Procurement glossary

Commercial evaluation

The scoring of a bid's price and commercial terms, normalized so offers can be compared fairly.

In depth

Commercial evaluation compares prices (and sometimes lifecycle cost) using a normalization formula. Abnormally low bids may be flagged for verification before award.

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