Unlike Competitive Sealed Bids, the Competitive Sealed Proposals method does not itemize the services to be performed in such detail that the only determinant factor is price. Rather, this method lists the contract deliverables in general terms and overall goals and requires each respondent to offer a detailed strategy for the delivery of the requested services. These strategies, and the cost to implement them, are offered in documents called Technical and Financial Proposals. These proposals must be evaluated, and ranked. Based on the ranking, the evaluators judge one of the offerors (or several in the case of multiple awards) to be the “most advantageous offer to the State.” In this type of procurement, technical ability may outweigh price when ranking responses.

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