FirstNet outlines four phases of RFP evaluation process during webinar
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FirstNet outlines four phases of RFP evaluation process during webinar
In the solicitation-conformance phase, the evaluation team “will conduct an initial review of proposals in order to verify performance and completeness with the RFP instructions,” Callahan said. That will be followed by a pass/fail phase in which evaluators will determine whether offerors meet the minimum requirements outlined in the RFP.
This will lead to the final phase of evaluation, in which the evaluation team will compare the proposals of offerors that survive the first three evaluation phases.
“Phase 4 is a detailed evaluation phase,” Callahan said. “During this phase, the government will commence the detailed evaluations for those offerors whose proposed solutions have been determined to conform with the RFP in Phase 2 and successfully passed Phase 3.
“Within Phase 4, the evaluation factors that are included—they are also stated in section M [of the RFP]—are business management, coverage and capacity, product and architecture, value-proposition assessment and past performance.”
FirstNet’s RFP estimates that the winning offeror will be selected and the contract awarded by Nov. 1, but FirstNet CEO Mike Poth has said that the timetable could be adjusted, based on the number of bids that need to be evaluated.