Fictitious scenario to be able to answer questions $7-9.$

You receive bids from companies A$,$ B$,$ C$,$ D and E$.$ Contractor B does not meet the requirements of one of your qualification evaluation criteria and Contractor D does not meet the requirements of one of your critical evaluation criteria.

$7.$ Please state which evaluation factors they did not meet and what you must now do with these bids.

Apply the following weights to your three differentiation evaluation factors

Bid differentiation evaluation factor $45\%$

Bidder differentiation evaluation factor $35\%$

Bidder differentiation evaluation factor $20\%$

Score the $3$ remaining contractors $($A$,$ C & E$)$ as follows:

For bid differentiation evaluation factor $1,$ Contractor A must receive a score of either $1,2$ or $3.$ Contractor C$,$ a score of $7$ and Contractor E a score of either $8,9$ or $10.$

For bidder differentiation evaluation factor $2,$ Contractor A must receive a score of either $4,5$ or $6.$ Contractor C$,$ a score of $10$ & Contractor E a score of either $1,2$ or $3.$

For bidder differentiation evaluation factor $3,$ Contractor A must receive a score of either $5,6$ or $7.$ Contractor C$,$ a score of $2$ & Contractor E a score of either $8,9$ or $10.$

$8$ a$)$ Calculate the total weighted score for the remaining bids, and

$8$ b$)$ Do a trade$-$off $65$:$35$ analysis between functionality and price, where the following prices apply:

Contractor A: R $8$ million

Contractor C: R $13\mathrm{.}5$ million

Contractor E: R $15$ million

$9.$ Use your evaluation of the various bids and recommend the best bid, please give the reasons for your recommendation.

$10.$ Define and give an example of each of the $5$ constitutional requirements which are being fair, equitable, transparent, cost$-$effective & competitive.