N.J. Admin. Code § 19:38D-2.4

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 19:38D-2.4 - General evaluation criteria

(a) The ranking of vendors shall be performed pursuant to evaluation criteria established by the Authority for each particular procurement and by the weights established for such criteria. In selecting the most highly qualified vendor, the selection committee shall consider the criteria and relative weights of such criteria, as set forth in the RFP and/or RFQ. Such evaluation criteria may include:

1. The experience of the vendor, and its key personnel, on projects similar in scope, size, complexity;

2. The ability of the vendor and its key personnel, to provide the required goods or services;

3. The approach set forth by the vendor with respect to the provision of the goods or services in its proposal;

4. The proposed staffing, including, but not limited to, the extent to which the ability of the vendor to fulfill the contract may be affected or compromised by the commitment of staff to another contract with the Authority, or to contracts with any other public or private entity;

5. Performance by the vendor of the goods or services on other work undertaken or funded by the Authority;

6. The proximity of the vendor of the goods or services to the site of the school facility at issue;

7. In the case of the provision of goods, the durability, and/or construction of, and related warranty provisions affecting, the goods in question; and/or

8. Such other criteria as the Authority may determine to be appropriate to a specific procurement and which shall be set forth in the pertinent advertisement and request for proposals.

(b) To the extent required by law or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, the Authority shall abide by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 52:32-17 et seq., and all applicable regulations, with respect to SBEs. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the Authority's ability to obtain goods or services pursuant to an SBE set-aside procurement pursuant to N.J.A.C. 19:39.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:38D-2.4

Amended by R.2012 d.086, effective 5/7/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 3168(a), 44 N.J.R. 1558(a).
Section was "General evaluation criteria for categories two, three and four". Rewrote the section.