Following various cases in the European Court of Justice and the UK courts, disclosure of evaluation methodologies to suppliers and scrutiny of selection and award criteria have become standard practice.
The EC Public Procurement Directive 2004/18 and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) make issues surrounding the evaluation process far more transparent to suppliers and other interested parties.
Legal officers, finance officers, procurement personnel and stakeholders.
Failure to run a compliant evaluation process can result in a challenge from the private sector.