The County Administrator shall appoint an Evaluation Committee composed of three to five members who will review and evaluate all proposals received on time. 

Meetings of Evaluation Committees subsequent to the opening of the solicitation shall be public meetings. Notice of all meetings shall be posted on the Purchasing Division website at:https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/leoncounty and in the Purchasing Division Offices no less than 72 hours (excluding weekends and holidays).

Evaluators will independently score each responsive proposal based upon the points given in the Scoring Sheet utilizing the Evaluation Criteria Matrix.  The scores for both Price/Cost and Local preference will be calculated by the Purchasing Division.  Responsiveness of MWSBE Forms will be determined by the MWSBE Division and scored appropriately.

Proposals will be ranked using the ordinal ranking process. First, each evaluator will score proposals based upon the points given in the Scoring Sheet utilizing the Evaluation Criteria contained herein. Then ordinal ranking will be used to rank each proposal. These rankings will be averaged to determine the final ranking of proposals. 

Award shall be made to the responsive, responsible offeror whose proposal is determined in writing to be the most advantageous to Leon County, taking into consideration the evaluation factors set forth in the Request for Proposals. No other factors or criteria shall be used in the evaluation criteria that are not included in the Request for Proposal.  The County reserves the right to negotiate with the awarded vendor for any related items, products, services, method of compensation, or associated work/services not specifically listed in this solicitation.

The County reserves the right to waive any minor irregularity in proposals and to make an award in whole or in part when either or both conditions are in the best interest of Leon County.