Evaluation_Criteria.pdf

This is an Evaluation Criteria document for the City of St. Petersburg's Youth & Young Adult Employment Program, a procurement in Florida seeking qualified providers to administer youth and young adult internship programs. The selected vendor will serve as program administrator responsible for recruiting, screening, HR operations, and participant placement services. The evaluation criteria establish a weighted scoring system to assess competing proposals across multiple dimensions of organizational capability and community commitment.

The evaluation framework allocates 31% weight to qualifications including experience, past projects, and previous work performed for the City of St. Petersburg, 30% to project approach, 15% to staff capacity and key personnel, 10% to the detailed fee summary and budget, and 5% to community collaboration. The procurement includes specific set-aside categories for local businesses, with 1% weight each for City of St. Petersburg Small Business Enterprises (SBE), Minority Business Enterprises (MBE), and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (WBE) when the proposer meets these designations. An additional 2% weight is allocated for each subcontractor category (SBE, MBE, and WBE), incentivizing vendors to engage certified local subcontractors in their service delivery model. The cumulative weight of all evaluation criteria totals 100%, with business diversity and workforce development considerations representing 9% of the overall scoring.