A/E Teams have 30 days to prepare and submit their visions. Upon receipt, the GSA
contracting officer and/or the professional advisor evaluate each Stage III submission to
ensure compliance with all specified criteria. Only those submissions that, in the sole
judgment of these individuals, meet all specified criteria are passed on to the independent
jury.
On the day of the vision competition submission review, jury members gather for an
orientation, site visit, review, discussion, and evaluation of the schemes. (A typical vision
competition jury agenda is in the Re s o u rces and Sample Documents section of this
chapter.) The criteria for the evaluation are those spelled out in the vision competition
rules. As previously stated, the evaluation is done without knowing the authorship
of submissions, ultimately leading to a ranking of the schemes. Only after the evaluation
is finalized and endorsed by the jury are the names of the lead designer-A/E teams
re vealed. (A typical vision competition jury ranking form is in the Resources and Sample
Documents section of this chapter.)
The jury chair and professional advisor verbally summarize the evaluation and ranking
of the lead designer-A/E team vision competition schemes for the A/E Evaluation Board.
Clarifications and discussion usually follow this presentation. The Stage III jury ranking
must count as 40% of the A/E Evaluation Board's final lead designer-A/E team ranking.
A / E E VA LU AT I O N B O A R D F I N A L R E C O M M E N D AT I O N
After evaluating the written submittals for Stage II, the interviews, and the vision
competition rankings, and appropriately combining these evaluations, the A/E Evaluation
B o a rd will pre p a re a final ranking of the lead designer-A/E teams with supporting docu
mentation and recommendations. The official re c o rd of this evaluation and the preferred
lead designer-A/E team will be contained in a written report submitted to the GSA
Selection Authority.
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