6. You are a project manager for Dakota Software Consulting Services. You're working with a major retailer that offers its products online. The company is interested in knowing customer characteristics, the amounts of first-time orders, and similar information. As a potential bidder for this project, you worked on the RFP response and submitted the proposal. When the selection committee received the RFP responses from all the vendors bidding on this project, they used a weighted system in combination with a seller rating system to make a selection.

Which of the following are true? (Choose three.)

A. The procurement officers for both seller and buyer determine how extensive the complexity of the contract negotiations might be.

B. Weighted systems are a proposal evaluation technique in the Conduct Procurements process.

C. Procurement officers typically handle the contract negotiations but project managers should participate in the negotiations. Procurement negotiations require sound negotiating skills. Both parties will discuss elements such as price, roles and responsibilities, and the overall approach to the project.

D. Seller rating systems may be used as a sole evaluation technique when evaluating and selecting vendors.

E. Procurement negotiations can be performed as a stand-alone process with its own inputs and outputs.