When it comes to competitive contracts, what we found is that often, about more than one-third of the time, the bid evaluation didn't have selection criteria that were clearly outlined, or when there were selection criteria they weren't used. It's clear in the rules that you need to set out these criteria, and then you need to have a good evaluation grid and a committee put together. Again, to make this competitive process fair and transparent, the existing rules should have been applied.
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