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Link to "2-31.1 Proposal Evaluation" Link to contents for "2 Postal Service Supplying Practices Process Step 2: Evaluate Sources"      Link to "2-31.3 Comparative Evaluation"

2-31.2 Individual Evaluation

The Proposal Evaluation Team analyzes the individual proposal’s strengths, weaknesses, and risks and documents conclusions reached regarding the proposal. This narrative is prepared simultaneously with the scoring of the proposal. The Proposal Evaluation Team must provide its rationale for a particular supplier’s score and must arrive at a consensus decision for each proposal as soon as possible after review and evaluation. The Proposal Evaluation Team evaluates the proposals using the proposal evaluation factors as the basis for the evaluation.

The following methods and tools are used to perform proposal evaluations; they are used throughout the topics of the Evaluate Proposals task of Postal Service Supplying Practices Process Step 2: Evaluate Sources:

  • Product life cycle.
  • Total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis.
  • Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule).
  • Risk definition template.
  • Weighted decision matrix.
  • Cost-realism analysis.
  • Should-cost analysis.
  • Site visits.
  • Supplier financial capability analysis.
  • Review of item purchase history.
  • Supplier survey.
  • Market research (Conduct Market Research and Benchmarking Analysis topic of the Decide on Make vs. Buy task of USPS Supplying Practices Process Step 1: Identify Needs).



Link to "2-31.1 Proposal Evaluation" Link to contents for "2 Postal Service Supplying Practices Process Step 2: Evaluate Sources"      Link to "2-31.3 Comparative Evaluation"
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