are important, but so are the
  fees. So many companies are focused on savings,
  how could you not consider fees as much as
  qualifications?
• Give an example when you had a bad experience in
  choosing the lowest-priced contractor or vendor,
  if ever you experienced one.
• Price is one of the main evaluation criteria in
  most proposals. But from your experiences or from
  the knowledge you've gained from this week's
  lecture, what are some other criteria that
  customers use to evaluate various proposals?
• Please pick one of them and elaborate on it.  If
  you can add other criteria, that will be also
  great.
• List five commonly used evaluation criteria
  listed in a RFP and explain why a buyer would
  want this information before selecting a vendor?
• Three commonly used evaluation criteria listed in
  a RFP are overall cost or financial proposal,
  reputation, and experience.  What can the buyer
  glean from this information and how can the buyer
  use it to make a decision on a particular seller?
• Do you feel a seller would have the right to
  protest a bid selection if he/she feels that the
  lack of information regarding the buyers
  evaluation criteria contributed to the sellers
  proposal being non-responsive?
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