Strategies for Selecting
the Lead Designer and the Design Excellence A/E Team
goals established by GSA are for small businesses, women-owned businesses, and small
disadvantaged businesses.
Networking Session
A networking session should be held in the city where the facility is to be located for the
local A/E and consulting firms to meet the lead designers and associated design firms to
explore opportunities for local firms to join an A/E team. This session should take place
within two weeks of publishing the shortlist of finalists in FedBizOpps. (A sample invitation
to the Networking Session is included in the Re s o u rces and Sample Documents section
of this chapter.)
Completion of Re q u i re Forms
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Each A/E team must submit Standard Form 330, which will provide detailed information
re g a rding the team's organization, qualifications, and past projects. Other documentation
may be required.
C R I TE R I A A N D E VA LU AT I O N
The Stage II evaluation has seve ral elements:
A Review of the Stage I Submission Materials
This allows the A/E Evaluation Board to recall the reasons for shortlisting each lead
designer and associated design firm.
The Evaluation of Standard Form 330 and Other Required Stage II Submission Materials
StandardForm 330 describes the A/E team make-up and qualifications. The A/E Evaluation
B o a rd must evaluate the experience and qualifications of individual team members. It
must carefully consider each A/E team's leadership approach to directing and controlling
the project's development. Then, as it weighs these and other concerns, it must score
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section 6.6
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