6-Evaluation Score Sheet.pdf

This is an Evaluation Score Sheet for the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Request for Proposals for Utah Professional Practices Advisory Committee (UPPAC) Investigators (Solicitation # USBE-MI27052-RFP). The RFP seeks to contract with qualified external, independent investigators to serve on a rotating or random basis as hearings are required. USBE anticipates either a single contract award or multiple contract awards to responsive and responsible offerors. The scoresheet indicates that this is a repost solicitation, as USBE has existing contracts for these services but is seeking additional qualified investigators due to increasing demand. Current contractors may submit proposals again if they wish to have additional individuals considered for the contract.

The evaluation scoresheet establishes a technical scoring methodology with four primary criteria weighted as follows: Criterion 1 (10 points, 40% weight), Criterion 2 (7 points, 28% weight), Criterion 3 (5 points, 20% weight), and Criterion 4 (3 points, 12% weight), totaling 250 possible points. Evaluators assign scores from 0–10 based on whether proposed solutions fail to meet requirements (0), satisfactorily meet requirements (5), or measurably exceed requirements (10). A minimum threshold of 75 percent (187.5 points) is required for evaluation approval. Mandatory minimum requirements include agreement to a flat rate cost structure, disclosure of potential conflicts of interest, educational law experience, a writing sample demonstrating understanding of educators facing UPPAC discipline, and investigator experience with protection of student-level data.