Code of Colorado Regulations
100 - Department of Personnel and Administration
101 - Division of Finance and Procurement
1 CCR 101-9 - PROCUREMENT RULES
Article 105 - CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
Part 1 - MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING
Section R-24-105-101-14 - Bid and Proposal Evaluation and Award

(a) The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder whose bid meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the invitation for bids or request for proposals. The invitation for bids or request for proposals shall set forth the requirements and criteria which will be used to determine the acceptability of a response.

(b) Bids and proposals will be evaluated to determine which bidder or offeror offers the lowest cost to the state in accordance with the evaluation criteria set forth in the invitation for bids and request for proposals. Only objectively measurable criteria set forth in the invitation for bids or request for proposals shall be applied in determining the lowest bidder.

(c) Evaluation criteria need not be precise predictors of actual future cost, but to the extent possible such evaluation criteria shall:

(d) A contract may not be awarded to a bidder submitting a higher quality item than that designated in the invitation for bids or request for proposals, unless such bidder is also the lowest bidder as determined by value analysis or life-cycle cost formulas as permitted in this rule.