ITPEC IP October 2019 Question 97
The table below was created for evaluating proposal documents that were submitted on the basis of an RFP. Which of the following is the company with the highest evaluation points? Here, “Great” represents 4 points, “Good” represents 3 points, “Fair” represents 2 points, and “Poor” represents 1 point in the evaluation points. In addition, each value of the amount, the contents, and the results is weighted and added together to calculate the evaluation points
Explanation
Company B, with 25 points — convert each rating to points, multiply by the item's weight and add.
Amount has weight 3, contents 4 and results 1:
- •A: 2 × 3 + 4 × 4 + 1 × 1 = 6 + 16 + 1 = 23
- •B: 4 × 3 + 3 × 4 + 1 × 1 = 12 + 12 + 1 = 25
- •C: 2 × 3 + 3 × 4 + 4 × 1 = 6 + 12 + 4 = 22
- •D: 3 × 3 + 2 × 4 + 3 × 1 = 9 + 8 + 3 = 20
Answer (b)
Why not others:
- •(a) Company A — its Great for contents, the heaviest item, gives 23, but Fair for amount and Poor for results leave it 2 points behind B
- •(c) Company C — 22; it wins only if the weights are ignored (unweighted sums A 7, B 8, C 9, D 8), because its Great is in results, the item with weight 1
- •(d) Company D — 20, the lowest, with only Fair for contents
Key rule: In weighted evaluation of proposals the heavily weighted items decide the result; a top rating on a light item counts for little.
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