RFP Evaluation Criteria Checklist

Colorado Department of Transportation

US50B SHIFT Passing Lanes

RFP US50B SHIFT Passing Lanes

Proposal due date: 5/15/26 2:00 p.m.

Read from: codot-us50-passing-lanes-cm-rfp.pdf

The RFP says it scores out of
Proposal 60 Interview 40
The items below add up to
100
Do they match?
Yes
Rules that can throw a proposal out
14

What this is

This page shows how Colorado Department of Transportation · US50B SHIFT Passing Lanes will be scored. It's built from codot-us50-passing-lanes-cm-rfp.pdf, the actual RFP document, not a summary of it. The RFP says proposals are scored out of 60 (Proposal) + 40 (Interview) points, and the items below add up to 100. This RFP scores in stages. Each stage's own total is shown next to that stage's items below. Below that, you'll find 6 things that earn points, 14 rules that can get a proposal thrown out before scoring even starts, and 1 other things the RFP says about scoring that aren't tied to a specific scored item.

How to read this page

  • This page has three parts: How you'll be scored (the points table), What gets you thrown out (rules that can disqualify a proposal no matter how good it is), and Other things the RFP says about scoring (RFP sentences about scoring that aren't tied to a specific scored item). Use the tabs below to jump between them.
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Proposal: 60 points in all

10102020

Interview: 40 points in all

1525

Bar sizes and percentages are simple math on the points the RFP prints.

How we checked this

Proposal: the RFP says 60 points, the items add up to 60; Interview: the RFP says 40 points, the items add up to 40.

How the stages combine:

The Proposers Technical Score and their Interview Score will be summed and tabulated which will be referred to as their “Total Score”,

We checked 105 lines in the RFP that talk about scoring or rejection. Every one of them is accounted for: 11 in How you'll be scored, 22 in What gets you thrown out, 2 in Other things the RFP says about scoring, and 70 read and set aside, each with its reason recorded in the matrix file.

Part 1

How you'll be scored

6 item(s), 100 points
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From the RFP section: 3.1. EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR PROPOSALS (60 Points Possible)

10points16.7% of the Proposal points
Item 1 of 6

A. CM Project Management Team

Scoring stage: Proposal
What the RFP asks you to provide
  • ● Provide a description of the composition of the team’s Project Key Personnel. If the Proposer team is a Joint Venture or association, indicate specific responsibilities of each party to the Joint Venture.
  • ● Provide, identify, and discuss the qualifications of the Key Personnel and include the following:
  • o Provide job descriptions, responsibilities, and authority; o Provide a list of the concurrent projects, responsibilities, and commitments that each may have for the duration of the Project; o Current home office location; o Qualifications and past construction experience relevant to this Project, in addition to length of time performing those job duties;
  • o Unique skills or knowledge each may possess related to the Project; o Length of time of overall experience pertinent to the scope of this project and length of time with the current firm for each; o Experience on similar projects as a team; and o Provide resumes and two current references for the Key Personnel in an appendix to the Proposal. References will be considered current if the party’s name, current position/title, and position/title held at the time for which the recommendation is being sought are provided; telephone numbers must be current as of the proposal due date.
  • ● Provide a graphic showing the CM’s organizational chart, complete with working titles for the team for the preconstruction phase. Provide an explanation of any variation to the anticipated Key Personnel time commitments stated above.
  • ● Provide a narrative describing succession planning for team stability and planning for any member of the project team that may leave.
  • ● Provide a narrative of the Proposer’s largest foreseen safety risks for the Project and describe the safety programs, processes, and initiatives that the Proposer currently has in place to help manage/mitigate/or eliminate the safety risks.
  • ● Provide the following information for each entity involved, covering the last 4 years (2021- 2025). o Experience Modification Rates (EMR) o OSHA Reportable Incident Statistics
What the scorer will look for
  • Composition and Commitment of the CM Project Management Team
Where it goes in your proposal
  • not in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
Status
Where your team will get it
Lead for this section
Reviewer for this section
10points16.7% of the Proposal points
Item 2 of 6

B. Contractor Capability

Scoring stage: Proposal
What the RFP asks you to provide
  • ● Provide a summary of the Proposer’s previous project experience relevant to the general scope and construction value of work for this Project.
  • ● Provide three or more relevant projects/programs that demonstrate the Proposer’s ability to be successful on this Project. For each listed project or experience, include the name of the owner, any architect/engineer references, and the contract information CDOT may at its
  • Provide at a minimum: o The project/contract name, o Project delivery method, o Description of services provided,
  • o Overall construction cost of the project, as applicable, including the initial contract/construction value and value at final acceptance. Please provide reasoning for any differential, o Description of project schedule performance, including initial schedule, and reasons for schedule change, o Coordination with stakeholders, if any, o Key personnel assigned or in-house staff and their level of involvement, o Senior Leadership assigned and their commitment in time to the overall success of the project, as well as their commitment to the success of the Owner’s Program, o Major subcontractors and primary subcontracts used in the performance of the contract, and o Project Reference(s). All references submitted shall be current for relevant projects.
What the scorer will look for
  • Prior Project Experience/Performance/References
Where it goes in your proposal
  • not in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
Status
Where your team will get it
Lead for this section
Reviewer for this section
20points33.3% of the Proposal points
Item 3 of 6

C. Strategic Project Approach

Scoring stage: Proposal
What the RFP asks you to provide
  • Provide a narrative that describes the Proposer’s project specific plan and approach to meeting the Project Goals. Identify how the Proposer will manage schedule, budget, and incorporation of innovation.
  • Describe the Proposer’s role and responsibility in refinement of the design, quality of the design, accuracy of the scope, and ensuring efficiency of the execution of delivery for the Project. Specifically, the Proposer shall address: ● Grant Alignment & Milestone Management, Site Selection & Optimization
  • Describe the Proposer’s strategy for project management for the Project that would encourage building a culture of success and collaboration. Highlight how the Proposer will manage preconstruction milestones, quality control during preconstruction, project resources, and environmental resources. The narrative should specifically address the "Categorical Exclusion" (CatEx) strategy and how the Proposer will identify site-specific stipulations (endangered species, historic ditches, noise, etc.) early to avoid design restarts. Describe how the Proposer will partner with CDOT, and the designer, to ensure that every dollar invested into the preconstruction phase of the Project adds value to the Project.
  • Describe the Proposer’s project specific plan and approach to construction project management for the Project. Describe how the Proposer is uniquely skilled to manage the challenges of the Project. Highlight the strategy to meeting construction milestones,
  • project sequencing, early action opportunities, critical scope elements, stakeholder coordination, and market conditions. In addition, please provide specific details regarding:
  • ● Corridor Logistics & Phasing ● Freight & Agricultural Vehicle Access ● Phasing and Packaging Strategy Describe the Proposer’s project specific plan and approach to scope management, self- performance, subcontractor management, and management of Civil Rights compliance. Describe the Proposer’s plan and approach to environmental management for the Project. Address how the Proposer will manage construction activities around the irrigation season and avoid impacts to irrigation ditches and wetlands.
  • Describe the Proposer’s plan and approach for incident response. Include how your team will remain agile to coordinate, adapt, complement, and contribute to the Incident Command’s direction, if required. Due to the long emergency detour routes on the US 50 corridor, specifically describe the communication plan for rapid incident clearance to prevent corridor-wide delays.
  • Describe the Proposer’s practical innovative ideas specific to the Project in detail.
What the scorer will look for
  • not in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
Where it goes in your proposal
  • not in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
Status
Where your team will get it
Lead for this section
Reviewer for this section
20points33.3% of the Proposal points
Item 4 of 6

D. Approach to Risk, Schedule, and Pricing

Scoring stage: Proposal
What the RFP asks you to provide
  • Define the key steps to risk management that the Proposer will employ. Describe how those steps will be applied to both the preconstruction and construction process.
  • Describe the techniques and tools that the Proposer will use to quantify the risk, establish a risk pool, and participate in management of the risk pools and contingencies.
  • Identify and describe the top five risks the Proposer has identified on the Project and what are the preliminary plans to manage those risks. Be specific on how the Proposer will prioritize those risks and manage them.
  • Describe the Proposer’s plan and approach to managing the construction schedule in such a way as to minimize impacts to the traveling public, encourage efficient execution, inform the preconstruction process, manage the critical path, incorporate innovation, and provide reasonable float.
  • Describe the Proposer’s approach to Transparency and Accountability in the Cost Model. Describe how the Proposer will contribute to the pursuit of the project goals and provide easy to interpret deliverables using standard agreed upon terms and inputs.
  • Describe how the Proposer’s cost model will incorporate the variables that affect project costs, innovation, essential inputs needed, coordination with the Owner and their
  • Independent Cost Estimator, and be reliable over multiple construction seasons.
What the scorer will look for
  • not in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
Where it goes in your proposal
  • not in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
Status
Where your team will get it
Lead for this section
Reviewer for this section

From the RFP section: 3.2 EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR INTERVIEWS (40 Points Possible)

15points37.5% of the Interview points
Item 5 of 6

A. Short Presentation

Scoring stage: Interview
What the RFP asks you to provide
  • Summarize the Proposal and describe the Proposer’s innovative ideas and unique resources (20 Minutes).
What the scorer will look for
  • The interview presentation and question/answer scoring will be based on the following criteria: ● Project Understanding and goals, ● Project Approach, ● Project Innovation, ● Team Collaboration ● Communication Skills, and ● Understanding of CM/GC Project Delivery Method.
Where it goes in your proposal
  • not in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
Status
Where your team will get it
Lead for this section
Reviewer for this section
25points62.5% of the Interview points
Item 6 of 6

B. Question and Answer Session with the Selection Panel

Scoring stage: Interview
What the RFP asks you to provide
  • The questions asked by the Selection Panel in this session will be the same for each Proposer. The Proposer will be allocated 60 total minutes for this session.
What the scorer will look for
  • The interview presentation and question/answer scoring will be based on the following criteria: ● Project Understanding and goals, ● Project Approach, ● Project Innovation, ● Team Collaboration ● Communication Skills, and ● Understanding of CM/GC Project Delivery Method.
Where it goes in your proposal
  • not in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
Status
Where your team will get it
Lead for this section
Reviewer for this section
StatusWhat the RFP will score (their exact words)Points for this itemWhat the RFP asks you to provideWhere your team will get itWhat the scorer will look forWhere it goes in your proposalLead for this sectionReviewer for this section
From the RFP section: 3.1. EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR PROPOSALS (60 Points Possible)
1 A. CM Project Management Team 10
● Provide a description of the composition of the team’s Project Key Personnel. If the Proposer team is a Joint Venture or association, indicate specific responsibilities of each party to the Joint Venture.
● Provide, identify, and discuss the qualifications of the Key Personnel and include the following:
o Provide job descriptions, responsibilities, and authority; o Provide a list of the concurrent projects, responsibilities, and commitments that each may have for the duration of the Project; o Current home office location; o Qualifications and past construction experience relevant to this Project, in addition to length of time performing those job duties;
o Unique skills or knowledge each may possess related to the Project; o Length of time of overall experience pertinent to the scope of this project and length of time with the current firm for each; o Experience on similar projects as a team; and o Provide resumes and two current references for the Key Personnel in an appendix to the Proposal. References will be considered current if the party’s name, current position/title, and position/title held at the time for which the recommendation is being sought are provided; telephone numbers must be current as of the proposal due date.
● Provide a graphic showing the CM’s organizational chart, complete with working titles for the team for the preconstruction phase. Provide an explanation of any variation to the anticipated Key Personnel time commitments stated above.
● Provide a narrative describing succession planning for team stability and planning for any member of the project team that may leave.
● Provide a narrative of the Proposer’s largest foreseen safety risks for the Project and describe the safety programs, processes, and initiatives that the Proposer currently has in place to help manage/mitigate/or eliminate the safety risks.
● Provide the following information for each entity involved, covering the last 4 years (2021- 2025). o Experience Modification Rates (EMR) o OSHA Reportable Incident Statistics
Composition and Commitment of the CM Project Management Team
not in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
2 B. Contractor Capability 10
● Provide a summary of the Proposer’s previous project experience relevant to the general scope and construction value of work for this Project.
● Provide three or more relevant projects/programs that demonstrate the Proposer’s ability to be successful on this Project. For each listed project or experience, include the name of the owner, any architect/engineer references, and the contract information CDOT may at its
Provide at a minimum: o The project/contract name, o Project delivery method, o Description of services provided,
o Overall construction cost of the project, as applicable, including the initial contract/construction value and value at final acceptance. Please provide reasoning for any differential, o Description of project schedule performance, including initial schedule, and reasons for schedule change, o Coordination with stakeholders, if any, o Key personnel assigned or in-house staff and their level of involvement, o Senior Leadership assigned and their commitment in time to the overall success of the project, as well as their commitment to the success of the Owner’s Program, o Major subcontractors and primary subcontracts used in the performance of the contract, and o Project Reference(s). All references submitted shall be current for relevant projects.
Prior Project Experience/Performance/References
not in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
3 C. Strategic Project Approach 20
Provide a narrative that describes the Proposer’s project specific plan and approach to meeting the Project Goals. Identify how the Proposer will manage schedule, budget, and incorporation of innovation.
Describe the Proposer’s role and responsibility in refinement of the design, quality of the design, accuracy of the scope, and ensuring efficiency of the execution of delivery for the Project. Specifically, the Proposer shall address: ● Grant Alignment & Milestone Management, Site Selection & Optimization
Describe the Proposer’s strategy for project management for the Project that would encourage building a culture of success and collaboration. Highlight how the Proposer will manage preconstruction milestones, quality control during preconstruction, project resources, and environmental resources. The narrative should specifically address the "Categorical Exclusion" (CatEx) strategy and how the Proposer will identify site-specific stipulations (endangered species, historic ditches, noise, etc.) early to avoid design restarts. Describe how the Proposer will partner with CDOT, and the designer, to ensure that every dollar invested into the preconstruction phase of the Project adds value to the Project.
Describe the Proposer’s project specific plan and approach to construction project management for the Project. Describe how the Proposer is uniquely skilled to manage the challenges of the Project. Highlight the strategy to meeting construction milestones,
project sequencing, early action opportunities, critical scope elements, stakeholder coordination, and market conditions. In addition, please provide specific details regarding:
● Corridor Logistics & Phasing ● Freight & Agricultural Vehicle Access ● Phasing and Packaging Strategy Describe the Proposer’s project specific plan and approach to scope management, self- performance, subcontractor management, and management of Civil Rights compliance. Describe the Proposer’s plan and approach to environmental management for the Project. Address how the Proposer will manage construction activities around the irrigation season and avoid impacts to irrigation ditches and wetlands.
Describe the Proposer’s plan and approach for incident response. Include how your team will remain agile to coordinate, adapt, complement, and contribute to the Incident Command’s direction, if required. Due to the long emergency detour routes on the US 50 corridor, specifically describe the communication plan for rapid incident clearance to prevent corridor-wide delays.
Describe the Proposer’s practical innovative ideas specific to the Project in detail.
not in sourceThe RFP doesn't saynot in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
4 D. Approach to Risk, Schedule, and Pricing 20
Define the key steps to risk management that the Proposer will employ. Describe how those steps will be applied to both the preconstruction and construction process.
Describe the techniques and tools that the Proposer will use to quantify the risk, establish a risk pool, and participate in management of the risk pools and contingencies.
Identify and describe the top five risks the Proposer has identified on the Project and what are the preliminary plans to manage those risks. Be specific on how the Proposer will prioritize those risks and manage them.
Describe the Proposer’s plan and approach to managing the construction schedule in such a way as to minimize impacts to the traveling public, encourage efficient execution, inform the preconstruction process, manage the critical path, incorporate innovation, and provide reasonable float.
Describe the Proposer’s approach to Transparency and Accountability in the Cost Model. Describe how the Proposer will contribute to the pursuit of the project goals and provide easy to interpret deliverables using standard agreed upon terms and inputs.
Describe how the Proposer’s cost model will incorporate the variables that affect project costs, innovation, essential inputs needed, coordination with the Owner and their
Independent Cost Estimator, and be reliable over multiple construction seasons.
not in sourceThe RFP doesn't saynot in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
From the RFP section: 3.2 EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR INTERVIEWS (40 Points Possible)
5 A. Short Presentation 15
Summarize the Proposal and describe the Proposer’s innovative ideas and unique resources (20 Minutes).
The interview presentation and question/answer scoring will be based on the following criteria: ● Project Understanding and goals, ● Project Approach, ● Project Innovation, ● Team Collaboration ● Communication Skills, and ● Understanding of CM/GC Project Delivery Method.
not in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
6 B. Question and Answer Session with the Selection Panel 25
The questions asked by the Selection Panel in this session will be the same for each Proposer. The Proposer will be allocated 60 total minutes for this session.
The interview presentation and question/answer scoring will be based on the following criteria: ● Project Understanding and goals, ● Project Approach, ● Project Innovation, ● Team Collaboration ● Communication Skills, and ● Understanding of CM/GC Project Delivery Method.
not in sourceThe RFP doesn't say
Total points100
Part 2

What gets you thrown out (14)

Rules in the RFP that can remove a proposal before scoring. Grouped by kind of rule, in the order each kind first appears; the Table view lists them in RFP order.

The RFP says this specifically disqualifies a proposal2
  1. No Person or business entity prior to Proposal submission, that was engaged by the State of Colorado in the preparation of this Request for Proposal, that had access to procurement sensitive information related to this Request for Proposal including but not limited to Requirements, Statements of Work, or Evaluation Criteria will be eligible to directly submit or participate in the submittal of a proposal for this initiative.
  2. No firm that is ineligible for State contracts may be part of any Proposer Team.
Doesn't meet the agency's requirements2
  1. Multiple proposals from a single Proposer will be considered non-responsive and will not be evaluated or scored.
  2. Proposals that do not meet the Minimum Proposal Requirements listed in Section 2.2 of this RFP will be deemed non-responsive and will not be evaluated, evaluation will be ceased upon discovery of non-responsive determination and will not be scored.
Turned in late2
  1. Any proposal received by CDOT after the time specified in Section 2.3 of this RFP shall be deemed non-responsive and shall not be evaluated or scored.
  2. Failure to meet these dates will result in the Proposal being considered non-responsive.
The agency keeps the right to reject proposals1
  1. CDOT reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.
Missing something required1
  1. Any proposal received without a corresponding LOI will be determined by CDOT to be non-responsive. The corresponding non-responsive proposal will not be evaluated or scored and will not continue in the procurement process.
Missing or wrong required form5
  1. The MPPC will be evaluated for responsiveness. If the MPPC is determined by CDOT to be non- responsive, the corresponding Proposal will also be determined by CDOT to be non-responsive. The corresponding non-responsive Proposal will not be evaluated or scored and will not continue in the procurement process.
  2. Certifying “Reject” of the Maximum Compensation for Construction Manager Preconstruction Services will cause the corresponding Proposal to be considered non-responsive to the solicitation and the corresponding Proposal will not be scored or further considered in this Project’s procurement.
  3. Failure to certify acceptance or rejection of the Maximum Compensation for Construction Manager Preconstruction Services may cause the corresponding proposal to be considered non-responsive to the solicitation.
  4. Certifying “Reject” of the MPP will cause the corresponding Proposal to be considered non-responsive to the solicitation and the corresponding Proposal will not be scored or further considered in this project’s procurement.
  5. Failure to certify acceptance or rejection of the MPP may cause the corresponding proposal to be considered non- responsive to the solicitation.
Broke a formatting or delivery rule (like a page limit)1
  1. Supplemental information will only be considered in the scoring if clearly referenced in the Proposer’s responses to SECTION 3 – PROPOSAL CONTENT AND EVALUATION CRITERIA
  1. No Person or business entity prior to Proposal submission, that was engaged by the State of Colorado in the preparation of this Request for Proposal, that had access to procurement sensitive information related to this Request for Proposal including but not limited to Requirements, Statements of Work, or Evaluation Criteria will be eligible to directly submit or participate in the submittal of a proposal for this initiative. The RFP says this specifically disqualifies a proposal
  2. No firm that is ineligible for State contracts may be part of any Proposer Team. The RFP says this specifically disqualifies a proposal
  3. Multiple proposals from a single Proposer will be considered non-responsive and will not be evaluated or scored. Doesn't meet the agency's requirements
  4. Any proposal received by CDOT after the time specified in Section 2.3 of this RFP shall be deemed non-responsive and shall not be evaluated or scored. Turned in late
  5. CDOT reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals. The agency keeps the right to reject proposals
  6. Proposals that do not meet the Minimum Proposal Requirements listed in Section 2.2 of this RFP will be deemed non-responsive and will not be evaluated, evaluation will be ceased upon discovery of non-responsive determination and will not be scored. Doesn't meet the agency's requirements
  7. Any proposal received without a corresponding LOI will be determined by CDOT to be non-responsive. The corresponding non-responsive proposal will not be evaluated or scored and will not continue in the procurement process. Missing something required
  8. Failure to meet these dates will result in the Proposal being considered non-responsive. Turned in late
  9. The MPPC will be evaluated for responsiveness. If the MPPC is determined by CDOT to be non- responsive, the corresponding Proposal will also be determined by CDOT to be non-responsive. The corresponding non-responsive Proposal will not be evaluated or scored and will not continue in the procurement process. Missing or wrong required form
  10. Supplemental information will only be considered in the scoring if clearly referenced in the Proposer’s responses to SECTION 3 – PROPOSAL CONTENT AND EVALUATION CRITERIA Broke a formatting or delivery rule (like a page limit)
  11. Certifying “Reject” of the Maximum Compensation for Construction Manager Preconstruction Services will cause the corresponding Proposal to be considered non-responsive to the solicitation and the corresponding Proposal will not be scored or further considered in this Project’s procurement. Missing or wrong required form
  12. Failure to certify acceptance or rejection of the Maximum Compensation for Construction Manager Preconstruction Services may cause the corresponding proposal to be considered non-responsive to the solicitation. Missing or wrong required form
  13. Certifying “Reject” of the MPP will cause the corresponding Proposal to be considered non-responsive to the solicitation and the corresponding Proposal will not be scored or further considered in this project’s procurement. Missing or wrong required form
  14. Failure to certify acceptance or rejection of the MPP may cause the corresponding proposal to be considered non- responsive to the solicitation. Missing or wrong required form
Part 3

Other things the RFP says about scoring (1)

Lines about scoring that aren't tied to a specific scored item. Grouped by reason, in the order each reason first appears; the Table view lists them in RFP order.

Explains how scoring works overall, not a separate scored item1
  1. Selection Panel scoring values will be only numbers in whole, half, or quarter-number increments (i.e. 2.25, 3.50, 4.00.). Scoring of the Proposal and Interview will be based on the Evaluation Assessment Guidelines as set forth in the table below.
  1. Selection Panel scoring values will be only numbers in whole, half, or quarter-number increments (i.e. 2.25, 3.50, 4.00.). Scoring of the Proposal and Interview will be based on the Evaluation Assessment Guidelines as set forth in the table below. Explains how scoring works overall, not a separate scored item

Boxes your team still needs to fill in: 24 of them.
Numbered text the checklist was checked against: ../fixtures/codot-us50-passing-lanes-cm-rfp.source.txt