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WP-K06-05 Procurement Evaluation Scorecard

Direct answer

This reference structure makes mandatory gates, weighted judgments, price realism, conflicts, subcontractors, evidence obligations, and decision rationale inspectable without claiming a solicitation or award.

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Scorecard identity

PES-K08-005 · Work package WP-K06-05 · REFERENCE EVALUATION STRUCTURE; NOT A SOLICITATION

Mandatory gates

All gates must be addressed

  • eligible and conflict disclosure complete
  • authority and protected-data handling accepted
  • negative-result delivery accepted
  • required evidence and data rights accepted
  • subcontractor and supply-chain disclosure complete

Weighted non-price factors

Weights total 100 percent
FactorWeight
technical method and mission understanding30%
evidence quality and independent reproducibility25%
safety, authority, and failure-boundary discipline20%
delivery and transition credibility15%
supply-chain and subcontractor transparency10%

Price-realism review

  • labor and compute assumptions
  • tool and license dependencies
  • evidence production and retention cost
  • independent verification cost
  • transition, retest, and correction cost

Conflict-of-interest disclosure

  • organizational conflicts
  • supplier or product financial interest
  • prior decision or validation role
  • access to non-public competitor information
  • mitigation and recusal plan

Subcontractor disclosure

  • legal name and role
  • workshare and evidence responsibility
  • critical dependencies
  • foreign ownership or control where applicable
  • flow-down of evidence and correction obligations

Risk factors

  • evidence delivery risk
  • data-rights restriction risk
  • proprietary black-box dependency
  • single-supplier recovery concentration
  • unrealistic schedule or price

Decision record

  • gate results
  • factor scores and rationale
  • price-realism finding
  • strengths, weaknesses, risks, and uncertainties
  • dissent or challenge record
  • approval authority and date
  • protected annex references

Machine record

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