---
kind: "section"
citation: "23 C.F.R. § 636.301"
title: "23"
number: "636.301"
heading: "How should proposal evaluation factors be selected?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/23/636.301"
---

# §636.301. How should proposal evaluation factors be selected?

- (a) **The proposal evaluation factors and significant subfactors should be tailored to the acquisition.**
- (b) **Evaluation factors and significant subfactors should—**
  - (1) Represent the key areas of importance and emphasis to be considered in the source selection decision; and
  - (2) **Support meaningful comparison and discrimination between and among competing proposals.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1503 of Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144; Sec. 1307 of Pub. L. 105-178, 112 Stat. 107; 23 U.S.C. 101, 109, 112, 113, 114, 115, 119, 128, and 315; 49 CFR 1.48(b).

### Source

Source: 67 FR 75926, Dec. 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted.