Section M — Evaluation Criteria

The scoring rubric the government uses to select an awardee.

Definition

Section M lists evaluation factors, their relative importance, and the basis for award, such as trade-off or lowest price technically acceptable.

Why it matters

Your win themes should mirror Section M language factor by factor; anything unscored is wasted page count.

Example

Section M weights Technical over Price and describes an adjectival rating scale.

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