Evaluation Criteria Line

The Evaluation Criteria Line tab on the Solicitation transaction allows a buyer to choose individual evaluation criteria from the Evaluation Criteria library or add new ones by free form. Evaluation criteria indicates the characteristics on which a vendor's response will be compared and evaluated. Weights are assigned to criteria as points. The Response Type field will default based on the values set up on the Evaluation Criteria (EVL) table. Any changes needed after this time will require amending the Solicitation. Refer to the "SO Transaction Type" topic for information on Amending a Solicitation.

The Evaluation Criteria Line tab does not contain any required fields to submit the RFP transaction to Final. However, if a line is inserted on this tab, or the Require Evaluation Criteria check box is selected on the Procurement Transaction Control (PRDOC) table then the following fields are required:

Criteria
Short Description
Response Type
Points

Refer to the "Solicitation (SO) Transaction Type" topic for information on the Inactive Line functionality.

The Response Required flag on the Evaluation Criteria Line tab on the Solicitation transaction (SO) allows you to specify whether the selected evaluation criteria requires a response by the vendor on the Solicitation Response (SR) transaction. If the Response Required flag is selected and the Evaluation Criteria check box on the Publishing tab is not selected upon Validate/Submit, then a warning message is issued that the Evaluation Criteria check box should be selected, if at least one of the Evaluation Criteria records has the Response Required flag selected. If the Response Required flag is updated on an existing Solicitation (SO) transaction, it is considered as an amendment and will trigger the Solicitation Amendment Notification upon running the VSS Synchronization batch process.