Strategies for Selecting
the Lead Designer and the Design Excellence A/E Team
Sending a Copy of the FedBizOpps Announcement to the OCA Center for Design Excellence
and the Arts
The Pre-Submittal Meeting
Receipt of Stage I Submissions
Stage I Evaluation and Shortlisting
The FedBizOpps Shortlist Announcement
Stage II Team Interviews Invitation Letter to Shortlisted Firms
The Team Networking Session
Receipt of Stage II Submissions
Stage II Interviews and Evaluation
Stage II Charrette Coordination with OCA Center for Design Excellence and the Arts
including the Center's Hiring a Charrette Advisor and Appointing a Jury of National Peers
(If a Charrette is Pa rt of the Process)
Charrette Jury Report to the A/E Evaluation Board
A/E Evaluation Board Report
Submission of Final A/E Evaluation Board Report and Ranking to GSA Selection Authority
GSA Selection Authority's Final Selection and Announcement of Its Decision
In the Case of a Thre e - Stage Process:
Stage II Interviews, Evaluation, and Shortlisting
Stage III Vision Competition Coordination with OCA Center for Design Excellence and
the Arts including the Center's Hiring a Vision Competition Advisor and Appointing a Jury
of National Peers
Stage III Vision Competition Invitation Letter to Shortlisted Firms
Pre-Design Competition Briefing and Information Packets
Vision Competition Jury Report to the A/E Evaluation Board
A/E Evaluation Board Report Incorporating Vision Competition Ranking
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