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234 items across 18 sections, with the 31 CORE items flagged and a scorecard at the front. Work through it with your team before the next solicitation posts, not during it.
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How to use it
Three things, in order.
1
Mark the status column first, not the notes.
Delivered counts as 1, partial as 0.5, missing as 0. Leave N/A items out of the denominator. The score is arithmetic once the column is filled.
2
Score every section on its own.
A firm at 74 percent overall can still sit at 20 percent on Financial Capacity. Scorers read sections, not averages, so one weak section carries more bid risk than the total suggests.
3
If you score under 40, start with the 31 CORE items.
Those are the ones that stop a bid cold. Everything else can be built while you are already competitive.
The standings
Where the number puts you.
80–100
Bid ready
The library exists. The bid window goes to drafting and pricing instead of assembling the company.
60–79
Nearly ready
Competitive today, and losing time rebuilding evidence while the clock runs.
40–59
High friction
A meaningful share of the submission gets created during drafting, at the worst possible moment.
Under 40
Build first
The evidence a scorer needs still has to be assembled. A live bid would be written from scratch.
What did you score?
Send the number and your three biggest gaps. You get back the order to close them in and how each one creates risk on a live bid. No cost for the read.
Send your scoreProof
One bid. 1,215 units.
A Los Angeles-based third-party property management firm engaged Awarded to run a City of San José interim housing bid while the company was mid-Yardi integration and carrying a live 1,000-unit transition. Awarded ran the bid, drafted the layered cost proposal, rebuilt it for the City's Best and Final Offer, and presented to the Department's evaluators. The client won.
1,215Units awarded
15Sites
$5.2MAnnual NTE
4.5 yrsTerm with all options